OOI KEE BENG spent a significant part of his career at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). He arrived in ISEAS in Singapore from Sweden in 2004, and left in 2017. During the first half of his time at the Institute, he was in the Regional Socio-Cultural Studies and the Malaysia Studies Programme (MSP). From 2011 until his departure, he was Deputy Director, charged with overseeing the Institute’s entire research programme.
Always a doer, Kee Beng inspires by example. Very prolific as an academic, during his time at ISEAS, he was active in three broad areas.
