Jikon Lai is Assistant Professor in the International Political Economy programme of S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University.
He has expertise in the global political economy of (both conventional and Islamic) finance and of economic governance. He also has research interest in the international relations and comparative politics of East Asia.
Experience
2019–present
Assistant Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
2012–2015
Lecturer in International Relations, University of Melbourne
Education
2010
The Australian National University, Ph.D. in International Relations
2001
University of Oxford, M.Phil. in International Relations
1999
London School of Economics and Political Science, B.Sc. Economics (First Class Honours)
Publications
2017
Conceptualizing Dynamic Challenges to Global Financial Diffusion: Islamic Finance and the Grafting of Sukuk, Review of International Political Economy
2014
Accountability and the Enforcement of Ethical Values in Finance: Insights from Islamic Finance, Australian Journal of Public Administration
2014
Industrial Policy and Islamic Finance, New Political Economy
2012
Khazanah Nasional: Malaysia’s Treasure Trove, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
2012
Asia’s Multi-Level Response to the Global Financial Crisis, Asia Europe Journal
2012
Financial Crisis and Institutional Change in East Asia, Palgrave Macmillan