Leong Chan-Hoong, PhD, is a Senior Fellow and Head of the Social Cohesion Research Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prior to this, he has held senior appointments in various academic institutions, and most recently in a global commercial advisory firm (Verian, formerly Kantar Public). He read a PhD (Psychology) from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (2006), and M.Sc.'s on Statistics (2011) and Applied Geographic Information Systems (2019) from the NUS. His research focuses on immigration, inter-racial relations, national narratives, and human-environment interactions.

Chan-Hoong sits on the International Advisory Board of the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is a Fellow and elected board member (2019-2023) of the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR), where he chairs the Rae and Dan Landis Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award Committee (2019 - present).  He has served as Consulting Editor for the International Journal of Intercultural Relations (IJIR 2013-15) and Asian Journal of Social Psychology (2018 - now), and Guest Editor for the IJIR 2013 and 2019 Special Issues “Multiculturalism: Beyond Ethnocultural Diversity & Contestations” and "Viewing intercultural adaptation & social inclusion through constructs of national identity", respectively.  According to a bibliometric analysis published by IJIR in May 2023, Chan-Hoong is listed as one of the most prolific and established authors for research in acculturation and intercultural relations  (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101785).    

An advocate for intercultural engagement, he serves as a Council member at the National Integration Council in the Ministry of Culture, Community, and Youth, and in the Community Advisory Panel at the Ministry of National DevelopmentChan-Hoong has consulted widely for various government agencies (e.g., defence, education, population), statutory boards (e.g., People’s Association), and international organisations including the Israel Science Foundation and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.  He is also the Singapore National Representative for the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), where he chairs the Janet A Harkness Best Paper Award committee.  

Chan-Hoong was a member of the Programme Advisory Committee (2022-2023) for Singapore University of Social Sciences' Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Social Sciences degrees

Recent Publications

Recent Journal Article - 

Leong, C.H., Ang, A., & Tambyah, S.K. (2024). Using spatial big data to analyse neighbourhood effects on immigrant inclusion and well-being. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102020 


Recent Book Chapter -

Leong, C.H. (2024). Insights: The Unbearable Lightness of "Othering". In Leong, C.H., Lim, C., & Huang, H.Y. (ed.), Confident Identities, Connected Communities, pp. 251-260. Singapore: World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811285387_0023 


Recent Commentary - 

How may Singapore remember its colonial figures beyond their controversies? Channel News Asia, 22 August 2024
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/raffles-wallich-statue-fort-canning-park-colonialism-history-debate-4558806  


What's at stake in Singapore's blocking of Chinese businessman's social media accounts, The Straits Times, 25 July 2024

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/what-s-at-stake-in-singapore-s-blocking-of-chinese-businessman-s-social-media-accounts