Dr  Premchand Dommaraju

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
pr*******@ntu.edu.sg
+65 902****0

Academic Qualification

Ph.D., Sociology, Arizona State University, 2008
M.A., Sociology, University of Wyoming, 2005
B.Eng. (First Class), Computer Science, University of Madras, 1999

Position held

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Director, MSc in Applied Gerontology, 2018–present
Associate Professor, Sociology 2017–present
Assistant Professor, Sociology 2010–2017

National University of Singapore
Postdoctoral Fellow, Asia Research Institute 2008–2010

Publications

1. Dommaraju, Premchand, and JooEan Tan. 2024. “Going Against Global Marriage Trends: The Declining Age at First Marriage in Indonesia.” Asian Population Studies 20 (2): 144–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2023.2193488
2. Dommaraju, Premchand. 2024. “Age Gap between Spouses in South and Southeast Asia.” Journal of Family Issues 45 (5): 1242–60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X231155662
3. Dommaraju, Premchand, and Shawn Wong. 2023. “Transition to First Marriage in Thailand: Cohort and Educational Changes.” Journal of Population Research 40 (4): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12546-023-09302-1
4. Dommaraju, Premchand. 2019. “Living Alone in India: Gender and Policies.” Global Social Security Review 11: 50–59. http://repository.kihasa.re.kr/handle/201002/33524
5. Visaria, Abhijit, and Premchand Dommaraju. 2019. “Productive Aging in India.” Social Science & Medicine 229: 14–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.07.029

Experience

Research: social demography; families and households; marriage and divorce; ageing and gerontology; urban liveability
Teaching: quantitative methods; population and demography; social policy; ageing and gerontology; Asian societies
Geographical focus: South Asia; Singapore and Southeast Asia

Area of Specialization

Research: social demography; families and households; marriage and divorce; ageing and gerontology; urban liveability
Teaching: quantitative methods; population and demography; social policy; ageing and gerontology; Asian societies
Geographical focus: South Asia; Singapore and Southeast Asia

Membership of other Professional Associations

International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), Member, 2008–present.
Asian Population Association (APA), Member, 2008–present, Vice President, 2019–2021.
Population Association of Singapore (PAS), Member, 2022–present and Founding member Governing committee member.

I am an Associate Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. My research focuses on social and demographic transformations in South and Southeast Asia, examining demographic responses to social, political, and economic changes. I served as the sole Associate Editor for Asian Population Studies for nearly a decade. I was Vice President and am a council member of the Asian Population Association. I have organized several large conferences on population issues to foster scholarly exchange and collaboration. Further details here: blogs.ntu.edu.sg/premchand