Faculty research interests 

Sulfikar Amir

Science and technology studies, development, nationalism, contemporary social theories, historical sociology, Southeast Asia (Indonesia)

Geoffrey Benjamin
Comparative Social Organisation, Religion, Language, Culture and Politics, Sociolinguistics, Social Theory with special reference to Asian Materials, The Cline of Person in Society and Culture, The Nation-State and Modernity, Bio-Sociology, The Anthropology and Sociology of Southeast Asia 

Genaro Castro-Vázquez

Japanese studies, sociology of health, reproductive health matters, HIV/AIDS, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, sociology of education, and education and migration.

Paul Cheung

Social Statistics, 'Manpower' and Human Resources Planning

Kang Yoonhee

Language and performance; gender, sexuality, and the body; sociology of emotions; migration and multiculturalism; youth culture; Southeast Asia (Indonesia) and East Asia (Korea).

Kwok Kian Woon (Division Head)

Comparative-historical Sociology, Social and Cultural Transformations in the Contemporary World, Violence, Intolerance, Security and Risk in the Early 21st Century, Religion, Secularity, and Pluralism in the Post-September 11 World, Social Memory and Civil Society, Comparative Cultural Policy (Arts, Heritage & Creative Cities), and Singapore Studies

Francis Lim Khek Gee

Globalization and cultural change; Tourism; Religion; Technology and Society; Anthropology of HIV and AIDS;  South Asia (Nepal, Tibet); China; Singapore

Caroline Pluss
Globalization, Ethnicity, Migration, Culture, Sociological Theory; Chinese Societies; Socialization, Social Cohesion

Shirley Sun

Culture and Inequality, Sociology of the Family (Gender and Intergenerational Relations), Ethnicity, Labour Migration, Contemporary Chinese Societies

Tam Chen Hee

Social Stratification (particularly class reproduction), Work (especially unemployment) and Life-Course Analysis

Tan Joo Ean

Gender and the Family, Demography, Sociology of Organizations, Development and Social Change

Teo You Yenn

Political sociology, sociology of culture, gender, social theory.

Zhou Wubiao

Economic sociology, Organizations, Quantitative methods, Social inequality, Entrepreneurship, Chinese capitalism