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Gordon Tan is currently an Assistant Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He is a financial geographer whose research focuses on examining the role of technological changes in shaping urban financial centers, the nature of financial work, the acquisition of financial knowledge, and how financial practices are influenced by emerging technologies such as app-based platforms. His research also delves into sustainability in finance, examining how financial workers adapt in an increasingly automated environment, and the intersections of finance, technology, and society. Gordon's ongoing work includes investigating new credit-payment forms such as 'buy-now-pay-later' and the impact of fintech applications on personal finance and retail financial practices. His research interests encompass topics like misinformation and its effects on societal attitudes towards immigration, knowledge literacy, and financial practices, as well as the application of novel technologies like blockchain in financialization.
This applies to PhD programs in Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD), Engineering Product Development (EPD), Engineering Systems and Design (ESD), Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD), Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT), and Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS).