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2024

Congratulations to Dr Shaun Teo for being awarded Faculty Teaching Excellence Award AY2023-24, and Drs. Muhammad Nawaz and Carl Grundy-Warr for Faculty Innovation Teaching Award AY2023-24.
Mr Angshuman Choudhury (Joint NUS-KCL PhD Year 1 student) won the top prize for designing a NUS Sustainability Week banner. The competition was organised by the NUS University Campus Infrastructure during the sustainability week.
Dr. Nawaz's insights on "Sinkholes in Singapore: Can We Really Avoid Them?" were featured on Channel News Asia's Talking Point on September 23, 2024. His contribution sheds light on the potential for sinkhole occurrences in Singapore.
Mr Simon Johannes Wellisch (PhD student) received the Geopolitics Post-Graduate Research Award at the Political Geography Preconference in Belfast on 23rd August 2024! The award is shared with his co-author, Songmin Liang (master’s graduate, Sun Yat-Sen University), for their paper titled “Drawing China: Negotiating Geopolitics in Online Communities”.
Congratulations to Professor Brenda Yeoh for receiving the University Research Recognition Award.
Dr. Nawaz's insights on "Sinkholes in Singapore: Can We Really Avoid Them?" were featured on Channel News Asia's Talking Point on September 23, 2024. His contribution sheds light on the potential for sinkhole occurrences in Singapore
Mr Simon Johannes Wellisch (PhD student) received the Geopolitics Post-Graduate Research Award at the Political Geography Preconference in Belfast on 23rd August 2024! The award is shared with his co-author, Songmin Liang (master’s graduate, Sun Yat-Sen University), for their paper titled “Drawing China: Negotiating Geopolitics in Online Communities”.
Congratulations to Professor Brenda Yeoh for receiving the University Research Recognition Award.
Dr Nawaz shares his expert views about the recent concerns around sinkholes in Kuala Lumpur in The Straits Times and Channel News Asia.
Ms Tan Li Ming (PhD student) and also Associate Scientist at the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) wrote a commentary for TODAY on her experience of documenting the rich heritage of her home neighbourhood, Katong-Joo Chiat.
Dr Sophie Webber as she gives a seminar on Climate Finance: Taking a Position on Climate Futures, 21 August 2024, 12pm in the Geography Earth Lab.
Congratulations to Professor Brenda Yeoh on the extension of her term as Raffles Professor in Social Sciences.
Congratulations to Associate Professor TC Chang for being promoted to full Professorship.
Ms Melissa Low (PhD student) co-chaired the daily meetings of the Research & Independent NGO (RINGO) constituency under the UNFCCC at the UN Climate Change conference in Bonn, Germany.
Prof Matthias Roth shares his expert views on the recent SQ321 turbulence incident in the Straits Times.
Congratulations to Dr Shaun Teo, who have each been awarded an Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) (Individual Category) 2024.
Prof David Taylor discusses the importance of cross-discipline collaboration in tackling climate change on the latest episode of CNA’s Climate Conversations series.
Congratulations to graduate students Ms Chia Su Min, Michelle and Mr Kyle Weston for having won the Graduate Students' Teaching Award, for teaching undertaken in Semester 1, 2023-2024. In view of her sustained high performance in winning the award three times, Michelle will be placed on the Honour Roll!
Dr Nawaz's views on slope failure at Telok Blangah Hill Park was featured in The Straits Times.
Prof Dariusz Wojcik co-authored a piece on the need for more gender diversity in the financial technology (FinTech) sector was featured in The Conversation.
Congratulations to Prof Matthias Roth on being awarded the 2023 Masatoshi YOSHINO Award by the Association of Japanese Geographers for his contributions to "new developments in the field of urban climatology by clarifying the characteristics of urban climate in tropical regions and the characteristics of turbulence within the urban canopy layer, and for contributing to the international research community of urban climatology”.
Congratulations Dr Shaun Teo on winning the prestigious Urban Geography Early Career Researcher Prize.
Dr Menusha De Silva’s commentary on older Singaporeans' changing eldercare expectations was published on TODAY Online.
Congratulations to Prof Henry Yeung for winning the 2024 ISA Asia-Pacific Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the International Studies Association (ISA). The book is published by Stanford University Press and titled ‘Interconnected Worlds: Global Electronics and Production Networks in East Asia’. It has previously won a Silver Medal in the Business Theory Category from the 2023 Axiom Business Book Awards”.
Congratulations to Dr Gretchen Coffman for winning a Bronze at the 2023 QS Reimagine Education Awards under the Immersive Experiential Learning category. This award is considered the “Oscars” of the education world, and honours innovative approaches to enhance learning outcomes and improve employability, helping to shape the future of education.
Masters student Fadhlina Suhaimi was featured on Singapore Food Agency LinkedIn page spotlighting her research on seeking Urban Food Solutions.
Dr Menusha De Silva’s views on the future of eldercare at the Singapore Perspectives 2024 conference was featured on TODAY Online.
Congratulations to Dr Massimo ("Max") Lupascu for being promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure.
Congratulations to A/P Wang Yi-Chen on assuming the role of Acting Vice-Dean of Undergraduate Studies for the term 1 January 2024 through 31 December 2024
Congratulations to PhD student Kang Siyuan who was lead author of the paper that won the Excellent Paper Award at the third Workshop of Asian Young Geographers in China. Paper details: Kang, S., Luo, W., Hu, S., Su, L., & Dai, R. (2023, December). Dual effects of the US-China trade war and COVID-19 on United States imports: Transfer of China's industrial chain?
Distinguished Seminar Series 2024: Sanctuary Spaces: Reworlding Humanism by Professor Ananya Roy, Wednesday 17 January 2024, 3.30pm, AS2 #02-03.

