Mr Christopher Chen

Mr. Christopher Chen is an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

He obtained a Master of International Relations and a Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communication and Politics & International Studies) from the University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia. He currently specialises in the area of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. His research interests include HADR in the Asia-Pacific; institutional memory; human rights in Asia; forced migration; politics and conflicts in the Asia-Pacific.

Prior to joining the Centre, he served an internship with the International Detention Coalition (IDC) in Melbourne where he was tasked to produce advocacy communications materials and periodic insights. He also produced a briefing paper to assist the IDC in developing its strategy for engagement with ASEAN on the issue of child immigration detention and on promoting alternatives to detention.

• HADR Landscape in the Asia-Pacific; Institutional Memory
• Human Rights in Asia
• Forced Migration
• Politics & Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific

Commentaries

• Humanitarian Technology: Taking the ‘Human’ out of Humanitarianism?

  05 August, 2019

• CO18163 | New Trends in Humanitarian Assistance - The Private Turn in Humanitarian Aid

  05 October, 2018

• CO18162 | New Trends in Humanitarian Assistance - Blockchain for Humanitarian Aid: Problem or Panacea?

  04 October, 2018

• CO17234 | Humanitarian Action - Power of the Crowd: Collective Voices in HADR

  13 December, 2017

• CO17192 | Improving Disaster Response: Role of Knowledge Sharing

  13 October, 2017

Event Reports

• World Humanitarian Day: Voices from the Field

  21 November, 2017

NTS Insight

• Simultaneous Disasters in Southeast Asia: Is Risk Outpacing Resilience?

  10 October, 2018