Educational Qualifications
2023
Advanced Learning and Teaching Certificate (Fellow), Advance HE (UK)
2005
Ph.D.in Media and Communications, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
2001
Professional Diploma in Asia Pacific Marketing, Marketing Institute of Singapore-NUS
1995
M.Sc.in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science, UK
Academic and Professional Experience
2025
Deputy Head of Programme (Communication), Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
2024
Senior Lecturer, Communication Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
2014
Singapore Discipline (Media and Communication), Murdoch University, (Singapore Office)
2011
Asst Director (Special Projects), Communications Division, Media Development Authority Singapore
2008
Deputy Director (Industry Development), Creative Industries Division, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
2002
Assistant Director (several portfolios), Media Development Authority, Singapore
1996
Assistant Director (Industry Development), SME (Public Service Broadcast), Singapore Broadcasting Authority
1994
Research Associate, Survey Research Singapore-AC Nielsen; Outbound Producer (CNNI London).
Selected Publications
Lim, T. (2024, 26 November)
Post-COVID Changing Perceptions of the Creative Economy in Singapore: Stakeholder Perspectives (2020 - 2024) (conference paper), The Inside-out” approach to Identity and Creativity in Singapore”. Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand Communication Association (AANZCA) Conference, 25-27 November 2024, RMIT, Australia.
Xu, E., Lim, T., & Lee, H. (2024)
Stakeholder engagement and chaotic narrative spaces: Singapore’s COVID-19 outbreak in foreign-worker dormitories. Communication Research and Practice, 10(2), 129–147. https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2024.2347690
Fong, S. Y., & Lim, T. (2024).
Regional partnerships and media policy in the age of China’s rise: the case of Singapore-China film co-productions. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2024.2333860
Lim, T., Mwagwabi, F., Nallor, J. & Khan, S.T. (2023, 22 November).
Digital Inclusion or Exclusion of Older Adults in a Post-COVID Era: Comparison of Singapore and Dubai (conference paper). Australia and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA), 21-24 November 2023, Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand.
Tan, E., Mwagwabi, F., Lim, T., & Lim, A. (2023).
Graduate employability concerns amidst a crisis: Student perspectives from Singapore on COVID-19. Industry and Higher Education, 37(3), 370-383.https://doi.org/10.1177/09504222221126420
Lim, A.J., Tan, E. & Lim, T. (2021)
Infodemic: the effect of death-related thoughts on news-sharing. Cognition Research 6, 39.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00306-0
Zhang, W., Lim, T., & Lee, T. (2021).
Disruptive information technologies and society: evidence from digital China. Chinese Journal of Communication, 14(1), 1–4.https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2020.1848405
Mwagwabi, F. & Lim, T. (2021)
Improving quality of life perceptions in older adults with ICT use for leisure. 2021 US-ARI conference on Leisure for Older Adults in Asia, (conference paper). Singapore.
Lim, T., Lee, T., & Zhang, W. (2020)
Editorial and Critical Reflections on the future of identity moments social media in China and beyond. Global Media and China, 5(3), 215-227.https://doi.org/10.1177/2059436420939322
Lim, T., Bali, A., & Moo, M. (2019).
New digital realities and old public service broadcasting models – the case of public access and participation in Singapore’s televisual landscape. Media International Australia, 170(1), 100-114. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X17743348
Lim, T. (2019).
Managing Digital Platforms in the age of Chinese streaming services in Southeast Asia,10th International Research Symposium in Service Management@ Dubai (IRSSM-10)
Flew, T., Lim, T. (2019).
Assessing Policy I: Stakeholder Analysis. In: Van den Bulck, H., Puppis, M., Donders, K., Van Audenhove, L. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16065-4_31
Tan, E. Abu Bakar, B., Lim, T., Nair, S. (2018)
Hijababes travel: Insights from Asian female Muslim millennial travelers.Proceedings of the Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference 2018. Newcastle, New South Wales: University of Newcastle. On Research Gate.
Tan, E. and Lim, T. (2017)
Consuming Asia: Culinary tourism, soft power and mediation of Peranakan TV, 3rdGlobal Tourism and Hospitality Conference, Hong Kong SAR. Available on Academic.edu
Lim, T. (2008).
Renting East Asian Popular Culture for Local Television: Regional Networks of Cultural production. In: Beng Huat Chua & Koichi Iwabuchi (eds)East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave. Hong Kong University Press.Google Books | East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave | Page 33
Lim, T. (2005)
Formatting and Change in East Asian Television Industries: Media Globalization and Regional Dynamics, Ph.D. thesis, Queensland University of Technology, https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16496/