2023

Dr Kamalini Ramdas moderated the Singapore Writers Festival keynote delivered virtually by third-wave feminist writer Judith Butler (see Straits Times write up about the event).
Prof Henry Yeung took the lead in authoring a chapter on semiconductors (No. 4), a hot policy issue, for the recently launched Global Value Chain Development Report 2023 sponsored by the World Trade Organisation, Asian Development Bank, Japan’s JETRO, and China’s UIBE.
Congratulations to graduate student Ms Chia Su Min, Michelle for winning the Graduate Students' Teaching Award, for teaching undertaken in Semester 2, 2022-2023!
Congratulations to fourth year undergraduate Ting Wai Kit for co-founding a new global youth network committed to ensuring sustainable wildlife trade and combatting wildlife crime, called the Cites Global Youth Network. Wai Kit also delivered a presentation this week at the Earthshot Prize Awards, which was founded by Prince William (Britain) in 2020 (also featured in Straits Times⁠).
Ms Yuki Ong, a recent graduate of Geography (Minors in Geoscience and GIS), co-founder of @greenloopfarms, and a staunch advocate for sustainable food production, is currently being featured in several social media postings, c/o FASS Strategic Communications/NUS Communications Office.
Congratulations to Dr Gretchen Coffman, Dr Menusha De Silva and Dr Shaun Teo for being awarded the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for AY2022-23.
The Department’s GIS programme and three of our students who showcased their work at the Singapore Geospatial Festival 2023 are featured in an NUSNews article on developing geoscience talent.
Exploring Kenya's Wonders: A Geography Field Investigation Experience: Earlier this year, Professor David Taylor led 20 NUS Geography and NUS Bachelor of Environmental Studies students on an incredible journey through the Great Rift Valley. Recent graduates Ronnie Lai, Ophelia Ong, and Yeo Min En share their experiences
Congratulations to Mr Meriadec Sillanpaeae for being awarded the best student presentation award at the 6^th Mangrove, Macrobenthos and Management Meeting (MMM6) in Cartagena, Colombia!
Congratulations to Ms Ting Zhang for being awarded the highly prestigious IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Scholarship that funds PhD-level research.
Congratulations to Dr Kamalini Ramdas for being promoted to Associate Professorship on Educator Track.
Dr Menusha De Silva shares her views about alternative living arrangements for foreign domestic workers with Lianhe Zaobao (largest Singaporean Chinese-language newspaper) in a feature to commemorate International Domestic Workers Day (link to FASS LinkedIn post).
Congratulations to Professor Elaine Ho for being appointed as Provost’s Chair, in recognition of outstanding and impactful scholarly accomplishments, and contributions to teaching and service, and to Professor David Taylor for having his Provost’s Chair term extended.
Dr Nawaz explains how the “Jurong Formation”, being low-lying, ended up with a good mix of sediment that’s ideal for brickwork and pottery making. On the Red Dot: Walk on Wild Side - Jurong! Aired on Channel News Asia at 7 pm on 4 June 2023. Catch it on CNA MeWatch anytime
Congratulations to Associate Professor Shirlena Huang for being awarded an Emeritus Professorship in recognition of her outstanding contribution to NUS, to the Department and to the discipline of Geography.
