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
Congratulations to graduate student Ms Nikita Choudhary for winning the Graduate Students' Teaching Award, for teaching undertaken in Semester 1, 2024-2025!
The annual Geography Graduate Research Workshop will take place on Friday 25 April in the Earth Lab (AS2-02-03). This annual event that is entirely organised and hosted by the Department's first year graduate research students. The theme is "World in Transition". The programme is available here.
The Strait Times' feature to mark World Wetlands Day featured research led by Associate Professor Massimo Lupascu.
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.
NUS at COP27: Why the Annual UN Climate Summit Matters
This year, researchers from different NUS schools and institutes – including the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Middle East Institute, and the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions – will head to COP27 to track the negotiations, and contribute to the dialogue on climate action by hosting panel discussions centred on climate change and biodiversity loss, the demand for carbon credits, and other pertinent topics.
Call for Nominations | FASS Inspiring Mentor Award 2022
We invite NUS FASS members of staff to nominate the colleagues who have served as their truly inspiring mentors – who have gone beyond the call of duty to positively impact their work and life – for FIMA 2022 honours.
Caring is Complicated
By 2030, 20 per cent or more of Singapore’s population will be aged 65 or above. Alumna Professor Elaine Ho Lynn-Ee (NUS Geography, ’02), who is the FASS Vice Dean of Research, surveys this seismic demographic shift to see what the future might hold for elderly and their caregivers.