Dr Connor Graham

Connor Graham is Senior Lecturer at Tembusu College and Communications and New Media and an Associate of the Science, Technology and Society Cluster at the Asia Research Institute. He has taught critical and social approaches to information technology and its design at universities for over 20 years. He was a member of the first Tembusu College leadership team and over his 15 years at Tembusu College he has held positions as Director of Operations (3 years), Director of Residential Life (1 year), Director of Studies (7.5 years) and a Residential Fellow (7 years). He has a background in information systems and studies of human-machine relations. 

Most of his teaching and supervision is conducted through Senior Seminars (Year 2 courses) at Tembusu College:

• UTC/UTS2015 Singapore as ‘Model’ City? (Communities and Engagement Course)
• UTC/UTS2116 The University Today
• UTC/UTS2104 Intelligence and Singapore Society
• UTC2108 Knowledge and Expertise

He also teaches Junior Seminars (Year 1 courses)

• Coding Mortality
• Leadership: Technology, Configuration, Work

In addition, Connor teaches and supervises Year 3 and 4 students:

• UTC3102 Tembusu Undergraduate
• Research Opportunity
  UTC3101 Tembusu Independent Study Course
• UTC3013 Tembusu Senior Learning Experience (SLE3) Projects
• UTC3104 Tembusu Senior Learning Experience Mentoring Programme (SLE4) Students

His teaching contributions have been recognised over 20 years through nine teaching awards at NUS and the University of Melbourne:

• NUS Residential College Teaching Excellence Team Award (1 award) – 2025-26
• NUS Annual Teaching Individual Award (2 awards) – 2021-22 & 2018-19
• NUS Residential College Teaching Excellence Individual Award Honour Roll (1 award) – 2016-17
• NUS Residential College Teaching Excellence Individual Award (4 awards) – 2013-16
• Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne Teaching Award – 2006-2007

Connor’s research interests connect strongly with his teaching and include:

• Artificial Intelligence in society
• Digital infrastructure
• Digital cities
• Participation and design
• Ethnography, organisations and work

He is current working on the following teaching-related research projects:

• AI Infrastructure and Futures (with the Max Planck Institute of Human Development, Berlin)
• AI and creativity (with Dorothy Yuan)
• AI and work (with Thijs Willems (SUTD) and Lin Weiqiang)
• Digital Urban Models (with Asst Professor Chaewon Ahn)
• Qualitative analysis at scale (with Assoc Prof Bimlesh Wadwha)

Connor received his PhD in Information Systems, focusing on ICTs in organisations, from the University of Melbourne (Australia).