Dr Kamalini Ramdas delivered a keynote on “Sustainable/Sustaining? Geographical Education in Times of Crises” at the Southeast Asian Geography Association (27 – 30 June 2023).
Professor Henry Yeung gave an invited plenary session talk on "Trade and geography: 21st century evidence on trade and the localisation of production", together with Marc Melitz (Harvard), Anabel Gonzalez (Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization), Pinelopi Goldberg (Yale and former Chief Economist of World Bank) and others, at the 2023 Heckscher-Ohlin Conference on Thursday 11 May 2023. Full recordings on YouTube (starting at 6:35-7:04).
Discovering Authenticity in Academia and Beyond. Associate Professor Lin Weiqiang’s reflections on his academic journey so far.Congratulations to graduate students Ms Chia Su Min, Michelle, Ms Ooi Wen Ting and Ms So Hoi Kay for winning the Graduate Students' Teaching Award, for teaching undertaken in Semester 1, 2022-2023.
Catch Dr Gretchen Coffman sharing for the Fireside chat on Urban Sustainability and Development at The Master Series for Green Economy organised by NUS SCALE and the NUS Bachelor of Environmental Studies Student Committee on 10 April 2023.
Congratulations to Dr Nathan Green and A/P TC Chang, who have each been awarded an Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) (Individual Category) 2023. Congratulations to Dr Muhammad Nawaz and Dr Gretchen Coffman for being recipients of NUS Annual Digital Education Award (Individual category) for 2023.
Congratulations to Prof Henry Yeung for winning Silver Medal in the Business Theory Category from the 2023 Axiom Business Book Awards. The book is titled ‘Interconnected Worlds: Global Electronics and Production Networks in East Asia’. Previous medalists include Nobel laureate Robert Shiller, former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin, philanthopist and investor Raymond Dalio, as well as many other business and thought leaders.
Congratulations to Temasek Junior College for becoming the champions of Geography Challenge 2023! Thank you to the Guest-of-Honour, Dr. Leong Chee Chiew, Executive Director of National Parks, Gardens & Nature Reserves Cluster and Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for supporting the event. The theme for this year’s challenge was “City in Nature: Connecting People, Wildlife, and Resources”.
Congratulations to Dr Wei Luo for being featured in Geospatial World’s list of 50 Rising Stars to look out for in 2023!
Congratulations to Dr Kamalini Ramdas for winning the FASS Inspiring Mentor Award 2022!
Congratulations to Ms Vanshika Singh for her 2^nd prize Winning Entry in the Open Category of geNiUSbooks Competition 2022.
Of Wetlands and Water Snakes: Lessons from the Field: Dr Carl Grundy-Warr shares about fieldtrip experiences in Cambodia and how marrying theory and practical experience is key to a fruitful education.
Dr Gretchen Coffman and undergraduate Mr Lewis Kwek’s rare capture of the Sunda pangolin on trail camera was highlighted by Straits Times as one of the four notable records of recent animal sightings (full article only for subscribers)
Congratulations to A/P Wang Yi-Chen on her appointment as Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

