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
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Congratulations to Associate Professor Wang Yi-Chen, who has been appointed Vice-Dean of Undergraduate Studies for the term 1 January 2025 to 1 December 2027.
SEMINAR: Prof Wen Wen Li, GeoAI for Intelligent Mapping, Monday 13 January 2025, 3.30pm, Earth Lab, AS2 #02-03
Congratulations to Asst. Prof Nathan Green for being awarded the FASS Award for Promising Researcher for the 2024/25 Academic Year!
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.
Singaporean Women Living in China: The Uneven Burdens of Middle-class Transnational Caregiving
International Women’s Day is commemorated annually on 8 March. This celebration empowers women by making their struggles visible, thus advocating for greater equality of the sexes.‘Singaporean Women Living in China: The Uneven Burdens of Middle-class Transnational Caregiving’ (Asian Studies Review, 2022) by Dr Sylvia Ang (Monash University), Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng (NUS Japanese Studies …
A Blue Carbon Framework for Singapore’s National Climate Change Policy (BlueCarbonSG)
Mangroves, seagrasses, and saltmarshes are termed ‘blue carbon’ ecosystems because of their potential to remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere and store them in the vegetation and soils, which is effective in tackling climate change. Blue carbon ecosystems can remove and store greenhouse gas emissions at rates several times greater than terrestrial ecosystems such …
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Teaching Pre-University Geography Through Role-play and Deep Listening: Enhancing Geographical Inquiry Using Interdisciplinary Strategies for Managing Classroom Dynamics
As the world prepares to commemorate International Education Day on the 24th of January, emphasizing the pivotal role of education in fostering global development and understanding, Singapore’s geography syllabus is a testament to this global vision. As the geography curriculum evolves, it seeks to promote critical thinking about power dynamics in human-environment relations, emphasizing social …