Research Projects
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Politics, Economies, And Space
2023-2026
The ‘Digital Silk Road’ in Post-Pandemic ASEAN: Globalisation, Geopolitics and Development
PI: Woon Chih Yuan, NUS
2023-2025
Urban informality from the global East: Comparing comparisons in Taipei and Singapore
PI: Shaun Teo, NUS
2022-2026
Research Partnership on Asian Infrastructures
Max Weber Foundation
co-PI: James Sidaway, NUS; co-PI: Tim Bunnell, ARI/NUS; Franz Waldenberger, Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien (DIJ)
2022-2027
Climate Governance of Nature-based Carbon Sinks in Southeast Asia
Social Science Research Thematic Grant, Ministry of Education
PI: David Taylor, NUS; co-PI: Koh Lian Pin, NUS; co-PI: Miles Kenney-Lazar, NUS
2021-2024
Innovation, production networks of FCEVs and its regional dynamics in East Asia
PI: Godfrey Yeung, NUS
2020-2023
The Financialization of Agrarian Landscapes in Cambodia
PI: W. Nathan Green, NUS
2017-2022
Research Group on Borders, Mobility and New Infrastructures
Max Weber Foundation
PI: James Sidaway
2014-2018
Global Production Networks Centre at NUS (GPN@NUS)
Social Science Research Thematic Grant, Ministry of Education
co-PIs: Henry Yeung, NUS; Neil Coe, NUS; Godfrey Yeung, NUS; Karen Lai, Durham University
Social Cultural Geographies
2024-2025
Education Policy Mobilities
PI: Tan Wenn Er, Co-PI: Elaine Ho (NUS Geography/ FASS Research Division)
2023-2024
‘Decoding Vernacular Architecture by Guiding Human Intuition with Deep Learning: A Study of Singapore Shophouse Façade in Chinatown’
PI: Heng Chye Kiang, NUS Architecture; co-PIs: T.C. Chang; Xue Xuan, NUS Architecture and 3 others
2023-2026
Capitals of the Future: Place, Power and Possibility in Southeast Asia
PI: Daniel Goh, ARI/NUS Sociology; co-PI: Tim Bunnell, ARI/NUS
2023-2024
Value Co-Creation for Developing Creative Tourism in Yod-Phulangka, Thailand
PI: TC Chang, NUS; Co-PI: Thitirat Panbamrungkij, Dept of Geography, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
2023-2025
Youth urbanism and postcolonial futures in comparative perspective
PI: Allen Xiao, NUS
2023-2029
Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW)
PI: Jacqui True, Monash University; Partner Investigator: Brenda Yeoh, NUS (along with a network of over 30 partner-investigators)
2023-2026
The Singaporean Stack: cashless payment, digital infrastructure, and smart citizenship on and beyond Intelligent Island
PI: Dylan Brady, NUS
2023-2025
Teaching Pre-University Geography through Role-play and Deep Listening: Enhancing Geographical Inquiry using Interdisciplinary Strategies for Managing Classroom Dynamics
PI: Kamalini Ramdas, NUS; Collaborators: Menusha De Silva, NUS; Shobha Avadhani, NUS Communications and New Media; Robin Loon , NUS Theatre Studies; Josef Tan, Ministry of Education
2022-2029
South-South Migration and Migrant Food Insecurity: Interactions, Impacts and Remedies (MiFood Project)
PI: Prof Jonathan Crush, Wilfrid Laurier University; Co-Applicant: Brenda Yeoh, NUS (along with a network of over 50 co-applicants
2022-2025
Plastic Waste and Women’s Household Practices in Asia and Australia
PI: Brenda Yeoh, NUS; Co-PIs: Natalie Pang, NUS Communications and New Media; Collaborator: Shiori Shakuto, Uni of Sydney
2022-2024
A Study on Cross-National Families in Singapore
PI: Brenda Yeoh, NUS; Co-PIs: Esther Goh, NUS Social Work; Theodora Lam, ARI/NUS; Bernice Khoo, DSO
2022-2024
The Longer-term Impact of Parental Labour Migration: Well-being, Indebtedness and Family Sustainability in Southeast Asia
PI: Lucy Jordan, University of Hong Kong; Co-PIs: Elspeth Graham, University of St Andrews; Kolitha Wickramage, IOM; Co-Investigator: Brenda Yeoh, NUS; Collaborators: Maruja Milagros Asis, Scalabrini Migration Centre; Patrick Duigan, ADB; Tim Liao, Uni of Illinois; Tomas Martin Ernst, IOM; Melissa Garabiles, Ateneo de Manila University; Sukamdi, Universitas Gadjah Mada
2022-2023
Ageing Immigrants and Integration Over the Lifecourse in Singapore
PI: Elaine Ho, NUS; Co-PI: Brenda Yeoh, NUS
