Fellow at SUSS–IAL Office for Skills-First Practices

Dr Gog Soon Joo is a Fellow at SUSS–IAL Office for Skills-First Practices at the Singapore University of Social Sciences–Institute for Adult Learning, where she is spearheading Skills-First initiatives. With over two decades of expertise in workforce development, lifelong learning system transformation, and skills policies, Soon Joo has been pivotal in the transformation of Singapore’s continuing education and training system. She serves as a council member at the World Economic Forum Global Future Council for Human Capital Development, and as advisor to various university research advisory boards. Her research focuses on examining the institutional dynamics of skills ecosystems, exploring skills-powered organisations, and investigating the longevity economy. She is an alumnus of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, University College London and Oxford University in the UK, and George Washington University and Singularity University in the US, and HEC Paris in France.