Aidan WONG
Assistant Professor of Urban Studies (Education); Programme Co-Director, Master of Sustainability (MST); Basket Coordinator for Cultures of the Modern World; Urban Fellow (Urban Experiences); Associate Dean of Students
Aidan M Wong is Assistant Professor of Urban Studies (Education), College of Integrative Studies, and Urban Fellow, SMU Urban Institute, Singapore Management University. Trained as an economic geographer, Aidan’s teaching interests span urban cultures, Singapore studies, and food cultures. His research interests are diverse and include urban waste management, circular economy and environmental citizenship; urban heritage and active citizenship; and labour geographies, particularly the informal economy, the gig economy, and youth entrepreneurship.
Qualifications
- PhD, Queen Mary University of London, 2014
- MSc (Geography), National University of Singapore, 2010
- BSc, National University of Singapore, 2008
Research Interests
- Singapore Studies
- Urban Liveability
- Labour Geographies
- Active Citizenship
- Urban Waste Management
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Big Questions
- Urban Cultures
- Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years
- Food Cultures
- Refocusing Wealth and Poverty
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsIntegrates rigorous economic geography and urban studies research with applied impact in sustainability, heritage, and education policy; recognized for teaching excellence and leadership in curriculum innovation; bridges academia, government, and civil society through advisory and consultancy roles; consistently advances interdisciplinary and experiential learning in higher education.
Focused research areas include Regional e-waste recycling production networks in Malaysia and Singapore; value and labour in waste economies; environmental citizenship and urban political ecology; museum-university partnerships for awareness and action; heritage education and active citizenship; interdisciplinary approaches to geography in higher education.
- March 2022 - Awarded SGD$91,140.07 under Ministry of Education Tier 1 as a Co-Principal Investigator (with Asst. Prof. Aldy Gunawan, SCIS, as Lead) for a project entitled: 'E-Waste must never be wasted': Vehicle route planning optimization for e-waste collection.
- March 2021 - Awarded SGD$484,783 by the Singapore Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment under a research collaboration agreement for a project entitled 'Longitudinal Study to Quantify and Qualify the Impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Framework for E-Waste in Singapore'.
- September 2019 - Awarded SGD$10,000 by Singapore Management University under the SMU Educational Research Fellowship for a project entitled 'A Formative Assessment of Online Teaching and Learning in SMU's Core Curriculum: Enhancing Collaboration, Inclusivity and Scalability.'
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- A Gunawan, AM Wong, T Visawameteekul, MP Huynh, LC TranAnnals of Operations Research, 1-27, 2025
- L Kong, A WongAgenda Publishing, 2023
- AM WongGeography Compass 16 (4), e12616, 2022
Aidan M Wong is Assistant Professor of Urban Studies (Education), College of Integrative Studies, and Urban Fellow, SMU Urban Institute, Singapore Management University. Trained as an economic geographer, Aidan’s teaching interests span urban cultures, Singapore studies, and food cultures. His research interests are diverse and include urban waste management, circular economy and environmental citizenship; urban heritage and active citizenship; and labour geographies, particularly the informal economy, the gig economy, and youth entrepreneurship.
Qualifications
- PhD, Queen Mary University of London, 2014
- MSc (Geography), National University of Singapore, 2010
- BSc, National University of Singapore, 2008
Research Interests
- Singapore Studies
- Urban Liveability
- Labour Geographies
- Active Citizenship
- Urban Waste Management
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Big Questions
- Urban Cultures
- Singapore: Imagining the Next 50 Years
- Food Cultures
- Refocusing Wealth and Poverty
