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New Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities at NUS to advance interdisciplinary research on complex societal challenges
By combining technological innovation with human insight, the Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities (CSSH) aims to generate research that improves lives, strengthens institutions, preserves cultural knowledge, and shapes more inclusive and resilient societies in Singapore and beyond.
Ideas Festival 2024: Shining a Spotlight on the Importance of Social Science and Humanities Research on Society
Launched on 20 March 2024 with Minister for Education Mr Chan Chun Sing as the Guest of Honour, this festival was organised by the Autonomous Universities (AUs) in Singapore and is supported by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). It features 13 events over a month-long period.
Sustainable Fashion and the Future of Creative Entrepreneurship
Dr Rimi Parvin Khan, Senior Lecturer | 7-min read 15 September 2023 — The fashion industry is in a time of huge contradiction. Globally, we are consuming fashion in greater quantities and more cheaply than ever before, but there is also increasing concern with the sustainability of fashion. It is an industry worth hundreds of […]
Encountering Art in the City
Dr Lilian Chee, Associate Professor & Valerie Lim, Research Assistant | 9-min read 1 Sept 2023 — As a place of encounters, focus of communication and information, the urban becomes what it always was: place of desire, permanent disequilibrium, seat of the dissolution of normalities and constraints, the moment of play and of the unpredictable[1]. – Henri […]
Why It May Not Be a Good Idea to Use the Term NFT Art: Let’s Reconsider The Value of the Arts
Dr Jaime Hsu Fang-Tze, Lecturer | 6-min read 25 October 2022 — On 21 February 2021, an artwork by Beeple (pseudonym of artist Mike Winkelmann) entitled Everydays: The First 5000 Days that was minted into a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) was sold for US$69,346,250 during a Christie’s online auction. Since then, the value of art has captured the attention […]