Our Awards
International Awards
International Awards
Masatoshi Yoshino Award
| 2024 | Professor Matthias Roth was presented the award by the Association of Japanese Geographers for outstanding research results in climatology. |
QS Reimagine Education Awards
| 2024 | Dr Gretchen Coffman, awarded Bronze under the under the Immersive Experiential Learning category |
Sir Peter Hall Award
| 2022 | Professor Henry Yeung was awarded the 2022 Sir Peter Hall Award from the Regional Studies Association (RSA). The RSA focuses on regional and urban research, development and policy. |
Busk Medal
| 2022 | Professor James Sidaway was awarded the Busk Medal by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) for "fieldwork and engagement with a remarkable span of theoretical approaches". |
Vautrin Lud Prize
| 2021 | Professor Brenda Yeoh awarded Vautrin Lud Prize for outstanding achievements in Geography. |
Distinguished Scholarship Honours
| 2018 | Professor Henry Yeung received the Distinguished Scholarship Honours from the American Association of Geographers (AAG). |
Murchison Award
| 2017 | Professor Henry Yeung was awarded the Murchison Award by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Institute of British Geographers. |
Robert Stoddard Award
| 2009 | Professor Lily Kong was awarded the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Robert Stoddard Award for Distinguished Geography of Religion and Belief Systems. |
Nobel Peace Prize
| 2007 | A/Prof Wong Poh Poh - the only Singaporean on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice-President Al Gore. |
Honorary Doctor Of Science
| 2006 | Professor Lily Kong was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Science for her contributions to Human Geography and for her professional achievement and public service in Singapore. |
National Awards
National Awards
National Day Award
| 2022 | Professor Henry Yeung was awarded the Long Service Medal during the 57th National Day. |
| 2019 | Professor Brenda Yeoh was awarded the Long Service Medal during the 54th National Day. |
| 2010 | A/P Victor Savage was awarded the Long Service Medal during the 45th National Day. |
Public Service Medal
| 2022 | Professor Brenda Yeoh was awarded the Public Service Medal. |
MND (Ministry Of Development) Medallion
| 2021 | Professor Brenda Yeoh was awarded the MND Medallion. |
Public Administration Medal
| 2006 | Professor Lily Kong was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver). |
University Awards
University Awards
University Research Recognition Award
| 2024 | Professor Brenda Yeoh |
| 2018 | Professor Henry Yeung |
Winner of the Outstanding Overseas Researcher Award
| 2003 | A/Prof Henry Yeung Wai-Chung received the Outstanding Overseas Researcher Award by the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources, the Academy of Sciences, China. |
Winner of the NUS Outstanding University Researcher Award
| 2008 | Professor Henry Yeung |
| 2000-2001 | A/Prof Brenda Yeoh Saw Ai |
| 1998 | A/Prof Henry Yeung Wai-Chung |
| 1997 | Professor Lily Kong |
Presidential Young Professorship (PYP)
| 2022 | Dr Xiangzhong (Remi) Luo |
Provost’s Educator Award
| 2021 | Dr Kamalini Ramdas was awarded the inaugural Provost's Educator Award. |
Winner of the NUS Outstanding University Educator Award
| 2006 | A/Prof Chang Tou Chuang |
Winner of the NUS Teaching Excellence Award
| 2017-2018 | A/Prof Dan Friess |
| 2014-2016 | Dr Dan Friess |
| 2010 | Dr Pow Choon Piew |
| 2008-2009 | A/Prof Chang Tou Chuang |
| 2006-2007 | A/Prof Tim Bunnell |
| 2005 | A/Prof Chang Tou Chuang |
| 2003-2004 | A/Prof K Raguraman |
| 2002-2003 | A/Prof Chang Tou Chuang, Dr Carl Grundy-Warr, A/Prof K Raguraman |
| 2001-2002 | A/Prof Chang Tou Chuang and A/Prof Henry Yeung Wai-Chung won the NUS Excellent Teachers (Top 100) Award. |
| 1999-2000 | A/Prof Chang Tou Chuang |
| 1998-1999 | A/Prof Chang Tou Chuang |
| 1997-1998 | A/Prof Chang Tou Chuang |
Winner of the NUS Annual Digital Education Award
| 2023 | Dr Muhammad Nawaz Dr Gretchen Coffman (Individual Category) |
| 2022 | Dr Gretchen Coffman (Individual Category) |
Winner of the Faculty Outstanding Educator Award
| 2000-2001 | Dr Carl Grundy-Warr |
Winner of the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
| 2022-2023 | Dr Gretchen Coffman Dr Menusha De Silva Dr Shaun Teo |
| 2021-2022 | A/Prof TC Chang Dr Nathan Green Dr Gretchen Coffman Dr Muhammad Nawaz Dr Shaun Teo |
| 2020-2021 | A/Prof Chang Tou Chuang A/Prof Daniel Adam Friess Dr Gretchen Christina Coffman Dr Kamalini Ramdas Dr Kenney-Lazar Miles Richard Dr Teo Sheng Kiat, Shaun |
