Full CV

Ph.D. (Labor and Industrial Relations), University of Illinois, 1971

M.A. (Labor and Industrial Relations), University of Illinois, 1969

B.A. Honors (Economics), University of Singapore, 1967

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointments:

Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU (June 2006–Present)

Vice-Provost, Academic Strategic Planning, SMU (June 2006–Present)

Professor, SMU (2002–Present)

Previous Appointments:

Director, Wee Kim Wee Centre, Singapore Management University (2002–06)

Director, Lee Kong Chian Scholars Program, SMU (2005–06)

National University of Singapore (NUS): Professor, Department of Business Policy (1998–2002), Associate Professor, Department of Business Policy (1983–97), Director, Economic Research Centre (ERC), University of Singapore/NUS, 1973–83 (rank of Associate Professor from 1978); Senior Research Fellow, ERC (1975–78), Research Fellow, ERC (1972–75), Lecturer, Economics Department, University of Singapore (1971–72)

Visiting Professor, School of Business, Columbia University (1991–92)

Visiting Senior Associate, East Asian Institute, Columbia University (1991–92)

Visiting Professor/Fulbright Scholar, University of Michigan (1980–81)

Visiting Fellow, OECD Development Centre (1987)

Other Positions:

High Commissioner (Ambassador) for Singapore to UK and Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, (1999–2001)

Ambassador of Singapore to Belgium, with concurrent accreditation to the European Union, Luxembourg, Holy See and Netherlands (1996–99)

Ambassador of Singapore to the Republic of Korea and Mongolia (1994–96)

Director, Singapore Unit, ASEAN-Australia Joint Research Project (1980–86)

Executive Secretary, Council for Asian Manpower Studies, Singapore (1972–73)

Course Taught in SMU

Government, Business and Society

Practice and Power of Leadership

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Editorial Activities

Editor, J. of Asia-Pacific Management (1992-93)

Editorial board membership of journals including International Migration, Competition and Change, J. of Asian Business

Reviewed papers for ASEAN Economic Bulletin, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, J. of Industrial Relations, Population and Development Review, Singapore Economic Review, and World Development

Honors & Awards

Singapore National Book Development Council Award For Foreign Investment and Industrialization in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand (co-authored with Linda Y C Lim, 1994)

Chapter in Pacific Basin Industries in Distress, edited by Larry Meissner and Patrick Hugh, Columbia University Press (1991). Book received M Ohira Prize for one of the best books on Pacific Asia published in 1991

University of Singapore Entrance Scholar (1964); Fulbright Research Scholar Award (1987); Asia Foundation Scholar, (1967-69); Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Award (1970-71)

Consulting/Public Service Activities

Board Member/Advisor on/to many public sector boards/committees including Urban Redevelopment Authority, National Library, National Statistical Commission and Science Council between 1972-94

Consultant to international agencies including World Bank, ILO, OECD, Commonwealth Secretariat, ESCAP, and companies in Singapore (1973-93)

Council Member, Singapore Institute of International Affairs (2003-Present)

Board of Directors, Salzburg Seminar (2001-2005)

Singapore's Representative, ASEM Task Force on Closer Economic Partnership, (2003-04)

Steering Committee Member, Pacific Asia Free Trade and Development (PAFTAD) Board, (2003-Present)

Research Areas

Regiona Migration

Competition for Global Talent

Changing Role of State in Pacific Asia

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

Christiane Kuptsch and Pang Eng Fong (eds.) (2006), Competing for Global Talent, Geneva: International Labor Office

Pang Eng Fong (1993), Regionalization and Labor Flows in Pacific Asia Paris: OECD Development Centre

Linda Y C Lim and Pang Eng Fong (1991), Foreign Direct Investment and Industrialization in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand Paris: OECD Development Centre

Pang Eng Fong (1982), Education, Manpower and Development in Singapore: Singapore: Singapore University Press

Linda Lim and Pang Eng Fong (2003), "Evolving Great Universities in Small and Developing Countries", International Higher Education, no. 33 (Fall 2003): 9-10

Pang Eng Fong (1991), "Market-led Adjustment in an Interventionist State". In H Patrick and L Meissner (eds.), Pacific Basin Industries in Distress. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 214-256

Pang Eng Fong (1994), "An Eclectic Approach to Turning Points in Migration", Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 81-92

L Y C Lim and Pang Eng Fong (1982), "Vertical Linkages and Multinational Enterprises in Developing Countries", World Development, vol. 10, no. 7 (July), pp. 585-595