Jasmine B.-Y. Sim is associate professor in the Curriculum Teaching and Learning Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She received her PhD (in education policy and practice) from the University of Sydney, her master of education (in learning and teaching) from Harvard University, and bachelor of arts (upper-class honours) in history from the Victoria University of Wellington.

Jasmine researches in civics and citizenship education, social studies education and curriculum development. In 2013, Jasmine received the World Cultural Council Special Recognition Award, an honour bestowed to a select number of talented researchers who have had international impact through their research early in their careers. Jasmine has published widely in top-tier journals, and her article ‘Notions of criticality: Singaporean teachers’ perspectives of critical thinking in social studies’ was awarded the Cambridge Journal of Education’s best article prize in 2010.