2025 Singapore Delegates
Khairudin Aljunied
Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
Dr. Khairudin Aljunied (PhD SOAS, London) is a tenured Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. He is a senior fellow and professor as well as the Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia at the Alwaleed Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. He has held visiting full professorships at Columbia University, USA (Fulbright Program) in 2013, the University of Brunei Darussalam in 2021-2022, and the University of Malaya in 2022-2023. In 2024 and 2025, he is listed as one of the 500 influential Muslims in the world. A recognized specialist in the field of intellectual history, Khairudin Aljunied’s research focuses on the connections between Southeast Asia and Global Islam. He is the author and editor of thirteen books and more than thirty internationally refereed articles. Recent publications include Muslim Cosmopolitanism: Southeast Asian Islam in Comparative Perspective (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), Hamka and Islam: Cosmopolitan Reform in the Malay World (Cornell University Press, 2018), Islam in Malaysia: An Entwined History (Oxford University Press, 2019), and Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022). His upcoming book is entitled Contemplating Sufism: Dialogue and Tradition Across Southeast Asia (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2024).
Dr. Khairudin Aljunied (PhD SOAS, London) is a tenured Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. He is a senior fellow and professor as well as the Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia at the Alwaleed Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. He has held visiting full professorships at Columbia University, USA (Fulbright Program) in 2013, the University of Brunei Darussalam in 2021-2022, and the University of Malaya in 2022-2023. In 2024 and 2025, he is listed as one of the 500 influential Muslims in the world. A recognized specialist in the field of intellectual history, Khairudin Aljunied’s research focuses on the connections between Southeast Asia and Global Islam. He is the author and editor of thirteen books and more than thirty internationally refereed articles. Recent publications include Muslim Cosmopolitanism: Southeast Asian Islam in Comparative Perspective (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), Hamka and Islam: Cosmopolitan Reform in the Malay World (Cornell University Press, 2018), Islam in Malaysia: An Entwined History (Oxford University Press, 2019), and Shapers of Islam in Southeast Asia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022). His upcoming book is entitled Contemplating Sufism: Dialogue and Tradition Across Southeast Asia (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2024).
Mohamed Imran Bin Mohamed Taib
Director, Dialogue Centre; Founding Board Member, Center for Interfaith Understanding, Singapore
Mohamed Imran Bin Mohamed Taib is an independent researcher, writer, and advocate for interfaith relations. He is the founding director of the Dialogue Centre and a founding board member of the Centre for Interfaith Understanding (CIFU). Both are inclusive interfaith organizations based in Singapore. He also sits on the advisory board of the National Museum of Singapore. A widely recognized expert and practitioner of interfaith dialogue, he has delivered guest lectures at various universities, government agencies, schools, and community organizations. His writings on topics of religion, culture, and diversity have appeared in dailies such as Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, and South China Morning Post. He is a published author with three co-edited books on Islam and Malay thought. His latest publication is a co-authored book, Remembering Singapore River (2022), and a co-edited volume, Syed Hussein Alatas and the School of Autonomous Knowledge (2025). Imran is a graduate in Philosophy from the University of London, with a keen interest in sociology of religion and comparative theology.
Mohamed Imran Bin Mohamed Taib is an independent researcher, writer, and advocate for interfaith relations. He is the founding director of the Dialogue Centre and a founding board member of the Centre for Interfaith Understanding (CIFU). Both are inclusive interfaith organizations based in Singapore. He also sits on the advisory board of the National Museum of Singapore. A widely recognized expert and practitioner of interfaith dialogue, he has delivered guest lectures at various universities, government agencies, schools, and community organizations. His writings on topics of religion, culture, and diversity have appeared in dailies such as Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, and South China Morning Post. He is a published author with three co-edited books on Islam and Malay thought. His latest publication is a co-authored book, Remembering Singapore River (2022), and a co-edited volume, Syed Hussein Alatas and the School of Autonomous Knowledge (2025). Imran is a graduate in Philosophy from the University of London, with a keen interest in sociology of religion and comparative theology.
Muhammad Ibnur Rashad Bin Zainal Abidin
Chief Foresight Officer, GUILD Asia, Singapore
M Ibnur Rashad B Zainal Abidin published a scientific paper and co-invented a laser interferometer at age 16. Through his award-winning consultancy Ground-up Innovation Labs for Development (Guild), Ibnur unites nature, technology, and community to create learning experiences. Guild’s latest projects include curating an invention bootcamp with the Singapore Science Centre for schools to design solutions for an elderly centre and family service centre, as well as developing riverbots to help marine researchers in Southeast Asia in their conservation work.
M Ibnur Rashad B Zainal Abidin published a scientific paper and co-invented a laser interferometer at age 16. Through his award-winning consultancy Ground-up Innovation Labs for Development (Guild), Ibnur unites nature, technology, and community to create learning experiences. Guild’s latest projects include curating an invention bootcamp with the Singapore Science Centre for schools to design solutions for an elderly centre and family service centre, as well as developing riverbots to help marine researchers in Southeast Asia in their conservation work.
Eugene KB Tan
Associate Professor, School of Law, Singapore Management University; Representative of Singapore to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, Singapore
Eugene K.B. Tan is an associate professor of law at the School of Law, Singapore Management University, where he regularly teaches law, business, and social sciences at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive education levels. His substantial body of scholarly works in legal and nonlegal publications and parliamentary speeches has been cited regularly in academic publications, government reports, and media reports, as well as by Singapore’s High Court and Apex Court of Appeal. Between February 2012 and August 2014, Eugene served as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore’s 12th Parliament. He is Singapore’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) from 2025 to 2027 and served as the alternate representative between 2019 and 2024. An advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, Eugene was educated at the National University of Singapore, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Stanford University where he was a Fulbright Fellow.
Eugene K.B. Tan is an associate professor of law at the School of Law, Singapore Management University, where he regularly teaches law, business, and social sciences at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive education levels. His substantial body of scholarly works in legal and nonlegal publications and parliamentary speeches has been cited regularly in academic publications, government reports, and media reports, as well as by Singapore’s High Court and Apex Court of Appeal. Between February 2012 and August 2014, Eugene served as a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore’s 12th Parliament. He is Singapore’s Representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) from 2025 to 2027 and served as the alternate representative between 2019 and 2024. An advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, Eugene was educated at the National University of Singapore, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Stanford University where he was a Fulbright Fellow.