Brief Biodata

Simon SC Tay LLM (Harvard) LLB Hons (NUS) is a teacher and activist and focuses on international and public law, especially on environmental issues in Asia. He has published in leading law and other academic journals in the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe and, in 2001, edited the work, "Reinventing ASEAN". In addition to his scholarly work, he concurrently chairs the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, an independent think-tank, and the National Environmental Agency, the government authority tasked to foster environmental protection and sustainability. He has advised international and regional governments and spoken at many international meetings, including the World Economic Forum (Davos). He previously initiated the Singapore Volunteers Overseas, the country's equivalent of the Peace Corps. He is also an award winning author of stories and poems.