2022-2023
Blended Learning and Interactive Fieldtrip Worksheets
2021-2024
Ageing and Relocation in Queenstown
PI: Elaine Ho, NUS
2021-2024
Ageing and Social Networks: Mapping the Lifeworlds of Older Singaporeans
PI: Elaine Ho, NUS; Co-PIs: Vincent Chua, NUS Sociology and Feng Chen-Chieh, NUS Geography
2021-2024
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Student Mobilities in China-Southeast Asia
PI: Ho Kong Chong, NUS Sociology; Co-PI: Brenda Yeoh, NUS; and a network of 8 other collaborators
2020-2023
Smart Cities in Global Comparative Perspective: Worlding and Provincializing Relationships
PI: Byron Miller, University of Calgary; co-PIs for Singapore team: Tim Bunnell, NUS; Lily Kong, SMU; Orlando Woods, SMU
2020-2022
Capitals of the Future, Then and Now: Southeast Asia’s Planned Administrative Centres
PI: Tim Bunnell, NUS; co-PIs: Maitrii Aung-Thwin, NUS History; Daniel Goh, NUS Sociology
2020-2025
Peopling Infrastructure: Aeromobilities, Automation, and Mobilisations of Labour in Asia
2020-2021
Online Learning and Collaborative Pedagogy
Tropical Environmental Change
2023-2026
Climate-driven changes in the terrestrial carbon sink of tropical Asia
MOE AcRF Tier 2
PI: Luo Xiangzhong
2023-2026
Developing strategies for handling geoprivacy issues in social media data
MOE Academic Research Fund, Tier 1
PI: Yan Yingwei, Co-PI: Filip Biljecki
2023-2026
Natural Adaptation of Atoll Islands to Sea-Level Rise Offering Opportunities for Ongoing Human Occupation
European Research Council Horizons Project
AI: Paul Kench, PI: Gerd Masselink
2023-2025
Tracking sea surface temperature change in the tropical Indian Ocean over the past 5 centuries
MOE Academic Research Fund, Tier 2
AI: Paul Kench, PI Xianfeng Wang - NTU
2023-2025
Evaluation and development of 100 m uSINGV for extreme rainfall and wind modelling in Singapore, NEA
PI: Matthias Roth
2022-2027
Carbon Governance of Nature-based Carbon Sinks in Southeast Asia
PI: David Taylor
2022-2024
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from soilless crops in Urban Agriculture (UA) in tropical climate
PI: Lupascu M, Hao Tang
2022-2024
The Rhyzosphere Carbon Project
PI: Hao Tang, Co-PI: Lupascu M
2022-2024
The gross CO2 emissions and removals from land-use change in Southeast Asia, SgEC
PI: Luo Xiangzhong
2022-2023
Roots to Reefs 360 Film for Aquatic Riparian and Coastal Systems: Blended Learning 2.0
PI: G. Coffman
2022-2023
Wildlife in Wetlands at Singapore Botanic Gardens: Evaluating wildlife use of restored wetlands at SBG and habitat mangement to improve wildlife use as a City in Nature
PI: G. Coffman
2021-2026
Examining the structural and physiological changes of vegetation in tropical Asia
PYP
PI: Luo Xiangzhong
2021-2022
Pedagogical research on the influences of learning from home on students’ performance in higher GIS education
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Staff Research Support Scheme FY2021
PI: Yan Yingwei
2021-2025
Spatial data mining for spatio-temporal-network framework at multiple geographical scales
Tier 1
PI: Luo Wei
2021-2024
Assessing Spatiotemporal Vulnerability, Risk Perceptions of and Behaviors toward Infectious Diseases in Singapore
NUS Reimagine Fund
PI: Wang YC
2021-2024
Riverine sediment loads responses to climate change in High Mountain Asia
Tier 2
PI: Lu Xi Xi; Collaborator: Muhammad Nawaz
2021-2024
Understanding the low-frequency variability of coastal sea level in Southeast Asia using a regional ocean model and observations (@ TMSI)
National Sea Level Program, CCRS-NEA
co-PI: Sri Raghavan, PI- Pavel Tkalich, TCOMS-TMSI
2020-2026
Integrated Research Program to Understanding Tropical Peatlands for their Functioning and Utilization
Temasek
co-PI: David Taylor
2020-2021
Climate Governance of Carbon Sinks in Southeast Asia
HSS Seed Fund
PI: David Taylor; co-PI, Dr Michelle Miller
2020-2026
Integrated Research Program to Understanding Tropical Peatlands for their Functioning and Utilization
PI: Hao Tang; co-PI: Lupascu M
2020-2023
Life after Oil Palm: is Agroforestry the solution?
