FASS Commentaries
Expert opinions and thought leadership from FASS faculty, researchers, students and alumni.
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).
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.
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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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’ …
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.
Commentary: Could Anwar’s government bring back Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR project?
In ‘Commentary: Could Anwar’s government bring back Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR project?’ (Channel NewsAsia, December 2022), Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies and ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute) discusses whether Malaysia’s new prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, will revive the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project. With the fall of the Barisan Nasional …
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Could Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government Fight for the Interests of the People?
Commentary by Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) in Suria News Online.
Fixing ‘Broken’ Youth Not Enough to Tackle Mental Health Issues
Commentary in TODAY by Assoc Prof Vincent Chua, from the Dept of Sociology and Anthropology at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Ms Isabelle Tan (Research Assistant) and Dr Chew Han Ei (Senior Research Fellow) of the Social Lab, Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS.
Cultural Diplomacy and Intelligence in a Multicultural Workplace
Dr Soh Kai Ruo (NUS Communications and New Media) explains the value of recognising, understanding and being able to navigate cultural complexities that may appear when we work in a multicultural environment.
Reforestation Could Boost Water Security in some Asia-Pacific Areas
A new study led by researchers at the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions (CNCS) indicates that if all areas suitable for forest growth in the Asia-Pacific were planted up, rainfall would go up in 4 of its 15 water-stressed regions, writes NUS CNCS Science Communication and Outreach Lead and FASS alumna Audrey Tan (NUS Sociology, ’13) in this The Straits Times article.
Exploring Teochew Culture Inheritance Through Art of Temple Carving
A profile by Lianhe Zaobao of undergraduate and FASS Student Ambassador Tan Guan Fan (NUS History) who recently attained the prestigious Ngee Ann Kongsi Distinguished Scholar Award, and whose recently published paper “If Roofs could Talk and Walls could Speak: The Understated Arts of Yueh Hai Ching Temple” was a lauded study in Teochew culture and the arts.
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).