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Understand The World. Shape Your Future.
From climate resilience to global justice, NUS Geographers learn from today’s problems to design tomorrow’s solutions. Through an interdisciplinary curriculum that integrates physical and human geography, students examine real-world challenges across local, regional, and global contexts. Grounded in research and practice, NUS Geography equips learners with the critical and applied skills needed to shape more equitable and resilient futures.
Explore Our Programmes
Social Cultural Geographies
Beyond directional care: Theorising mutuality in the geographies of care through the lens of friendship
Chan, G. E. Y., & Ho, E. L.-E. (2026)
Dialogues in Human Geography
Social Cultural Geographies
Reconstructing building genealogy with visual intelligence
Xue, X., Yang, Y., Tian, Z., Chang, T.C., & Heng, C.K. (2026)
Nature Communications
Tropical Environmental Change
Nested Carbon Governance in Southeast Asia: Towards Just Nature-Based Solutions?
Varkkey, H., Miller, M.A., Taylor, D. (2026)
Environmental Policy and Governance
Tropical Environmental Change
Higher odds of produced-water-like chemistry in groundwater vulnerable to shale gas spills
Soriano, M.A., Warren, J.L., Wang, Y.C. et al. (2026)
Nature Sustainability
News & Happenings
NUS Geography Now
What does Geography have to do with bringing communities together? For NUS Geography alumna Clara Ang, the connection goes beyond the classroom. Now at the National Museum of Singapore, she creates meaningful experiences that bring seniors together through heritage and shared stories.
In a commentary published by the Asian Development Bank, Professor Elaine Ho and NUS Geography alumna Grace Chan explore how social connections and relationships can strengthen care systems in aging societies.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Luo Xiangzhong (Remi) and the SIGMA team, whose collaborative research project was selected for the Google DeepMind AI for the Planet Accelerator.
Upcoming Events
Seminar
“High-resolution property: Digital enclosures on the urban frontier” by Associate Professor Tom Cowan, University of Nottingham on Thursday, 1 October 2026, 12PM, Geography Earth Lab, AS2 02-03.
Seminar
“Spectrum Geographies: Signal, Territory, and Electromagnetic Space” by Associate Professor Mia Bennett, University of Washington, 16 September 2026, at 3.30pm, Geography Earth Lab, AS2 02-03.
NUS Open House 2022: Interdisciplinary Offerings, In-person Activities and More!
NUS is offering a number of new programmes to prepare graduates for the future.
NUS Geography A/P Elaine Ho Speaks at IPS Singapore Perspectives Conference
In ‘Move beyond “us vs them” differences and embrace heritage in building national identity: IPS panel’ (??? ??????? ?????, January 2022), Associate Professor Elaine Ho (NUS Geography) discusses how Singapore’s position as a cosmopolitan city affects its national identity.
FASS Inspiring Mentor 2021 Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 FASS Inspiring Mentor Awards!