Associate Professor Randolph Tan

Selected Publications

• "Skills development and lifelong learning in Singapore: Challenges for trade unions". ILO Brief, Policy Brief, published 6 June 2022. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/briefingnote/wcms_847560.pdf
• "Skills development and lifelong learning in Viet Nam: Challenges for trade unions". ILO Brief, Policy Brief, published 6 June 2022. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/briefingnote/wcms_847568.pdf
• "Skills development and lifelong learning in The Philippines: Challenges for trade unions". ILO Brief, Policy Brief, published 6 June 2022. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/briefingnote/wcms_847563.pdf
• "Skills development and lifelong learning in The Republic of Korea: Challenges for trade unions". ILO Brief, Policy Brief, published 6 June 2022. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/briefingnote/wcms_847565.pdf
• "Skills development and lifelong learning in India: Challenges for trade unions". ILO Brief, Policy Brief, published 6 June 2022. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/briefingnote/wcms_847558.pdf
• "Skills development and lifelong learning in Asia and the Pacific: Strengthening the role of trade unions". ILO Brief, Policy Brief, published 6 June 2022.  https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/briefingnote/wcms_847554.pdf
• "Digital learning and training: Opportunities and challenges for trade union education". ILO Brief, Policy Brief, published 6 June 2022 (with Pong-Sul Ahn). https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/briefingnote/wcms_847547.pdf
• “Financing Social Spending”. In I. A. Mokhtar & Y. Ibrahim (eds.), Social Context, Policies and Changes in Singapore: Beyond the First 50 Years, 2022, pp.301-326. Singapore: World Scientific. https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789811247750_0018
• “Skills Training, Technological Change and the Income Gap”. In T. Y. Leong and H. M. Cheah (eds.) The Heart of Learning, 2017, pp.11-20. (with LEONG Thin Yin, and LIM Tai Wei)
• "Preparing for Future Jobs through Applied Study". In Aidaroyani Adam and Sabrena Abdullah (eds.), MENDAKI Policy Digest 2016, pp. 14-21. Published January 2017, Research and Policy Department, Yayasan MENDAKI.
• “Who Calls the Shots? Agenda Setting in Mainstream and Alternative Media”, Chapter 5 in Tan Tarn How et al (eds), Battle for Hearts and Minds, Institute of Policy Studies and World Scientific, 2016 (with Paul Wu Horng-Jyh and Carol Soon)

Recent Consultancy Reports

• “Building young and women leadership skills in new forms of work in ASEAN”. Research report submitted to the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), 42 pp, 10 September 2024. (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• “Youths in the Digital Space". Research report submitted to GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, 2022. (with Shaw Wen Hui and Alexander Tan). https://www.suss.edu.sg/about-suss/centres/centre-for-applied-research/youths-in-the-digital-space
• "Employment and Workforce Skills in Transport and Transport-related sectors - Phase 3", March 2022. Research report submitted to Ong Teng Cheong Labour Leadership Institute (OTCi) and International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• "Employment and Workforce Skills in Transport and Transport-related sectors - Phase 2", July 2020, 126 pages. Research report submitted to Ong Teng Cheong Labour Leadership Institute (OTCi) and International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• “SUPPLEMENT to the REPORT on a Survey of Employment and Workforce Skills in the Transport and Transport-related sectors of Asia-Pacific Economies: Bangladesh”, July 2020, 29 pages. (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• “SUPPLEMENT to the REPORT on a Survey of Employment and Workforce Skills in the Transport and Transport-related sectors of Asia-Pacific Economies: Indonesia”, July 2020, 20 pages. (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• “SUPPLEMENT to the REPORT on a Survey of Employment and Workforce Skills in the Transport and Transport-related sectors of Asia-Pacific Economies: Thailand”, July 2020, 15 pages. (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• “SUPPLEMENT to the REPORT on a Survey of Employment and Workforce Skills in the Transport and Transport-related sectors of Asia-Pacific Economies: Nepal”, July 2020, 17 pages. (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• “SUPPLEMENT to the REPORT on a Survey of Employment and Workforce Skills in the Transport and Transport-related sectors of Asia-Pacific Economies: India”, July 2020, 19 pages. (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• “SUPPLEMENT to the REPORT on a Survey of Employment and Workforce Skills in the Transport and Transport-related sectors of Asia-Pacific Economies: The Philippines”, July 2020, 24 pages. (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• “SUPPLEMENT to the REPORT on a Survey of Employment and Workforce Skills in the Transport and Transport-related sectors of Asia-Pacific Economies: Singapore”, July 2020, 17 pages. (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• "Employment and Workforce Skills in Transport and Transport-related sectors - Phase 1", October 2019, 42 pages. Research report submitted to OTCi and ITF. (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report)
• “Workers in Transition”, published research report on collaborative project with OTCi and PSD, 56 pp (principal investigators of consultancy project and lead author of report, with other co-principal investigators and collaborators).), May 2019. http://www.otcinstitute.org.sg/wps/wcm/connect/aacf88c3-1081-40c2-b24a-80c8c294966f/LRC2018-Workers+in+Transition.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
• “Appendix E1: Workers in Transition - Report on National Environment Agency (CONFIDENTIAL)", 16 pp (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report), submitted to NEA May 2019.
• “Appendix E2: Workers in Transition - Report on Ministry of Home Affairs (CONFIDENTIAL)", 16 pp (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report), submitted to MHA May 2019.
• “Appendix E3: Workers in Transition - Report on Ministry of Education (CONFIDENTIAL)", 18 pp (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report), submitted to MOE May 2019.
• “Appendix E4: Workers in Transition - Report on Housing and Development Board (CONFIDENTIAL)", 16 pp (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report), submitted to HDB May 2019.
• “Appendix E5: Workers in Transition - Report on Singapore Polytechnic (CONFIDENTIAL)", 16 pp (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report, submitted to SP May 2019.
• “Appendix E6: Workers in Transition - Report on Health Promotion Board (CONFIDENTIAL)", 12 pp (PI of consultancy project and lead author of report), submitted to HPB May 2019.
• ST-SUSS Youth Survey 2018, published May 2019, https://www.suss.edu.sg/docs/default-source/cfar/youth-survey-publication.pdf?sfvrsn=f8b4bdcd_2 (PI of project and lead author of report)
• “Changing Skills and Jobs”, presented at the Labour Research Conference 2017, Ong Teng Cheong Labour Leadership Institute (principal investigators of consultancy project and lead author of report, with other co-principal investigators and collaborators). http://www.otcinstitute.org.sg/wps/wcm/connect/f3249e25-35ee-4ade-bcb8-f5d3de6fcac8/LRC2017-Changing+Skills+and+Jobs.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

Recent Opinion Pieces

• “How is your employer helping your career? An index could answer that” (with Sheryl Chua and Kang Soon Hock) The Straits Times, November 13, 2025 https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/how-is-your-employer-helping-your-career-an-index-could-answer-that
• "Strengthening protection for workers is good, so too is getting the timing right", Todayonline, November 14, 2018. https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/strengthening-protection-workers-good-so-too-getting-timing-right
• "Why Singapore’s foreign manpower policy needs to focus on skills", Todayonline, March 13, 2018. https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/why-singapores-foreign-manpower-policy-needs-focus-skills