Sustainable Living

Dr Qian Forrest Zhang joined Singapore Management University in 2005. Currently, he is Associate Professor of Sociology and the Associate Dean for Research at the School of Social Sciences. He completed his undergraduate training at Fudan University in Shanghai and obtained a PhD in sociology from Yale University in 2004. His research focuses on China’s agrarian political economy and rural development but extends to a range of other issues in contemporary China, including self-employment, stratification and inequality, social mobility, and family relations.

Dr Zang Yoonseok is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Singapore Management University.  He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration with concentration in Accounting from the University of California, Berkeley in 2003.  He obtained M.P.A. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and B.B.A. in Business Administration from Seoul National University. Prior to his graduate studies in the U.S., He was a Junior Economist at the Bank of Korea (Central Bank in Korea). He holds a certificate of CPA in Delaware, U.S.A. 

Qualifications

• PhD in Cognitive/Experimental Psychology, Cornell University, 2006
• BA in Psychology, Yonsei University, 2000

Research Interests

• Regulation of Executive Functions
• Bilingualism and Cognitive Development
• Healthy Ageing and Well-being
• Emotion and Motivation
• Impact of Technology on Cognitive and Socioemotional Development
• Creativity and Individual Differences

Research Advisor/Co-Research Advisor To

Dr. Holly Yang is a tenured Associate Professor of Accounting at Singapore Management University, where she focuses on corporate reporting and disclosure issues. Her research employs both traditional and behavioral economic theories to explore unique settings, aiming to make academic accounting research accessible and relevant to practitioners and regulators.

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.

Dr Ming-Hong Tsai is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University. His research currently focuses on judgment and decision-making, conflict and collaboration, and emotions. He has published papers in various outlets, such as Organization Science, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Personality, British Journal of Psychology, Journal of Business and Psychology, and Negotiation and Conflict Management Research.

Dr William Tov completed his doctorate in social and personality psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on the multilevel processes that underlie well-being. At the macro-level, he is interested in cultural similarities and differences in well-being as well as the societal-level conditions associated with well-being. At the micro-level, he examines fluctuations in emotion, satisfaction, and meaning—and how these fluctuations are influenced by positive personality traits, memory, and social interactions, and life circumstances.