Dr Nur Diyanah Anwar is an Adjunct Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). She also lectures at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Her research revolves around topics on identity, multiculturalism, citizenship, social cohesion as well as resilience – in societal contexts and in education.

• Social Policies
• State and Societal Relations
• Strategic Communication

Policy Reports

• Singaporean Youth and Socioeconomic Mobility

  20 November, 2018

RSIS Commentary Series

• Christchurch Terror Attack: New Zealand’s Multi-Faceted Response

  23 July, 2019

• CO18070 | Going Halal: Balancing Ingredients For Mutual Understanding

  19 April, 2018

• CO18021 | “Regardless of Religion”: Building a Stronger Singaporean Society

  12 February, 2018

• CO17041 | State and Society: Securing Social Cohesion

  13 March, 2017

• CO15048 | Plot Archetypes: ‘Overcoming the Monster’ Still Useful for Singapore

  10 March, 2015

• CO15030 | Negotiating Singapore’s Meritocracy: A Subtle Shift?

  12 February, 2015

• CO14211 | Immigration and Singaporean Identity: The Ethnicity Conundrum

  27 October, 2014

Commemorative / Event Reports

• CENS Workshop: The Age of Rages

  29 April, 2019

• Countering Extremism: Now What?

  17 December, 2018

• The 2018 Southeast Asia Counter-Terrorism Symposium: A Collective Approach

  05 December, 2018

Edited Books / Special Issues

• Disinformation and Fake News (with Shashi Jayakumar, and Benjamin Ang), Eds. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

Chapters in Edited Books

• “Fake News and Disinformation: Singapore Perspectives” (with Shashi Jayakumar, and Benjamin Ang) in Shashi Jayakumar, Benjamin Ang, Nur Diyanah Anwar (Eds.), Disinformation and Fake News. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 137-158
• “The Maligned Malays and National Service” (with Norman Vasu) in Ho Shu Huang and Graham Ong-Webb, National Service in Singapore. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co., 2018, pp. 203-225

Op-Eds

• “Education in Singapore and the Future Economy in the Digital Age”, IRAHSS 2017 Think Pieces., 11 July 2017
• “Lessons in preparedness and unity” (with Norman Vasu), The Straits Times, 25 May 2017
• “Othman Wok, Multiculturalism and the Nation” (with Norman Vasu), The Straits Times, 19 April 2017