2022

Alumni Mr Nicholas Ong (2022) won the third prize for the National Writing Competition organised by National Youth Achievement Award Council and SPH Media, themed "Towards a sustainable Singapore: How youth can make a difference". Nicholas says “In my essay, I proposed the '3Green' youth-centric framework. This is inspired by various strands of Geographical knowledge I have acquired in university.”
Dr Kamalini Ramdas and Dr Nathan Green participated in the Global Youth Leader’s Summit as topical experts on gender relations, and deforestation in Asia respectively. The three-day conference is part of the Deanery’s collaboration with Departments to pursue strategic approaches to student outreach.
Catch Dr Kamalini Ramdas talking about ‘Negotiating Social Identities in Heritage Spaces’ in the Around the Tok Panjang Chat that is moderated by Ms. Clara Ang of NUS Baba House (NUS Geog Alumni). The event is at NUS Baba House between 10.30am - 11.45am on 3 December 2022.
Feminist Dreaming: The Future From Here. Dr Kamalini Ramdas gave a keynote at the Singapore Writers Festival. She drew on her experiences in teaching and activism to highlight that beyond protests, classroom discussions and personal conversations are subtle ways of fostering debate about feminism and equality.
Congratulations to Prof Henry Yeung on his award of the 2022 Sir Peter Hall Award from the Regional Studies Association (RSA). The RSA focuses on regional and urban research, development and policy.
High-Rise Areas are Hotter than Low-Rise Residential Areas in Singapore. Professor Matthias Roth shares about a six-year study of heat in urban and rural areas in Singapore, which is one of the most comprehensive in a tropical city to date.
Congratulations to graduate students Ms So Hoi Kay and Ms Yoon Seoh Youn, Alice for having won the Graduate Students' Teaching Award, for teaching undertaken in Semester 1, 2021-2022. In view of her sustained high performance in winning the award three times, Alice will be placed on the Honour Roll!
Congratulations to A/P TC Chang, Dr Nathan Green, Dr Gretchen Coffman, Dr Muhammad Nawaz and Dr Shaun Teo for being awarded the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for AY2021-22.
The geographer and her journey as an educator. Dr Kamalini Ramdas is featured in the first episode of the inaugural Educator Series of the FASS Talk Podcast: Voices of the NUS Faculty of the Arts and Social Science Community.
Caring is Complicated. By 2030, 20% or more of Singapore’s population will be aged 65 or above. Professor Elaine Ho Lynn-Ee surveys this seismic demographic shift to see what the future might hold for elderly and their caregivers.
Congratulations to Dr Jasnea Sarma, a PhD candidate co-supervised by Prof James Sidaway for being awarded the Wang Gungwu Medal and Prize under the category of the Best PhD Thesis in Social Sciences & Humanities for AY2021/2022! Her thesis was titled “Seeing like a border: Resource frontiers, voices and visions on Myanmar’s borderlands with India and China”.
Congratulations to Dr Li Dongfeng for being awarded the Wang Gungwu Medal and Prize under the category of the Best PhD Thesis in Natural Sciences for AY2021/2022! His thesis was titled “Response of riverine sediment fluxes to climate change in High Mountain Asia and its margins”.
Congratulations to Dr Remi Luo on his appointment to a Presidential Young Professorship (PYP) in the Department.
Professor Henry Yeung has published a book titled Interconnected Worlds: Global Electronics and Production Networks in East Asia. Prof Yeung analyses the geographical configurations (“where”), organizational strategies (“how”), and causal drivers (“why”) of global production networks, setting a definitive benchmark into the dynamic transformations in global electronics and other globalized industries.
Studying the Invisible in Earth’s Ecosystems - Dr Remi Luo studies the interactions between climate change and natural ecosystems, delving into the part that processes like leaf gas exchange play in offsetting human carbon dioxide emissions.
Congratulations to Professor James Sidaway upon his award of the Busk Medal by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). The Busk Medal is awarded for "fieldwork and engagement with a remarkable span of theoretical approaches".The Busk Medal is part of a series of awards from the RGS/IBG that have recently been announced recognising "extraordinary achievement in geographical research, fieldwork, teaching, policy, and public engagement".
Congratulations Dr. Gretchen Coffman for having been awarded a NUS Annual Digital Education Award (Individual category) for 2022. The award by the University Teaching Excellence Committee recognises innovative teaching in an online environment and/or developing and using digital technologies for teaching.
Congratulations to graduate students Ms Vanshika Singh and Ms Yoon Seoh Youn, Alice for having won the Graduate Students' Teaching Award, for teaching undertaken in Semester 1, 2021-2022.
Ph.D. student Ms Radhika Bhargava together with A/P Dan Friess shares their new publication on what makes mangrove shorelines vulnerable to damage or loss during a cyclone.
Dr. Miles Kenney-Lazar has been featured in an episode of The Sweaty Penguin, an educational and comedic podcast about climate change, which is partnered with Peril and Promise, a PBS/WNET public media initiative. He discusses his research on sustainability issues related to natural rubber production in Southeast Asia
Hear from a geographer’s perspective during Social Sciences Panel 1. Dr. Kamalini Ramdas will facilitate and speak with colleagues from Communications and New Media, Political Science and Sociology on “Interdisciplinary Conversations on Social Issues” from 4:00pm to 4:50pm at the CHS Open House on 28 February.
Congratulations to A/P TC Chang, A/P Dan Friess, Dr Gretchen Coffman, Dr Kamalini Ramdas, Dr Miles Kenney-Lazar and Dr Shaun Teo for being awarded the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for AY2020-21.

