FASS Commentaries

Expert opinions and thought leadership from FASS faculty, researchers, students and alumni.

September 5, 2024

NUS Department of Chinese Studies receives gift from Tigillus Foundation, establishes two new professorships in support of teaching and research

Coverage of announcement in Lianhe Zaobao, 3 September 2024, News, p6.

September 3, 2024

The Selected Secondary Schools Seedling Programme sets up an on online database to collect 20 years of participating papers

News feature in Lianhe Zaobao on an outreach project by NUS Chinese Studies.

August 24, 2024

Bringing MASTERA to Community, Developing Literature

By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies) in Suria News Online.

July 27, 2024

Family’s Financial Situation, Burdened by Debt, has led to Aspirations of Becoming a Social Worker

A feature on social worker and NUS alumnus Francis Goh Jiang Hong (NUS Social Work ’24).

July 24, 2024

Cyber Peace is Equally Important

By Bao Rong, student from NUS Communications and New Media and the NUS Chinese Studies.

July 12, 2024

Commentary: After removing diesel subsidies, Malaysia must now manage the fallout

By Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies).

June 28, 2024

South Korean Doctors’ Strike is a Medical Drama with No Heroes

By Dr Hyejin Kim (NUS Political Science) and Professor Erik Mobrand (Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University).

June 24, 2024

Putin-Kim Meeting Generates Surprising Agreement About China in South Korea

By Dr Hyejin Kim (NUS Political Science) and Professor Erik Mobrand (Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University).

March 22, 2023

Amid Fears of Radicalisation via Gaming, Parents Must Listen to their Children

NUS Philosophy’s Jonathan Sim says there’s a need for adults to have a genuine interest in and try out for themselves what youths are doing on gaming platforms in his latest commentary on CNA.

March 2, 2023

Commentary: I am a Teacher and I Let My Students Use ChatGPT

On 30 November 2022, OpenAI announced the launch of conversational text generating artificial intelligence (AI) bot, ChatGPT. Since then, the educational landscape has been debating the utility and potentials, as well as the dangers, of similar technologies. Mr Jonathan Sim (NUS Philosophy) contributes to this discourse in his piece, ‘Commentary: …

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March 2, 2023

Commentary: Parenthood Incentives – Singapore Cannot Keep Doing More of the Same Without Knowing Whether These Really Work

Are financial incentives given by the government effective in boosting birth rates in Singapore? This is the central question in Dr Kelvin Seah’s (NUS Economics and Institute of Labour Economics (IZA)) piece, ‘Commentary: Parenthood Incentives – Singapore Cannot Keep Doing More of the Same Without Knowing Whether These Really Work’ …

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January 11, 2023

Land-strapped Singapore May Struggle to Fulfil the New Global Biodiversity Deal but…

By FASS Alumna Ms Audrey Tan (NUS Sociology ’13) who is Science Communication and Outreach Lead at the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions at the Faculty of Science and the Tropical Marine Science Institute at NUS.

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