Aaron Maniam (He / him)

Aaron Maniam is Professor of Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, an autonomous thinktank in the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is also an adjunct faculty member of NUS College.

Before joining NUS, Aaron was Fellow of Practice and Director, Digital Transformation Education at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government. At both Oxford and now at NUS, his research and teaching focus on how large, complex organisations like governments can (i) better use, regulate and enable digital technology in a range of domains, and (ii) plan more effectively for the long-term.

Previously a Singaporean civil servant, he held several policy leadership roles, including starting both the Centre for Strategic Futures, which examines long-range trends, and the Civil Service College Applied Simulation Training (CAST) Laboratory, which creates serious games to help policymakers grapple with wicked problems.