Seng Kiong Kok

Dr. Kok Seng Kiong is currently Senior Lecturer in Finance and Head of Undergraduate Business Programs at The Business School, RMIT Vietnam. This role, sees Seng oversee the development and implementation of the academic quality framework for undergraduate offerings, focusing on the learner experience and graduate outcomes. This includes the recent implementation of the blended learning framework and involved educating the student cohort on its benefits, whilst also training the guiding the academic faculty on the development of their pedagogical practices. Within this dimension, Seng has also worked with the wider academic community conducting training with further and higher education institutions across Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Europe on gamification in the classroom and the construction of active learning spaces. He graduated with a PhD from the University of Liverpool focusing on alternative financial and banking systems, and socially responsible investments. His research interests have extended into exploring use-cases for emergent disruptive technologies within sustainable finance and th economics of sustainability. He has led and co-led numerous research projects funded by entities such EU Horizon, and the European Regional Development Fund that address key SDG issues, and has published in international academic journals including Journal of Development Studies, Emerging Markets Review, and Research in International Business and Finance. These publications have also included market commissioned reports to non-academics including work funded by Business Finland and the Ethereum Foundation.  

 

Research grants & Funding

 

2026 

• Climate Adaptation & Resilience (CLARE-ASEAN), Heat Adaptation in the Mekong Region, A$82,242 

2024 

• Australia Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Urban Heat Resilience: Bridging, Science, Policy, and Sustainable Design, Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks, A$8,000
• Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy – Business Finland, Medical Sector in Vietnam: Waste Management (MedView), A$24,900
• RMIT Strategic Innovation Challenge, Green traceability and the creation of on-campus nature-based solutions for urban greening and sustainability objectives, A$98,200
• RMIT Strategic Innovation Challenge, Empowering educators with AI: A nationwide transformative initiative for Vietnam, A$249,275 

2023

• EU Horizon, Waste Management in Humanitarian Operations: Reduction and Minimisation (WORM), Project No: 1011353392, A$327,341
• RMIT Strategic Innovation Challenge, Enabling the green energy transition at RMIT Vietnam SGS Campus, A$99,252
• RMIT Strategic Innovation Challenge, The creation of active learning spaces using modular classroom furniture, A$32,000
• RMIT Innovation Proof of Concept Grant, A blockchain-enabled emissions trading scheme, A$10,000 

2022

• Ethereum Foundation, Monetary Policy in the Age of Cryptocurrencies, A$96,108 

2019

• European Regional Development Fund, LCR Activate, A$84,000 

 

Awards & recognition

 

• 2025: Recipient of Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Service Delivery Team Award 2025 

• 2025: Recipient of CoBL Staff Awards 2025 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 

• 2025: Recipient of RMIT Vietnam Research Through the Lens 1st Place Award for Research Impact  

• 2024: Recipient of TBS Research Impact Awards 2024, Team Category, RMIT Vietnam, Vietnam
• 2024: Recipient of RMIT Vietnam Excellence in Learning and Teaching Awards 2024, Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, RMIT Vietnam, Vietnam
• 2021: Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• 2021: Faculty Recognition Award, Excellence in Digital Education, Liverpool John Moores University U.K.
• 2020: Nominee, Best Teaching Team in John Moores Student Union Amazing Teaching Awards, Liverpool John Moores University, U.K.