Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano is a Research Fellow for Future Issues and Technology (FIT) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She obtained her Master of Technology Management (2011) and Bachelor of Library and Information Science (2007) both from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Dr Trajano also carries a PhD from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI), NTU Singapore (2019) where she was previously connected as a Lecturer (Information Management, Information Sources and Services) and as a Research Fellow (Science, Environmental, and Health Communication).

• Emerging & Frontier Technologies
• Expert & Public Opinion
• Technology & Disinformation
• Information Management
• Technology Management

Policy Reports

• Navigating Public Opinion on AI in Singapore: Awareness, Perceptions and Vulnerabilities

  18 September, 2025

• AI in Space Technologies: A Singapore Case Study

  29 October, 2024

RSIS Commentary Series

• The Use of Space Technologies for Public Health

  06 May, 2024

• Red Hydrogen for a More Sustainable Future in Aviation

  12 April, 2024

• AI and Elections: Lessons for Southeast Asia

  16 February, 2024

• We Need to Prevent a Global AI Arms Race Now

  14 December, 2023

• Artificial Intelligence Governance: Lessons from Decades of Nuclear Regulation

  21 September, 2023

• How ASEAN can Contribute to International AI Governance Frameworks

  14 August, 2023

Annual Reviews

• Emerging Technologies and National Security - Review of 2023

  15 January, 2024

IDSS Papers

• IP25055 | Disasters and Disinformation: AI and the Myanmar 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake

  01 May, 2025

Future Issues

• Science, Technology and Security: Quantum (April 2025)

  14 April, 2025

• Science, Technology and Security: Energy (June 2024)

  12 June, 2024

• Science, Technology and Security: Space (January 2024)

  31 January, 2024

• Science, Technology and Security: AI (September 2023)

  26 September, 2023

Journal Articles

• “Grappling with Polarization on Wikipedia: The Case of the Biography of Ferdinand E. Marcos” (with Brendan Luyt) in Journal of Documentation, ahead-of-print, 2023
• “The Digitization of Harassment: Women Journalists’ Experiences with Online Harassment in the Philippines” (with Edson C. Tandoc, and Katrina Paola Alvarez) in Journalism Practice, 17, 6, 2021. 1198-1213

Policy Reports

• Soft but Ethical: The ASEAN Way to Data Protection and AI Governance (with Benjamin Ang), Soft but Ethical: The ASEAN Way to Data Protection and AI Governance, Safer Internet Lab, 21 August 2025

Op-Eds

• “Charting ASEAN’s Path to AI Governance: Uneven Yet Gaining Ground”, The National Bureau of Asian Research, 4 September 2025
• “Southeast Asia faces AI influence on elections” (with Adhi Priamarizki), The Strategist, 4 March 2025
• “We need to prevent a global AI arms race now” (with Benjamin Ang), The Straits Times, 8 December 2023

• Panelist, Space AI: Automation, Predictive Analytics and Mission Optimization, SatelliteAsia, Asia Tech x Singapore 2025, May 2025.
• Paper presenter, “Building Social Resilience in the Age of AI: The Singapore Approach,” Technology, Knowledge and Society 2025 Conference, Changhua City, Taiwan, 25-26 April 2025.
• Keynote speaker, “AI Governance and Information Professionals,” Art and Humanity in the Heart of Service and Innovation, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, 27 March 2025.
• Paper presenter, “Balancing Trust? Public Opinion on AI in Singapore amid US-China Dynamics” International Studies Association Annual Convention 2025, 2-5 March 2025.
• Panel speaker, “Technological Frontiers and Regional Stability: AI and Cybersecurity in the Indo-Pacific,” 2024 Festival of Ideas, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 18 September 2024.
• Special panel speaker, “Digital Frontiers: The Intersection of SDGs, Technology, and International Relations in Shaping the Modern World”, 13^th International Conference on Business, International Relations, and Diplomacy (ICOBIRD) 2024, Bina Nusantara (BINUS) University, Indonesia, 29 August 2024.
• Expert interviewee, “AI in elections: What to look out for and why it matters” on Asia First on CNA938, 05 August 2024.
• Speaker, “Why Governments Need to Take Decisive Action on AI-powered Election Disinformation,” Panel on The Threat Landscape: AI in the Super Election Year for the Conference on AI and Disinformation: Democracy in the Age of Deepfakes by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in partnership with the Parliament of Singapore and hosted by the British High Commission, 18 June 2024.
• Speaker, “Writing with AI: Insights and Experiences from Researchers,” AI for Research Week, Singapore Management University, 29 May 2024.
• Expert contributor, “How ASEAN Can Contribute to AI Governance for Good,” Global Perspectives on the AI for Good Global Summit by the Council of Councils, 28 May 2024.
• Speaker, “Singapore’s Approach to Technology Development and Innovation,” RSIS Visit of the Strategic Studies Center (SSC) of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, 09 May 2024.