2021

Job Opportunity: Position in Social/Cultural Geographies
NUS Geographer Brenda Yeoh Awarded ‘Nobel Prize for Geography’ (Vautrin-Lud Prize)
Congratulations to - Ms Alice Yoon on winning the Graduate Students’ Teaching Award for teachings undertaken in Semester 2, 2020-2021!
Prof Brenda Yeoh Elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy
Climate Change Increases Fluvial Sediment in the High Mountains of Asia - Congratulations to Dr Li Dongfeng and Prof Lu Xi Xi for the breakthrough publication in Science.
NUS Geography PhD student - Ms Radhika Bhargava, has been selected as a 2021 Nat Geo Explorer, under the Early Career Grant awarded by The National Geographic Society. The project is titled “Transboundary Governance of Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh”, in which she will be studying ecological and social-political parameters, while specifically looking at shoreline change.
Congratulations to Prof Brenda Yeoh, who has been awarded the Vautrin Lud Prize for outstanding achievements in Geography! Previous notable holders of the award include David Harvey, Doreen Massey, Ron Johnston, Bruno Messerli, Terry McGee and Anne Buttimer.
Welcome Visiting Professor Eugene McCann. Professor McCann will be based at the department for 10 months working with faculty from the PEAS and SCG research groups. He is an urban geographer whose research focuses on the political struggles, strategies, practices, and negotiations that characterize urban policy-making. Click here for more information about Eugene McCann.
Application for Master Degree Scholarship
NUS Geography PhD student, Ms Chayanika Saxena, has been awarded the Summer Fellowship on Internal Displacement. The 3-month academic fellowship between July and September 2021 is funded by the UK Global Challenges Research Fund. It brings together students, academics, practitioners, artists and people from divergent fields who are working on displacement.
Assoc Prof Dan Friess: Saving Our Mangroves for Planet-Saving Payoffs
Faculty Position in Financial Geography
Dr. Kamalini Ramdas’s collaboration with Mrs Shanta Bhaskar on Maya Yatra brings to life gender and embodiment through Indian Dance. Now available on GeNiUSbook and GeNiUSchannel. The link to the page is HERE and can be accessed by NUS students and faculty.
NUS News: Singapore through the years: A digital cartographic record
Assoc Prof Dan Friess: Saving Our Mangroves for Planet-Saving Payoffs
Seminar: Global Peatland Carbons - Challenges and Opportunities
Job Opportunities: Three faculty positions in Social/Cultural Geographies
Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor (tenured track) TEC
Job Opportunity: Associate of Full-Professor (tenured track) TEC
Shee Siew Ying was awarded the Jacques May (Master’s) Thesis Prize by the AAG Health & Medical Geography Speciality Group for her thesis entitled “Moving bodies, feeling health: Examining the embodied politics of health-promoting infrastructure in Singapore”. Her supervisor was Dr Kamalini Ramdas. More details about the award can be found here.
Ms Prerona Das was awarded a writing-up grant by the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR) Foundation www.ijurr.org. The grant is awarded to final year PhD students working in the field of urban and regional studies who are in their thesis writing stage.
Energy-hungry yet space-starved, Singapore faces big obstacles in its quest for clean energy to combat climate change. Catch A/P Dan Friess, who was featured in CNA's Climate Change: A Wicked Problem.
NUS Geography graduate student Ms. Melissa Low receives EcoFriend Award for her contributions to environmental sustainability.
Congratulations to Dr Kamalini Ramdas for winning the FASS Aspiring Mentor 2020 Award
A/P Tracey Skelton on Sexual Misconduct in NUS, CNA Podcast
Prof Matthias Roth: Wet start to New Year continues as mercury falls to cool 21.1°C in Singapore
Congratulations Dr Kamalini Ramdas for winning the inaugural Provost's Educator Award

