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Socioeconomic Development in Asia

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Bryan Cheang
London School of Economics and Political Science
2
Daisuke Wakisaka
S.B. Keçiören Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
3
Achala Gupta
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
4
Alessandra Ferrer
Kyushu University
5
Jin Yao Kwan
University of Delaware
6
Han Cheng
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
7
Gideon Baffoe
University of York
8
Louis O'Sullivan
Unknown
9
Minji Kim
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
10
Laura Kemmer
University of Washington

Rising Stars Papers

1
China, geoeconomics and the ‘new’ state capitalism
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space|2024
13 cit.
2
<i>Coached habitus</i> : Mapping the role of shadow education in shaping students' educational trajectories
British Educational Research Journal|2024
11 cit.
3
Why mission-directed governance risks authoritarianism: lessons from East Asia
Journal of Institutional Economics|2024
7 cit.
4
Circular economy and social equity: Addressing the complexities of E-waste management in Accra, Ghana
Environmental Development|2025
6 cit.
5
Worlding geography, area studies and the study of area
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers|2025
5 cit.
6
Global China's spatial ambition and area studies with geography
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers|2025
4 cit.
7
Internal orientalism on Taiwan: the ROC's Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission and its portrayal of Tibetan Buddhism
Comparative Education|2024
3 cit.
8
Dynamics of functional and physiochemical properties of Madhuca longifolia flower juice under Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation
Food and Humanity|2024
3 cit.
9
Living, learning, working, and playing during COVID-19: tackling existing and exacerbated problems of low-income Singaporean youth
Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development|2024
3 cit.
10
Two Sides of the Coin: Unveiling the Socioeconomic Impacts of Land Expropriation on Kigali Residents
Urban Forum|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Yizheng Zou
Shenzhen University
2
Thai Pin Tan
National Environment Agency
3
Stephan Ortmann
Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann
4
Tini Maizura Mohtar
Universiti of Malaysia Sabah
5
Orlando Woods
Singapore Management University
6
Omar Durrah
Dhofar University
7
Satveer Kaur‐Gill
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
8
Gareth Nellis
University of Pennsylvania
9
Roslizawati Che Aziz
Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
10
Soojin Kim
Nanyang Technological University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Community-based ecotourism as a social transformation tool for rural community: A victory or a quagmire?
Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism|2022
79 cit.
2
Do we need friendship in the workplace? The effect on innovative behavior and mediating role of psychological safety
Current Psychology|2022
60 cit.
3
Motivations and behaviours of rural women entrepreneurs in Oman
International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship|2024
33 cit.
4
Application of Machine Learning Algorithms for Sustainable Business Management Based on Macro-Economic Data: Supervised Learning Techniques Approach
Sustainability|2022
32 cit.
5
Citizen Satisfaction Research in Public Administration: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda
The American Review of Public Administration|2024
32 cit.
6
The Economy of Time, the Rationalisation of Resources: Discipline, Desire and Deferred Value in the Playing of <i>Gacha</i> Games
Games and Culture|2022
31 cit.
7
The cultural customization of TikTok: subaltern migrant workers and their digital cultures
Media International Australia|2022
30 cit.
8
Moving toward a common goal via cross-sector collaboration: lessons learned from SARS to COVID-19 in Singapore
Globalization and Health|2022
29 cit.
9
The affective embeddings of <i>gacha</i> games: Aesthetic assemblages and the mediated expression of the self
New Media & Society|2022
28 cit.
10
Insourcing the smart city: assembling an ideo-technical ecosystem of talent, skills, and civic-mindedness in Singapore
Urban Geography|2023
22 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Brenda S. A. Yeoh
Institute of Geography
2
Shirlena Huang
National University of Singapore
3
S. Gopinathan
Nanyang Technological University
4
Johan Lindquist
Stockholm University
5
Dan Slater
University of Michigan
6
Katie Willis
Imperial College London
7
Henry Wai‐chung Yeung
Chinese University of Hong Kong
8
Geoffrey Wall
University of Waterloo
9
Lily Kong
Singapore Management University
10
Jackline Wahba
University of Southampton

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Global production networks and the analysis of economic development
Review of International Political Economy|2002
2.2k cit.
2
Tourism: Economic, Physical and Social Impacts
Geographical Journal|1983
1.1k cit.
3
Chains and networks, territories and scales: towards a relational framework for analysing the global economy
Global Networks|2001
1.1k cit.
4
Migration Infrastructure
International Migration Review|2014
765 cit.
5
Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective
International Organization|2005
706 cit.
6
Toward a Dynamic Theory of Global Production Networks
Economic Geography|2014
629 cit.
7
Rethinking relational economic geography
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers|2005
600 cit.
8
Ordering Power: Contentious Politics and Authoritarian Leviathans in Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asian Economies|2013
590 cit.
9
Mapping ‘new’ geographies of religion: politics and poetics in modernity
Progress in Human Geography|2001
562 cit.
10
Ecotourism: towards congruence between theory and practice
Tourism Management|1999
457 cit.

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