Join Us in Shaping Insights

We invite you to contribute your ideas and expertise!

 

TFGI’s Insights posts the latest updates on our events, programmes and research. One of our primary focuses is examining the impact of national policies and legislation, exploring their effects on the digital technology, society, and economy across Southeast Asia-6: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

 

Tech For Good Institute aims to foster inclusivity within Southeast Asia’s digital landscape, and emphasises the importance of diverse perspectives. If you’re passionate about driving change and shaping impactful conversations, TFGI invites you to contribute to TFGI Insights and be a part of envisioning a Southeast Asian digital ecosystem that harnesses the promise of technology to advance inclusive, equitable, and sustainable growth in the region. Your unique perspective matters in shaping these crucial conversations.

What are we looking out for?

  • We seek original and engaging content of up to 1,200 words, exploring topics within the digital economy that is evaluated through the lenses of innovation, digital progress and sustainable growth.
  • You have the freedom to choose the topic for your article; however, it is vital to ensure that your writing is evidence-driven and well-argued. It should also be relevant to the Southeast Asian region as a whole.
  • For more detailed information, please refer to our writing guidelines.

1 October 2026 – 1 December 2026

Realising Confident Digital Societies in Southeast Asia

From 1 October – 1 December 2026, The Tech for Good Institute would like to invite you to contribute your perspectives on realising confident digital societies in Southeast Asia.

What are we looking for?

  • We seek original and engaging content of up to 1,200 words, anchored on the use of the CDSI dashboard and dataset to explore the outlook for digital development in the region.
  • Writers are encouraged to use the charts generated using the online dashboard, but may also employ other tools to manipulate and visualise the downloaded dataset.
  • Proposed topics may cover the CDSI overall, or delve into a specific pillar of the framework (Quality Access, Meaningful Participation, Productive Potential, and Digital Resilience). Alternatively, it may interrogate the conceptual framework and propose potential indicators and datasets to better capture the state of the region’s digital development in the coming years.
  • Aspiring writers have the freedom to choose the specific topic for their article, but they will need to be accompanied by evidence of the use of the CDSI dashboard in ideation (e.g., visualisations, quantitative analysis) and a short description of the methodology.
  • To explore the CDSI dashboard, click here.
  • Interested? Submit your pitch to us by referring to the guidelines below.

How to write for us?

  • Step 1: Craft a pitch! Submit the type of Insight you wish to write, a proposed headline, and a brief summary of key points to the TFGI team.
  • Step 2: If your pitch is successful, the TFGI editorial team will contact you, and you can submit your article within a month.
  • Step 3: Get published on the TFGI Insights page! Please note that the selection of articles for publication is at the discretion of the TFGI editorial team.
For more information on the submission guidelines and evaluation criteria, please refer to the TFGI Insights Submission Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria.
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Mouna Aouri

Programme Fellow

Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.

Dr Ming Tan

Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director

Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.


Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.