GEOGRAPHY @ NUS
FASS Geography explores Environmental and Social Sciences, as well as the Arts and Humanities, and charts the interconnections between them as they apply to:-
* Climate Sciences * Ageing Populations
* Geoscience * Migration
* Mangroves * Tourism
* Sustainability * Urban Studies
NUS GEOGRAPHY NOW
Neglected tropical diseases not neglected: Assoc Professor Wang Yi-Chen co-organized the Asian Neglected Tropical Disease Conference (NTDASIA 2025) with Professor Banchob Sripa, Tropical Disease Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Congratulations to Profs. Brenda Yeoh, Dariusz Wojcik, Elaine Ho, James Sidaway, Paul Kench and Asst. Prof Nathan Green who made it into Standford University's Top 2% Scientists list, which ranks the most cited researchers globally based on their research impact and academic contributions.
Why Some Seniors’ Expectations of Care by Their Children Have Changed and What This Means for an Ageing Singapore
Commentary in TODAY by Dr Menusha De Silva (NUS Geography).
Study: Elderly Residents Often Return to Tanglin Halt after Relocating
A study led by NUS Asia Research Institute Senior Research Fellow Professor Elaine Ho (NUS Geography) finds that although there are supermarkets and coffee shops at Dawson Estate, the elderly residents who were relocated there a few years under the Selective En-Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) continue to return to Tanglin Halt to meet up and reminisce with their former neighbours.
Social Science Researchers Offering Good Solutions for Nation’s Challenges to be Recognised
Singapore’s Education Minister Chan Chun Sing assured the local social science research community that the Ministry of Education and the Government will continue to support their work, and that researchers who offer good solutions for Singapore’s challenges will be recognised by local universities and the public service, even if they do not get published in renowned academic journals.