Nandini Anant

Member of:

• Social and Behavioural Inferences Research Group
• Social and Cognitive Computing Department
• Social Sciences and Innovation Horizontal Technology Coordination Office
• Well-being, Early Life and Learning (W.E.L.L) Special Interest Group (founding member)

Notable projects I have worked on:

• https://mindline.sg/

Worked with the Cognitive Decision Sciences Research Group and the Ministry of Health Office for Healthcare Transformation to develop and maintain the I need financial financial support section.

• Singapore Integrated Transport and Energy Model (SITEM) Project

Team Lead for the Behaviour Modelling team in the SITEM project, an award-winning, multi-agency collaboration designed to support Singapore's transition towards electric vehicles nationwide. The Behaviour Modelling team integrates multiple aspects of mobility and energy modelling, including the movements of individual vehicles, drivers’ decisions about where and when to charge by providing empirically grounded agent-based modelling of human behaviour.

• Singapore Food Story R&D Theme 3 (2022)

Supported the delivery of key grant milestones and goals, including designing focus group interview questions, designing the virtual factory's production blueprints, leading focus groups for adults, data analysis, and preparing materials for information dissemination.

Talks and Seminars:

• SST Seminar Series 2021 | Validating the CDI-2 with a Singaporean Community Sample
• Institute of High Performance Computing | Women in Tech 2022 | SITEM's real-world impacts and how I contribute to it

Awards and Media mentions:

• Silver Borderless Award - MTI Firefly Awards 2022 (SITEM project; awarded)
• One Public Service Award - Public Sector Transformation Award 2022 (SITEM project; nominated)
• Nature Portfolio , Smart Cities, August 2022 | Intelligent Models for a Sustainable Singapore
• Channel News Asia, Singapore, 2021 | Supporting Singapore's Transition To Electric Vehicles

Key responsibilities:

• Worked on the Enhancing Positive Outcomes for Youth and the Community (EPYC) Study, a longitudinal study that explores risk and protective factors of youth in Singapore and tracks their development over time
• Maintained accurate records of research findings and provided statistical analysis of data results
• Drafted manuscripts relating to youth recidivism and substance abuse in Singapore
• Leveraged interpersonal and communication skills to mentor fieldwork research assistants

Conference Presentations:

• Enhancing Positive outcomes in Youth and the Community Conference, 2019 | Youth recidivism in Singapore

Key responsibilities:

• Researched, conceptulised, designed and executed human-behaviour studies to address defined problems.
• Researched the effects of perceptions of support and self-construal on risk taking behaviour across six domains: financial, social, recreational, health/safety-related, ethical and environmental risk- taking
• Thesis title: The effects of self-construal on domain-specific risk-taking behaviour

Conference presentations:

• Society for Risk Analysis (Europe) 2018 | Ostersund, Sweden | Paper presentation: Exploring the cushion hypothesis in the real world | Session chair
• School of Psychology Postgraduate Conference 2018 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Paper presentation: Financial risk and the cushion hypothesis in a virtual community
• School of Psychology Postgraduate Conference 2017 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Paper presentation: We're all in this together - the effect of self-construal on environmental risk-taking behaviour
• Link16 Conference 2016 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Poster presentation: Self-construal and the DOSPERT - Results from a large-scale study
• Society for Risk Analysis (Europe) 2016 | Bath, United Kingdom | Paper presentation: Culture and Risk-Taking Behaviour | Session chair

Awards:

• Vice Chancellor's Scholarship for Research Excellence (2015 - 2018)

Modules taught:

• Level 1: Introduction to Research Methods
• Level 1: Introduction to Writing Lab Reports
• Level 2: Research Methods and Statistical Analysis (Regression Analysis and ANOVAs)
• Level 2: Introduction to Qualitative Analysis

Key responsibilities:

• Presented wide range of information to students using hands-on instructional techniques for effective comprehension
• Marked lab reports and other assignments and provided feedback to students on their performance
• Recorded grades for coursework and tests in online reporting system

Key responsibilities:

• Resolved diverse range of technical issues including wireless connectivity, remote access, viruses and troubleshooting installations across multiple systems and applications for university students and staff
• Provided Tier 1 IT support to non-technical internal users through desk side support services
• Used ticketing systems to manage and process support actions and requests
• Assisted staff and students in identifying issues in onboarding and orientation and explained solutions to restore service and functionality

Key responsibilities:

• Served as advocate and ambassador for organization by fully engaging, identifying and securing resources and partnerships to advance mission
• Monitored operational activities to ascertain effectiveness of results and which areas could use better oversight
• Researched potential local, regional and national funders and assisted in relationship building
• Offered expertise on employee and business development plans to enhance implementation and routine oversight
• Interviewed, supervised and motivated the Student Union Leadership Team to achieve optimal productivity

Key responsibilities:

• Resolved diverse range of technical issues including wireless connectivity, remote access, viruses and troubleshooting installations across multiple systems and applications for university students and staff
• Assisted incoming first year students in identifying issues in onboarding and orientation and explained solutions to restore service and functionality

Key responsibilities:

• Prepared project materials, collected data from participants in kindergartens and schools as part of the EIPIC Impact Study, prepared data for presentation at conferences, and other research duties as assigned
• Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.