PI: Lupascu M; co-PI: Hao Tang
2020-2024
Investigating the impacts of human activities and climate change on mangrove systems in East and Southeast Asia, APN
PI: Loh Pei Sun; co-PI: Lu Xi xi
2020-2024
Cooling Singapore 2.0 - DUCT, NRF
PI: Matthias Roth
2020-2023
Towards an urban heat map for Singapore
Tier 1
PI: Matthias Roth
2020-2023
Quantifying the Dynamical Downscaling Uncertainty over Southeast Asia in CMIP6 Models: Historical and Future, Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS)
PI: Sri Raghavan
2020-2023
Ocean Information and Forecasting Study (OIFS2); Numerical Weather Forecasting applications, Technology Centre for Offshore Marine Singapore (TCOMS)
PI: Sri Raghavan
2019-2022
Plastic, pollution and environmental change in Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Ministry of Education Tier One
PI: David Taylor
2019-2020
A Study on the Application of Volunteered Geographic Information in Post-disaster Recovery Monitoring, National Natural Science Foundation of China
PI: Yan Yingwei
2019-2023
Establishing a Regional Dataset on Emerging Pollutants to Support Surface Water Management of Seven Large Cities of East and Southeast Asia, APN
PI: Thi Phuong Quynh Le; co-PI: Lu Xi Xi
2019-2023
Living at the Edge research programme, Resilience to Nature’s Challenges, National Science Challenge
Ministry of Business Innovation and Enterprise, NZ
PI: Paul Kench
2019-2023
Coral Reef Island Dynamics
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada
PI: Paul Kench
2019-2021
Investigating Climate Risk Hazards Due to Extreme Rainfall and Typhoons in the Southeast/ East Asian Region Towards Enhanced Adaptation Measures, NUS-JSPS
PI: Sri Raghavan
2019-2021
Modelling of weather and climate extremes, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS
Co-PI: Sri Raghavan; PI, Prof Philip Liu, CEE
2018-2021
Spatial Patterns of Liver Fluke Infection and Risk in the Mekong Region
Tier 1
PI: Wang YC
2018-2022
Sediment fluxes and carbon emission from the headwater region of the Yellow River in Tibet Plateau
Tier 1
PI: Lu Xi Xi
2018-2020
Role of urbanization on the diurnal cycle of rainfall over Singapore, NEA
PI: Matthias Roth
2018-2020
Numerical Urban Climate Modelling for micro-climate applications, NUS-School of Design & Environment
Co-PI: Sri Raghavan; PI Prof Wog Nyuk Hien, SDE
2017-2022
Sustainable governance of transboundary environmental commons in Southeast Asia
MOE2016-SSRTG-068, Social Science Research Committee Thematic Grant, Singapore
PI: David Taylor
2017-2020
Economic growth and environmental quality in a tropical Asian megacity
Ministry of Education Tier One
PI: David Taylor
2016-2018
Climate Change Projections and Assessment of Impacts; Modelling and Capacity Building Programme-India-ASEAN Region: ASEAN-India Framework
PI: Sri Raghavan