Sharon Seah Li-Lian

Research Interest
Climate governance in ASEAN; sustainable finance; major power rivalry in ASEAN; rule of law in ASEAN.

Researcher’s Profile

Prior to academia, Ms Seah spent 15 years in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Environment Agency of Singapore. Her research interests are in ASEAN, multilateralism, rule of law, and climate change. Ms Seah graduated with a Master in Public and International Law from the University of Melbourne in 2018. She is co-editor of 50 Years of ASEAN and Singapore (World Scientific: 2017) and editor of Building a New Legal Order for the Oceans (NUS Press: 2019) for Tommy Koh. She is also the lead author of The State of Southeast Asia Survey Report and the Southeast Asia Climate Outlook Survey.

 

Current Research

• Climate leadership in Asia; green taxonomies; role of regional organisations in climate security

 

Selected Publications

• Seah. Sharon. “Climate Change: Southeast Asia’s Existential Threat” in Southeast Asian Affairs 2022, edited by Daljit Singh and Hoang Thi Ha, ISEAS Publishing, April 2022.
• Seah, Sharon, “ASEAN” in The geopolitics of climate and security in the Indo-Pacific edited by Robert Glasser, Cathy Johnstone, and Anastasia Kapetas. Australian Strategic Policy Institute, February 2022.
• Seah, Sharon & Das, Sanchita Basu, “ASEAN-India Relations: Time to Match Rhetoric with Actions”, Fulcrum, 13 April 2022.
• Seah, Sharon, “ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance: Putting Money Where the Mouth Is”, Fulcrum, 8 April 2022.
• Seah, Sharon, “Ukraine’s impact on Geopolitical Realities in Asia”, The Straits Times, 10 March 2022
• Seah, Sharon & Lin, Joanne, “ASEAN Special Envoy in Myanmar: Too Little, Too Late?”, Fulcrum, 24 March 2022.
• Seah, Sharon “Hope deferred makes Southeast Asia’s heart sick”, Fulcrum, 17 February 2022.
• Seah, Sharon, “Hun Sen’s Cowboy Diplomacy: Quick Draw or Firing Blanks”, Fulcrum, 10 January 2022.