Kwok Kian Woon

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Title

Kwok Kian Woon

Contributor Item Type Metadata

First Name

Kian Woon

Surname or Business Name

Kwok

Years Affiliated

2015-2021

Affiliation

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Birthplace

Singapore

Occupation

Associate Vice President (Wellbeing), NTU

Biographical Text

Professor Kwok Kian-Woon is a Sociology faculty and currently Associate Vice President (Wellbeing) at Nanyang Technological University. His research interests include the study of social memory, mental health, civil society, and heritage and the arts. As a sociologist and a citizen, he has been actively involved in public life. He has served on many key committees of the National Heritage Board, on the boards of the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and the Intercultural Theatre Institute, and as external advisor to the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. He was President (1997-2001) of the Singapore Heritage Society, which has worked with many Singaporeans to shape the national agenda on heritage conservation.