Daniel Seah

Daniel Seah (谢进安) is an Assistant Professor of Law (Education) at SMU. He is a successful applicant of two research grants of over S$2.5 million. He is also the recipient of awards for teaching excellence and research in higher education pedagogy. Daniel’s research and teaching interests concern ranking algorithms on social media and its effect on anti-fake news laws, Explainable Artificial Intelligence in the Metaverse, cryptocourts & decentralised dispute resolution, and Islamic divorces and access to justice.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ph.D., Faculty of Laws, University College London (UCL), 2018
• M.Jur. (by research), Birmingham Law School, Birmingham University, 2008
• LL.B., Durham University, 2001
• Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Fake News & Ranking Algorithms on Social Media
• Explainable AI in the Metaverse
• Cryptocourts & Decentralized Dispute Resolution
• Islamic Divorces & Access to Justice

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• Digital Transformation
• Sustainable Living
• Growth in Asia

HONOURS AND AWARDS

• SUSS Teaching Excellence Award, (2020)
• Excellent Paper Award, International Conference on Open and Innovative Education, (2018)

COURSE(S) TAUGHT IN SMU

• Singapore: Imagining the next 50 Years
• Ethics and Social Responsibility

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• "Cryptocourts for On-Chain Disputes: the Use of Soft Law Mechanisms to Promote Evidential Literacy in Game-Theoretic Dispute Resolution”, in The Handbook of Digital Currency (Bitcoin, Innovation, Financial Instruments, and Big Data)(David Lee Kuo Chuen, ed.), Second Edition, (Singapore: Elsevier Academic Press, 2022)(in press).
• “Making Sense of Proprietary Algorithms and User Behaviour on Social Media: Arlene Foster v Christian Jessen”, (2021) 26 Communications Law, 208-211.
• “Using Kahoot in Law School: Differentiated Instruction for Working Adults with Diverse Learning Abilities” (2020) 14 International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 36-48.
• “Problems Concerning the International Law-Making Practice of ASEAN: A Reply to Chen Zhida” (2016) 6 Asian Journal of International Law, 265-293.
• “The Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia: The Issue of Non-Intervention and its Accession by Australia and the USA”, (2012) 11 Chinese Journal of International Law, 785-822.
• “The ASEAN Charter”, (2009) 58 International & Comparative Law Quarterly, 197-212.