As an Associate Professor (Practice) at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), he is serving concurrently as the Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Research Lab, Council Member in Singapore Accreditation Council & Independent Board Member in Digilife Technologies Limited (Listed in Catalist, SGX), bridging the gap between academia and industry.
As an Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets, Prof Edward led the Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF) in creation and curation of fintech courses. Jointly founded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, National Research Foundation and National University of Singapore, AIDF aspires to be a thought leader, a FinTech knowledge hub and an experimental site for developing digital financial technologies and for nurturing current and future FinTech researchers and practitioners in Asia.
Dedicated to fostering innovation on a global scale, Prof Edward serves as an industry panel member in Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) in Generative AI Enterprise Solutions Sandbox for SMEs and as Ambassador for the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology 2023/24 and Singapore FinTech Festival 2023.
Serving as Senior Fellow in Business Fights Poverty Institute and Fellow in Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, an advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Prof Edward believes in creating workplaces that celebrate differences and drive collective success.
现任联合国训练研究所实践型副教授期间，他同步担任联合国可持续发展目标研究实验室主席、新加坡认证委员会理事会成员及上市企业Digilife Technologies Limited（新加坡交易所凯利板挂牌）独立董事，致力于搭建学术与产业界的协作桥梁。
作为人工智能、区块链、网络安全与数字资产领域的专家，郑伟明教授主导亚洲数字金融研究院开发并优化金融科技课程体系。该研究院由新加坡金融管理局、国家研究基金会与新加坡国立大学联合创立，旨在打造亚太区金融科技的思想高地、知识枢纽及技术试验场，培育当前与未来的金融科技研究者及从业者。
秉持全球化创新理念，郑伟明教授现担任新加坡资讯通信媒体发展局与新加坡企业发展局生成式AI中小企业解决方案沙盒计划的行业顾问，并出任2023/24年度新加坡科技创新周及2023年新加坡金融科技节大使。
同时担任商业扶贫研究所高级研究员及新加坡社会企业中心研究员的他，积极倡导多元、公平与包容文化，致力于构建彰显差异价值、驱动集体成功的职场生态。