Daniel SEAH
Daniel Seah is a public international lawyer by training, and examines ASEAN law and emerging technologies, such as misinformation, open-source governance and "open-washing", through an interdisciplinary lens. His research engages ASEAN and Singapore-centric legal developments. Daniel is admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Singapore Supreme Court (2004), and obtained his PhD in Law at UCL (2018).
Daniel has received various teaching excellence awards, including his induction into the Core Curriculum Hall of Fame for Teaching Excellence. In 2025, he was awarded the Educational Research Fellowship to advance the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and will lead a two-year mixed-methods research on faculty perceptions of fair grading in neurodiverse classrooms.
Qualifications
- Ph.D., University College London, 2018
- M.Jur., University of Birmingham, 2008
- LL.B., University of Durham, 2001
Research Interests
- Misinformation, deepfakes & ranking algorithms on social media
- Cryptocourts & decentralised dispute resolution
- Open-source governance & "open-washing"
- Social prescription for Singapore seniors through multicultural drum circles
- Educational assessment and neurodiversity
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Digital Law and Technological Innovations
- Ethics and Social Responsibility
- Singapore: Imagining The Next Fifty Years (SG50)
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsCombines deep legal scholarship with innovative pedagogical approaches, advancing fair and inclusive education for neurodiverse learners; bridges law and technology with practical research grants and impactful publications; recognized for teaching excellence and leadership in interdisciplinary curriculum development; actively contributes to governance, charity, and public discourse.
Focused research areas include Intersections of international and private law with emerging technologies (misinformation, open-source governance, 'open-washing'); pedagogies for neurodiverse learners; interdisciplinary curriculum design; fair grading practices; legal implications of generative AI and copyright; evidential literacy in blockchain dispute resolution.
- SMU Technology Enhanced Learning Grant - "Universal Design for Interdisciplinary Learning: An Evaluation of the UDL TPACK Model's Effectiveness for Diverse Student Profiles through a Virtual Reality Simulation of Defamation Laws in a 3D Environment" (S$14,750)(2024-2025)
- Ministry of Education Tertiary Education Research Fund, "The Future Is Interdisciplinary: Developing Lifelong Learning Through Singapore Management University's Core Curriculum"(S$165,790) (2025-2027)
- National Council of Social Service (NCSS) Ngee Ann Kongsi 360 Panel Study of 1,000 Singapore households to measure time-use and well-being indicators (S$2.227 million)(2020-2025)
- NParks Social Research Study on the Management of Cats (S$345,642.91)(2021-2023)
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- D SeahHandbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume 3, 135-147, 2025
- Journal of Digital Asset, 2023
Daniel Seah is a public international lawyer by training, and examines ASEAN law and emerging technologies, such as misinformation, open-source governance and "open-washing", through an interdisciplinary lens. His research engages ASEAN and Singapore-centric legal developments. Daniel is admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Singapore Supreme Court (2004), and obtained his PhD in Law at UCL (2018).
Daniel has received various teaching excellence awards, including his induction into the Core Curriculum Hall of Fame for Teaching Excellence. In 2025, he was awarded the Educational Research Fellowship to advance the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and will lead a two-year mixed-methods research on faculty perceptions of fair grading in neurodiverse classrooms.
Qualifications
- Ph.D., University College London, 2018
- M.Jur., University of Birmingham, 2008
- LL.B., University of Durham, 2001
Research Interests
- Misinformation, deepfakes & ranking algorithms on social media
- Cryptocourts & decentralised dispute resolution
- Open-source governance & "open-washing"
- Social prescription for Singapore seniors through multicultural drum circles
- Educational assessment and neurodiversity
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Digital Law and Technological Innovations
- Ethics and Social Responsibility
- Singapore: Imagining The Next Fifty Years (SG50)