Arun Mahizhnan

Arun Mahizhnan is Special Research Adviser at the Institute of Policy Studies. He advises the Director on IPS research projects and undertakes selected research projects. In addition, he supervises research work in the areas of Arts and Culture and Media at the institute. His past research interests included business issues such as regionalisation of the Singapore economy and development of entrepreneurship. Arun is concurrently an Adjunct Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at the Nanyang Technological University. Arun joined IPS in 1991 as Senior Research Fellow and was made Deputy Director in 1997 and held that position till 2012. As DD, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of IPS as well as the setting of the research agenda. Before joining IPS, he had worked in both the public and private sectors for 20 years, mostly in public communication fields.

Publications

Government-With-You: E-Government in Singapore
Government-With-You: E-Government in Singapore
Scott Baum, Arun Mahizhnan. © 2015. 15 pages.
Singapore's e-government model is considered to be among the best in the world. Over the past decade, the Singapore government has constantly developed and re-invented its...
E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases
E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases
Scott Baum, Arun Mahizhnan. © 2014. 356 pages.
The application of e-government technologies has led to increased public participation and social inclusion, while allowing for greater government transparency. These...
Public Participation in E-Government: Some Questions about Social Inclusion in the Singapore Model
Public Participation in E-Government: Some Questions about Social Inclusion in the Singapore Model
Scott Baum, Arun Mahizhnan. © 2013. 15 pages.
Singapore’s E-government model is considered to be among the best in the world. Over the past decade the Singapore government has constantly developed and re-developed its...
Saviours and Barbarians at the Gate: Dilemmas of Regulatory Policies for New Media
Saviours and Barbarians at the Gate: Dilemmas of Regulatory Policies for New Media
Arun Mahizhnan. © 2012. 10 pages.
This chapter is based on the Keynote Speech at International Workshop on Regulatory Policies for New Media at Leipzig on 23-25 September 2009. It addresses the tensions between...
Public Participation in E-Government: Some Questions about Social Inclusion in the Singapore Model
Public Participation in E-Government: Some Questions about Social Inclusion in the Singapore Model
Scott Baum, Arun Mahizhnan. © 2010. 16 pages.
Singapore’s E-government model is considered to be among the best in the world. Over the past decade the Singapore government has constantly developed and re-developed its...