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Why did you choose to do a PhD?
I want to be an academic because like research and I like teaching. PhD provides an ideal platform to learn how to do that.
Why did you choose to do graduate education at NUS? If you received offers from other universities, why did you pick NUS?
NUS provides a refreshing change from the Anglo-centric world of academia. Being around students and faculty from diverse backgrounds is a good opportunity to challenge your existing notions on how the world around you works and should work.
Briefly share about your research or thesis (i.e. dissertation topic for Masters by Coursework students).
My research centers around institutional determinants of innovation and technology. I try to study how societal and organizational institutions affect adoption and diffusion of innovations.
Share a challenge you faced in graduate school and how you overcame it.
Coming up with important research questions requires lots of reading and creative thinking. Self-motivation is also key to success in PhD because doing research or writing dissertation can be reclusive affairs.