Adrian Kuah

Dr Adrian Kuah is the founding director of the Futures Office, National University of Singapore, an internal foresight think-tank tasked to ask fundamental, first- order questions and uncover hidden assumptions to draw insights about possible and plausible futures of higher education. From 2015 to 2018, he was Senior Research Fellow and Head, Case Studies Unit at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. His research interests included futures thinking, education and public policy, and complexity science.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Cranfield University (2007 — 2011)
• Master of Arts University of Warwick (1997 — 1998)
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) University of York (1994 — 1997)
• Raffles Junior College (1990 — 1991)
• Raffles Institution (1986 — 1989)
• St Michael's School

Companies

• Director, Futures Office, Office of the President National University of Singapore (2018)
• Senior Research Fellow, Future Ready Singapore Project & Head, Case Studies Unit Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2015 — 2019)
• Deputy Director (Strategic Planning), Planning & Organisation Division Ministry of Home Affairs (2015 — 2015)
• Adjunct Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) RSIS | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (2013 — 2014)
• Lead Strategist, Centre for Strategic Futures, Strategic Policy Office Centre for Strategic Futures (2013 — 2014)
• Research Fellow/Assistant Professor RSIS | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (2011 — 2013)
• Associate Research Fellow/Research Fellow RSIS | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (2003 — 2011)
• Senior Analyst Strategic Intelligence Research (2000 — 2001)
• Economist MAS (1999 — 2000)

Skills

• Military
• Scenario Planning
• Sustainable Development

Other

Higher Education, University Teaching, Strategic Communications, International Development, Politics, Political Risk Analysis, Human Rights, Futures Studies, Futures Thinking, National Security, Economics, International Security, Foreign Policy, Analysis, Diplomacy, Political Science, Government, Strategy, Qualitative Research, Policy, International Relations, Public Policy, Policy Analysis, Research