2020

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Research Associate/Assistant in Coastal Ecosystem Assessment
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Spatiotemporal Big Data Analytics
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Faculty position (tenured) - Assistant Professor up to Associate Professor in Health Geographies
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Full-time Teaching Assistant in Physical Geography
Congratulations Dr Menusha De Silva for winning the Royal Geographical Society's Area Prize which recognizes "the best article published in the journal [i.e. Area] by a new researcher". The paper is co-authored with Dr Kanchan Gandhi who is also an alumnus of the Department. Here is the link to the winning paper (institutional access required).
NEWS: Dr. Kamalini Ramdas and Professor David Taylor discuss the spatialities of COVID-19
NEWS: Professor Henry Yeung delivers the Regional Studies Annual Lecture
Graduate Students' Teaching Award 2019/2020: The Department is happy to announce that Ms Liu Weiting, Ms Shee Siew Ying and Ms Tan Wenn Er were awarded the Graduate Students’ Teaching Award for teaching undertaken in Semester 1, 2019-2020! Congratulations!
AlumNUS Article: Inspiring Geographers Return to Their Alma Mater
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Full time Teaching Assistant in Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES)
JOB OPPORTUNITY: PhD Research Scholarship Opportunity
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant (Tenure Track)/Tenured Associate Or Full Professor
JOB OPPORTUNITY: TA for Physical Geography
PhD Research Scholarship Opportunity
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography (Educator Track)
AlumNUS Article: Inspiring Geographers Return to Their Alma Mater
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Social & Cultural Geographies
JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Two fully-funded PhD scholarships positions available
RESEARCH STAFF POSITIONS AVAILABLE: NERI/INTPREP
EVENT: Majors Tea 2020, 14 February 3pm
NEWS: Come Together as #OneNUS to Protect Against 2019-n-CoV
EVENT: Poster Competition for Geography & BES (NVG) Students. Shopping Vouchers to be Won!: "Your Right to a Safe Environment"
SEMINAR: Professor Jim Murphy, Clark University
SEMINAR: Professor Meg_Lowman, Director, TREE Foundation
SEMINAR: Professor Sue Grimmond, University of Reading
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Research Assistant (RA) positions available in Agroforestry project

2019

2018

Seminar: Prof Jonathan Rigg, Asia Research Institute, NUS
Seminar: Mr Gerard McCarthy, Asia Research Institute, NUS
Seminar: Dr Alder Keleman, Anthropology Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
Seminar: Prof Mei-Po Kwan, University of Illinois
Seminar: Ms Liz Clarke, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Seminar: Professor Jane Jacobs, Yale-NUS
Seminar: Prof Julia Lossau, University of Bremen
Seminar: Assoc Prof Dan Friess, Dept of Geography, NUS
Seminar: Prof Ben Horton, Asian School of the Environment, NTU
Seminar: Prof Aaron Ellison, Harvard University
News: Development vs Saving Nature: Project to Help Assess Trade-offs : A/P Dan Friess, the lead PI for this 3-years project, will determine the economic, social and environmental benefits of the country's forests, parks, waterways and marine habitats.
News: Knowing the value of mangroves : A team led by Assoc Prof Dan Friess hopes that the findings can justify the conservation of mangroves.
News: Summer Institute in Urban Studies : Cross-border schooling and transnational topologies: the embodiment of migration in children's education
News: GIS Minor student, Chiam Da Jian, was awarded the prestigious Singapore Geospatial Scholarship. Da Jian and A/P Feng were also interviewed by Lianhe Zaobao
Publication: The Prospect of Elsewhere: Engaging the Future through Aspirations in Asia : Book published by BUNNELL, T., GILLEN, J. and HO, E.L.E. (2018)
Position Available: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Seminar - Dr Javier Revilla Diez, Uni of Cologne, Germany
Seminar - Dr Andres Moral, Dept of Geography, NUS
Congratulations to Prof Henry Yeung who has been awarded the AAG Distinguished Scholarship Honors for 2018
Job Opportunity: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Geographic Information Science. Application deadline 15 January 2018
Job Opportunity: Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Ecology. Application deadline 15 January 2018
Job Opportunity - Research Scholar
Talk: Department Alumni Dialogue Session - Mr. Andrew Buay (VP, Group Sustainability, Singtel)

2017

* Sr postdoc/project coordinator
* Postdoc in coastal ecosystem services
* PhD scholarship in coastal ecosystem services

Interested on sustainable governance of transboundary environmental commons in Southeast Asia? A Senior Research Fellowship , Two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships , and two fully-funded Ph.D. student positions are available

