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Starting Date in USM: 02 June 2010

slkhoo@usm.my

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B A (HONS), GEOGRAFI
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) (MALAYSIA)
MSc (PLANNING), PERANCANGAN BANDAR & WILAYAH
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) (MALAYSIA)
PhD, PEMBANGUNAN SUMBER MANUSIA
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (AUSTRALIA)

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Khoo's professional appointments: Consultative Panel member (George Town World Heritage Inc.)(2011-2015), Socio-Cultural Comm. member (Pg State Heritage Commissioner's Office)(2023-now), Technical Advisory Panel member (Think City)(2015-now), Vice-Chair (Malaysian Inst. of Planners, NB)(2025-2027), ForUm-DAAD member (Southeast Asian-German Urban Experts ForUm), JUCR Editorial Board (Chulalongkorn Univ.), Technical Review Panel member (MBPP).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr Khoo's research interests are related to creative cities & urban heritage conservation. In 2015, she collaborated with Think City to prepare a baseline study of Penang’s creative & cultural sector. She also partnered with the University of Greenwich, UK to study George Town World Heritage Site’s creative & cultural value chain. In 2018, she received a research grant from Japan’s Sumitomo Foundation to visit the Creative City of Kanazawa.