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Research

From Singapore, the strategic hub of Asia, SMU applies its knowledge and global perspective in an Asian context to bridge concepts and provide critical insights. SMU research aims to create significant impact by addressing societal challenges within three key Focus Areas.

OUR RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS

 

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Digital Transformation
  • Management of innovation, entrepreneurship and change to advance innovation and technology
  • Methods and systems for advanced analytics and artificial intelligence 
  • Developing smart, safe and secure cities in Asia and beyond

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SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Sustainable Living
  • Evidence-based approaches to foster sustainable and liveable cities, business and economies
  • Finance and value assessment for sustainability and sustainable resource management
  • Insights to strengthen the social fabric and quality of life

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GROWTH IN ASIA

Growth In Asia
  • Managing and collaborating across boundaries and borders
  • Navigating trans-border issues on politics, law, trade, investment and commerce
  • Understanding the convergence of cultures and cross-cultural differences

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

With the surge of big data, innovation and entrepreneurship are increasingly necessary to ensure economically viable ways of doing things. SMU researchers apply technology that emphasises methods and systems for advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and their applications to create meaningful impact on business, government and society.

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Institutes, Centres and Labs

Videos

Pervasive Computing
Pervasive Computing

Computing has moved beyond the domain of bulky desktops and can now be found embedded all around us. Professor Archan Misra talks about battery-less wearables and fine grained monitoring of weight stack based exercises. 

Social Analytics
Social Analytics

Over 3 billion users of Online Social Networks (OSNs) engage in a plethora of social interactions. Professor Lim Ee Peng shares how he develops models and algorithms that can help us better understand user behaviour, and their application opportunities.

Financial Econometrics
Financial Econometrics

Professor Yu Jun shares about the application of econometric methods that he designed and how he uses it to characterise financial data, and to estimate and test selected models of modern finance theory.

Sustainable Living

Focusing on areas such as renewable energy and the Digital Green Economy are crucial in addressing the unsustainable practices in production and consumption that jeopardise and constrain options for future generations. SMU researchers seek evidence-based approaches to trade-off analysis, decision-making, and management at the level of firms, industries, communities and entire economies to foster sustainability.

Related Research and Insights

Institutes, Centres and Labs

Videos

Digital Green Economy
Digital Green Economy

See Assistant Professor Simon Schillebeeckx talk about the Digital Green Economy and how it offers new ways to address sustainability problems.

Management of Renewable Energy
Management of Renewable Energy

Assistant Professor Helen Zhou discusses her research on how wind farm merchants have been considering co‐locating electricity generation and grid‐scale storage facilities, such as industrial batteries. 

Commodity Risk Management
Commodity Risk Management

Can making crop planning decisions based on principles of sustainable agriculture actually help farmers increase profitability and also be beneficial for the environment? See Professor Onur Boyabatli’s research on crop planning, and the benefits.

Growth In Asia

The blurring of personal and cultural boundaries, and geographic borders is a new reality in today's world. Another challenging phenomenon is the convergence of personal, organisational, social and political relationships involving competition, co-operation and conflict. SMU researchers seek to understand this evolving landscape.

Related Research and Insights

Institutes, Centres and Labs

Videos

Cross-Cultural Trust
Cross-Cultural Trust

How and why do people trust each other? Does trust develop differently across cultures? Why is it important for organisations to develop a culture of trust? Professor Tan Hwee Hoon shares insights from her research in cross-cultural trust.

International Trade
International Trade

Professor Chang Pao Li shares her insights of her research suggesting large GATT/WTO trade-promoting effects that are robust among members and non-members with positive trade flows in spite of financial shocks.

Research @ SMU School of Law
Research @ SMU School of Law

A/Prof Goh Yihan and Prof Gary Chan share more about the School of Law's research agenda, and how it aims to provide thought leadership on emerging areas of the law in a manner that is both forward-looking and transnational.

Library Collections

The library facilitates knowledge creation, discovery through its electronic search platform and access to a wide array of research resources on and off campus. Library collections include:

420,000+

printed and electronic books

180+

electronic databases

80,000+

printed & electronic journals

19,000+

SMU Research Publications

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