Alwyn LIM
Dr Alwyn Lim is Associate Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University and Lee Kong Chian Fellow for 2022-2024. His research examines the impact of globalization on organizations and institutions, of which he has published on the rise and diffusion of corporate responsibility frameworks. His current interests include new directions in capitalism, higher education in developmental states, and the political economy of Singapore.
Qualifications
- PhD in Sociology, University of Michigan, 2012
- MA in Sociology, State University of New York, 2005
- MA in Sociology, National University of Singapore, 2003
Research Interests
- Global and Transnational Sociology
- Organizations and Institutions
- Economic Sociology
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Global & Transnational Sociology
- Economic Sociology
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsBridges theoretical innovation in institutional and organizational sociology with policy-relevant insights on CSR, governance, and social change; recognized for comparative and cross-national research; recipient of the ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award and multiple research grants; research featured in leading academic and practitioner outlets.
Focused research areas include Emergence, diffusion, and reception of global corporate governance frameworks; institutionalization of CSR; neoliberalism and nonprofit sector roles; global and national regulation of transnational corporations; communitarianism and social change in Singapore; higher education and public life.
- Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, Singapore Management University (2022-2024)
- Ministry of Education Tier 1 Academic Research Fund: 'Communitarianism in Singapore: Examining the Challenges of Immigration, Inequality, and Liberalization' (PI) (2023)
- Ministry of Education Tier 1 Academic Research Fund: 'The University in Public Life: A Case Study of Singapore' (Co-PI; PI: Hiro Saito) (2018)
- Visiting Research Fellow, Niehaus Center for Global Governance, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (2015-2016)
- Center for International Studies, Faculty Research Grant, University of Southern California (2012)
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- Does elite quality matter? [2023]A LimSingapore Management University, Centre for Management Practice 10 (3), 10, 2023
- A LimCurrent Sociology 70 (3), 454-471, 2022
- A Lim, KT GOHSingapore Press Holdings, 2022
- S Pope, A LimMit Sloan Management Review, 1, 2022
- A Lim, S PopeCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 29 (1), 233-255, 2022
Dr Alwyn Lim is Associate Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University and Lee Kong Chian Fellow for 2022-2024. His research examines the impact of globalization on organizations and institutions, of which he has published on the rise and diffusion of corporate responsibility frameworks. His current interests include new directions in capitalism, higher education in developmental states, and the political economy of Singapore.
Qualifications
- PhD in Sociology, University of Michigan, 2012
- MA in Sociology, State University of New York, 2005
- MA in Sociology, National University of Singapore, 2003
Research Interests
- Global and Transnational Sociology
- Organizations and Institutions
- Economic Sociology
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Global & Transnational Sociology
- Economic Sociology