Professor Henry Yeung was awarded the highly prestigious Murchison Award by the Royal Geographical Society – Institute of British Geographers
Dr. Dan Friess was interviewed about his Mangrove research by BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science program
Ms. Elisha Teo won the European Geoscience Union’s (EGU) “Communicate Your Science” Video Competition during this year’s EGU General Assembly in Vienna
Professor David Taylor’s research project on "Sustainable governance of transboundary environmental commons in Southeast Asia" was successfully awarded S$2.579 million by the Social Science Research Council.
Our graduate students Mr. Andy Tan, Mr. Tan Xuan Kai, and Ms. Shona Loong, received Graduate Teaching Awards for 2016/2017 from FASS
Dr. Winston Chow was interviewed about the climate change challenges that Singapore faces in the Channel NewsAsia documentary series “Futuropolis"
GE3230A Field Studies - Thailand
SEMINAR: 24 March, Friday, Dr Tricia Seow, NIE
SEMINAR: 3 March, Friday, Prof Matthew Zook, University of Kentucky
18 February, Alumni Food Trail
17 February, GE4221: Field Investigation to the Tonle Sap
SEMINAR: 10 February, Friday, Dr Jenny Goldstein, Cornell University
SEMINAR: 20 January, Friday, Professor Gavin Bridge, University of Durham
SEMINAR: 18 January, Wednesday, Professor Jeffrey Richey, University of Washington
Congratulations to Dr Dan Friess, Dr Kamalini Ramdas and A/P Harvey Neo for having won the Faculty Excellent Teacher Awards for AY2015-16

2016

Dr Chris Gouramanis talked to TODAY newspaper about the recent spate of Earthquakes
Dr Winston Chow was awarded the FASS Promising Researcher
Job opportunity: Two Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions in Borders, Mobility and New Infrastructures, deadline 31 January 2017
NUS Geography will offer a new programme Master of Science in Applied GIS Programme in Semester 1, 2016; application starts on 1 Nov 2015
Job opportunity: Sr Executive/Asst Manager, deadline 15 Dec 2016
FASS Student Leadership Award (Group)
SEMINAR: 11 November, Dr Till Mostowlansky
SEMINAR: 4 November, Dr Jana Kleibert
SEMINAR: 21 October, Assoc Prof Natalie Oswin
Field Studies 2016 Presentation, 14 October
SEMINAR: 7 October, Dr Ann E Bartos
Mr Yan Yingwei had been selected as the National winner for Singapore in the Esri Young Scholars Award 2016 for his PhD work
SEMINAR: 30 September, Dr Sarah Mills
SEMINAR: 9 Sep, Dr Paul Passy
SEMINAR: 26 Aug, Dr Ivan Scales
SEMINAR: 19 Aug, Dr Ann-Charlotte Palmgreen
SEMINAR: 12 Aug, Professor Andy Pike
Job opportunity: Geospatial Support Officer; deadline 15 October 2016
Job opportunity: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography. Deadline - 31 August 2016
Job opportunity: Research Assistants
Dr Dan Friess - Restore Ubin Mangroves guided tour
Assoc Prof Tim Bunnell awarded 2015 Best Article Prize by Urban Studies journal
A/P Victor Savage’s Straits Times editorial on Chinese influence in Southeast Asia
PhD candidate Ms Siqi Song has won a Musim Mas Sustainability Dissertation Award
Job opportunity: Lecturer (Environmental Studies Programme)
Geospatial 101 Workshop, May - June 2016
Geography Graduate Research Workshop - 22 April 2016
SEMINAR: Dr Sandeep N Kundu, 4 Mar
SEMINAR: Professor Stephanie Barrientos, 12 Feb
SEMINAR: Dr Rick Kim, 29 Jan, Central Library, Theatrette 1 (CLB-04-04)
SEMINAR: Dr Lin Weiqiang, 22 Jan
SEMINAR: Dr Muhammad Nawaz, 15 Jan

