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Gomez graduated with an Honours Degree in Political Science from the National University of Singapore in 1992 with a scholarship from Singapore Press Holdings. He subsequently obtained a study award from the Lee Foundation and left for the United Kingdom where he received an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Essex, England in 1994. Upon returning to Singapore he wrote book reviews that appeared in the Straits Times and other local publications. He also wrote opinion pieces on culture and identity that appeared in various local magazines. He was a Visiting Associate at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore in 1995-6, and spent time as a visiting researcher at the then National Institute of Education Center for Research (Singapore) in 1997-1998. He co-taught a course on Southeast Asian Politics at the Southeast Asian Studies programme (NUS) in 1997. He also lectured on an MA in Asia-Pacific Studies for the University of Leeds distance learning course in Singapore. When he began working with the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung in 1997, James continued his interest in academia by channeling his field experiences through several research organizations and tertiary institutions. He was a visiting fellow at Media and Communication Department, Baptist University of Hong Kong in 2002. He also presented guest seminars at the Human Rights Talk at the Faculty of Law, Hong Kong University. On several occasions he has participated and made presentations at media related meetings organized by the Journalism and Media Studies Center, Hong Kong University. Between 2002-2004 he coordinated and guest lectured on a course on International Ethics and Human Rights for the Master in International Relations programme at Thammasat University, Bangkok. He was also adjunct lecturer for the Human Rights Programme at Mahidol University, Thailand delivering lectures on human rights and new media. He also delivers guest lectures through Skype to students at the Manipal Institute of Communication, Karnataka, India (See report). To consolidate his field experiences onto an academic platform, James joined Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia as a PhD Candidate on 1st March 2004 on an international postgraduate scholarship. He is currently working towards a PhD by publication and to date has published 4 single authored and 2 co-authored articles in referred publications. The 4 single authored works are:
The two co-authored articles are:
- Ooi, Can-Seng and Gomez, James (2006) Singapore’s Vulnerable Risk Free Democracy, INT Working Paper. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School, Dept. of International Economics and Management;
Lyons, Lenore and Gomez, James (2005) Moving Beyond the OB Markers: Rethinking the Space of Civil Society in Singapore. Sojourn: Special Focus on "Democracy and Civil Society: NGO Politics in Singapore. *
* These two articles were runners-up in the Monash University's 2005 Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Publication Prize.
At the Monash Asia Institute, he also coordinated as contributing editor a publication project entitled the Singapore Studies Workshop Series that resulted in three special issue journals, 2 in print and 1 online. They include: James remains a frequent presenter at tertiary and research institutions' conferences and workshops. He is able to make contributions across the politics and media faculties and undertake teaching responsibilities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. James is active in research with a strong record of publications. His articles, reviews and commentaries continue to be published in academic journals, newspapers, and magazines. (Click here to see his full publications list.) James is on the editorial board of Asia Rights, an online journal of human rights edited out of The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University.
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