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 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.
Atlas of Finance: Mapping the Global Story of Money
Have you ever looked at a two-dollar bill in your wallet and wondered how many places and pockets it has travelled through? While this bill clearly represents a value of $2 today, it would have held no significance in 3000 BCE. The concept of value, as articulated by Seneca, “A thing is worth only what …
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Singaporean Women Living in China: The Uneven Burdens of Middle-class Transnational Caregiving
The National Day of the People’s Republic of China falls on 1 October. Many Singaporeans have moved to China, their families becoming ‘transnational’ in the process. Research has shown that in these families, women have had to take on a significantly larger share of the caregiving burden. However, there is limited research on the impact …
Validating and Improving Satellite-based Forest Carbon Estimation in Southeast Asia
Conservation and restoration of carbon-rich Southeast Asian forests are of tremendous ecological and economical importance to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries in combating climate change. Forests play a vital role in removing and storing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which is crucial in mitigating the effects of climate change. Furthermore, forests also …
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