Navarun Varma is the Assistant Director of External Programmes and Resident Fellow (Lecturer) in Residential College 4 (RC4), University Town College Program (UTCP) of National University of Singapore (NUS). NUS-RC4 specialises in design and teaching of seminar style multi-disciplinary modules with the approach of systems thinking and system dynamics modelling. He teaches modules on Disaster Resilience and Water Governance in Asia (Singapore Studies), and also designs out-of-classroom learning experiences.

Navarun has co-edited the book on 'Emerging pedagogies for policy education and practice: Insights from Asia' (Palgrave MacMillan), which is forthcoming and is currently working on another book project (Marshal Cavendish) on 'Sustainability issues in Singapore'.