2015

WORKSHOP: Development Partnerships, 7 & 8 Dec
SEMINAR: Dr Ong Chin Ee, Nov 13 2015
SEMINAR: Dr Mark Griffiths, 6 Nov 2015
SEMINAR: Assoc Prof Elaine Stratford, 23 Oct 2015
SEMINAR: Dr Cao Kai, 16 Oct 2015
SEMINAR: Professor Richard Phillips, 15 Oct 2015
SEMINAR: Professor Patricia Gober, 9 Oct 2015
SEMINAR:Professor Andrew Leyshon, 2 Oct 2015
Dr Karen Lai was interviewed for a documentary on the fall of Lehman Brothers
A/P Elaine Ho: Reaching consensus as view get more diverse
Dr Wong Poh Poh: Rising sea levels
A/P Elaine Ho: Race classification still relevant?
SJTG Travel Award
OPPORTUNITY: ISEAS-GIS student research assistant
BBC World News: Rice and palm oil risk to mangroves
BBC World Service interviewed Dr Dan Friess
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Professor of Social/Cultural Geography
Assoc Prof Elaine Ho: S’poreans-first policies ‘may affect integration of foreigners’
CNA: Dr Karen Lai talked about 130 years of POSB
PhD Research Scholarship Opportunity
How climate change will affect transboundary haze: Dr Winston Chow
Dr Sin Harng Luh was interviewed in the Straits Times (27 Sep 2015) on tourism and private islands
Dr Winston Chow was interviewed by The Straits Times regarding the haze in Singapore
A/P Elaine Ho is speaking on Channel NewsAsia's Perspectives programme, 23 Sep 2015 (Wed) 8pm
A/P Elaine Ho was interviewed by Lianhe Zaobao on her field work in Myanmar
SEMINAR: Impacts & Challenges Of Climate Change On The Singapore Society, 21 Sep 2015
SEMINAR: Professor Helga Leitner & Professor Eric Sheppard, 18 Sep 2015
JOINT SEMINAR: Strategic Coupling with Global Production NetworkS, 16 Sep 2015
TALK: A/P Tim Bunnell on "Remembering Malay Liverpool: Seafaring Sites and Shifting Divisions of Labour”, 4 Sep 2015, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore
SEMINAR: Dr Jeffrey Neilson, 28 Aug 2015
SEMINAR: Professor Rodolphe De Koninck, 21 Aug 2015
TALK: A/P TC Chang - Cultural Policies for Creative Cities, 20 Aug 2015
2015 Geospatial Challenge Projects
NUS Geography will offer a new programme Master of Science in Applied GIS Programme in Semester 1, 2016; application starts on 1 Nov 2015
Geography undergrads won at Universitas 21 Undergraduate Research Conference 2015 in Auckland New Zealand
Professor Jonathan Rigg will be assuming Directorship of Asia Research Institute from 1 January 2016
Fully funded PhD opportunity in Department of Geography/ARI
Project Skillseed - Proposed Environmental Stewardship Programme
Professor Jonathan Rigg has been appointed Raffles Professor in Social Sciences
Ms Claudia Wong has been awarded the Wang Gungwu Medal and Prize (AY2014-2015) for the Best Masters thesis in the Social Sciences/Humanities. Thesis title: 'Advancing Young People’s methodologies: Articulating citizenship discourses within “safe spaces” through theatre’
Congratulations to Dr Woon Chih Yuan - co-winner of the 2015 Progress in Human Geography Best Essay Prize
Job Opportunities: Physical Geographer
SJTG scholarship for current year 2 Geography majors
Seminar: A/P Simon Springer, 10 April
Seminar: Dr Kim Ick-Hoi, 27 March
Lim Chong Yah Professorship Lecture: Prof Neil Brenner, 25 March
Seminar: Prof Donald McNeill, 13 March
Seminar: Prof Paul Faulconbridge, 27 February
Public Talk and Book Launch by Prof Lily Kong, 25 February
Seminar: Dr Li Peng-Fei, 13th February
Mr Kiran Bhairannavar’s (PhD student) paper at AAG has been awarded the first place in the 'AAG Sexuality and Space graduate student paper competition 2015'. Congratulations, Kiran!
Official launch of FASS’ Global Production Networks Centre (GPN@NUS), 26th January
Seminar: Governing Borderless Threats: Southeast Asia's 'Haze' Crisis as a Non-Traditional Security Problem, 30th January
Seminar: Dr Sarah Knuth, 30th January
Seminar: Dr Tu Lan, 6th February
Seminar: Dr Massimo Lupascu, 21 Jan, 10am
Seminar: Dr Lee Jones, 22 Jan, 11am
Seminar: Dr Intan Suci Nurhati, 14 Jan, 10am
Seminar: Dr Deepak Ray, 16 Jan, 3pm