Professor Lily Kong is Vice-President (University and Global Relations) at the National University of Singapore. She leads the University in its strategic development to become a leading global university through strengthening of relations with diverse stakeholders. Her responsibilities include developing the university's internationalisation strategy, and providing guidance in its implementation. Professor Kong is a member of the Public Service Commission, Preservation of Monuments Board, Board Member of National Environment Agency, Board of Trustees of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, member of the Arts and Culture Strategic Review Steering Committee, and Political Films Consultative Committee. She is also a member of the United Nations University Council as well as Scientific Advisory Board at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Gottingen, member of the International Advisory Board of The Cairns Institute and member of the International Advisory Panel of the Murdoch University Asia Research Centre. Professor Kong is a geographer and has been a faculty member in the NUS Department of Geography since 1991. Professor Kong's main research foci are religion, cultural policy and creative economy, and national identity. She has also written about globalisation and migration, and the social construction of nature and the environment. She has 13 books and monographs to her name, as well as over 100 papers in international refereed journals and chapters in books.