| 2017-2018 | A/Prof Dan Friess A/Prof Pow Choon Piew Dr Jamie Gillen |
| 2016-2017 | Dr Dan Friess A/Prof Harvey Neo Dr Kamalini Ramdas |
| 2015-2016 | Dr Dan Friess Dr Harvey Neo Dr Kamalini Ramdas |
| 2014-2015 | Dr Woon Chih Yuan Dr Dan Friess |
| 2013-2014 | Dr Woon Chih Yuan Dr Dan Friess Dr Harvey Neo |
| 2012-2013 | A/Prof Alan Ziegler Dr Karen Lai |
| 2011-2012 | A/Prof Alan Ziegler |
| 2010-2011 | A/Prof James Terry Dr Harvey Neo Dr Pow Choon Piew |
| 2009-2010 | Dr Pow Choon Piew Dr Harvey Neo A/Prof Alan Ziegler |
| 2008-2009 | Dr Pow Choon Piew |
| 2007-2008 | A/Prof Tim Bunnell A/Prof David Higgitt Dr Wang Yi-Chen |
| 2006-2007 | A/Prof David Higgitt A/Prof Tim Bunnell Dr Carl Grundy-Warr |
Winner of the FASS Inspiring Mentor Award
| 2022 | Dr Kamalini Ramdas |
| 2020 | Dr Kamalini Ramdas |
Winner of the Faculty Excellent Researcher Award
| 2011-2012 | A/Prof Alan Ziegler |
Winner of the Faculty Promising Researcher Award
| 2016-2017 | Dr Winston Chow |
| 2014-2015 | Dr Dan Friess Dr Woon Chih Yuan |
| 2011-2012 | Dr Harvey Neo |
| 2010-2011 | Dr Pow Choon Piew |
GEM Incentive Award
| 2007-2008 | Dr Carl Grundy-Warr, GEK1022: Geopolitics: Geographies of War and Peace |
Best Paper/Book Awards
Best Paper/Book Awards
2024
| Shaun Teo, 2023 Urban Geography Early Career Researcher Prize Teo, S. S. (2023). Doing comparative urbanism: comparative conversation as tactic. Urban Geography, 44(5), 896-917. DOI:10.1080/02723638.2022.2054605 https://www.urbangeographyjournal.org/journal/early-career-researcher-prize/2023-prize-winners |
| Henry Yeung, International Studies Association Asia-Pacific Distinguished Book Award Yeung, H. W. C. (2022). Interconnected worlds: Global electronics and production networks in East Asia. Stanford University Press. [available via Amazon] |
2023
Henry Yeung, winner of the Silver Medal in the Business Theory Category by Axiom Business Book Awards.
Yeung, H. W. C. (2022). Interconnected worlds: Global electronics and production networks in East Asia. Stanford University Press. [available via Amazon]
2020
Menusha De Silva (together with alumni Kanchan Gandhi) received the Royal Geographical Society's Area Prize for "the best article published in the journal by a new researcher".
De Silva, M. and Gandhi, K. (2019). ‘Daughter’ as a positionality and the gendered politics of taking parents into the field. Area, 51(4), 662-669. DOI: 10.1111/area12525
2019
Elaine Ho, winner of the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Best Book in Global and Transnational Sociology by an International Scholar.
Ho, E. L. E. (2018). Citizens in motion: Emigration, immigration, and re-migration across China's borders. Stanford University Press [available via Amazon]
2018
Henry Yeung, Regional Studies Association Best Paper Award for Area Development and Policy
Yeung, H. W. C. (2017). Rethinking the East Asian developmental state in its historical context: Finance, geopolitics and bureaucracy. Area Development and Policy, 2(1), 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2016.1264868
2015
| Chih Yuan Woon, Progress in Human Geography Best Paper Prize Woon, C.Y. (2014). Precarious Geopolitics and the Possibilities of Nonviolence. Progress in Human Geography 38(5): 654-670. DOI: 10.1177/0309132513501403 |
| Tim Bunnell, Urban Studies Best Article Prize Bunnell, T. (2015). Antecedent cities and inter-referencing effects: Learning from and extending beyond critiques of neoliberalisation. Urban Studies, 52(11), 1983-2000. DOI: 10.1177/0042098013505882 |
2013
Xi Xi Lu, received the best paper award from World Association for Sedimentation and Erosion Research (WASER).
Lu, X. X., Ran, L. S., Liu, S., Jiang, T., Zhang, S. R., & Wang, J. J. (2013). Sediment loads response to climate change: A preliminary study of eight large Chinese rivers. International Journal of Sediment Research, 28(1), 1-14. DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(13)60013-X
2012
Elaine Ho, Progress in Human Geography Essay Prize
Ho, E. L. E. (2011). Claiming the ‘Diaspora’: Sending State Strategies, Elite Mobility and the Spatialities of Citizenship. Progress in Human Geography, 35(6), 757-772. DOI: 10.1177/0309132511401463
2000
T.C. Chang, first prize for 1999 FURS (Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies) competition for best essay on urban and regional themes by young authors.
Chang, T. C. (2000). Renaissance revisited: Singapore as a ‘global city for the arts’. International journal of urban and regional research, 24(4), 818-831. DOI:10.1111/1468-2427.00280