Junior Visiting Fellows

The Centre for the Study of Social Inequality (CSSI) at the School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, invites applications for Junior Visiting Fellows at CSSI.

This fellowship lasts 6 months and aims to provide support and mentorship for junior scholars who are conducting fieldwork in Singapore on a research topic related to social inequality.

Junior Visiting Fellows (“Fellows”) will receive 1000 SGD per month as a stipend (6000 SGD in total) and have use of CSSI’s office space. They will also be mentored by CSSI’s Directors and/or its Associates. Fellows are expected to contribute to CSSI’s activities (5-10 hours a week), and to present their work towards the end of their fellowships.

The fellowship is open to students:
• of all nationalities;
• enrolled in PhD programmes at any university;
• who have completed all PhD requirements except the dissertation;
• conducting fieldwork in Singapore on a research topic related to social inequality.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply concurrently to other sources of research funding, such as Singapore’s Social Science Research Council Graduate Research Fellowship (SSRC GRF).

CSSI will process applications on a rolling basis. To apply, please send the following materials to
[email protected]:

• Curriculum vitae (<2 pages)
• Dissertation proposal (<10 pages)
• 1-2 page statement indicating interest and relevance of your project to CSSI. Please include details such as how long you expect to conduct fieldwork in Singapore, if you have applied for any other funding, and if there have been any notable changes to the plan outlined in your dissertation proposal.

 

 

Current Fellows

Si Yinn

Lu, Si Yinn

Si Yinn Lu is a third-year PhD candidate at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She uses qualitative methods to investigate the social and structural determinants of health that shape older adults' experiences of care. Her doctoral research employs an ethnographic approach to explore how social relations and processes shape the experiences of loneliness among older adults in Singapore.

Hazirah Mohamad

Hazirah Mohamad is a fourth-year PhD candidate at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Her current research topic delves into resource allocation ethics through the lens of healthcare subsidies provided for end-of-life care, and examines whether Singapore’s current health policies could inadvertently lead to injustice due to social and economic stratification. The approach adopted in her current work is transdisciplinary, incorporating aspects of institutional ethnography, bioethics, political economy and public policy.