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Chan, G. and Ho, E.L.E.<\/a><\/strong> (2026)
Dialogues in Human Geography<\/em><\/p>\nView Paper<\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSocial Cultural Geographies<\/h5>Licensed Commoning and the Authoritarian Commons: Governing Participation in China’s Community Gardens<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
Xie, L.<\/a><\/strong>, Shao, M., Deng, G. (2026)
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Congratulations to Professor Brenda S.A. Yeoh FBA<\/strong>, who was awarded Honorary doctor, in Latin doctor honoris causa, by Lund University, Sweden, in a ceremony on 29 May 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\nThis is a distinction awarded by the university’s Faculty of Social Sciences<\/a> to “individuals who have made a significant contribution to the University or society, and whom the faculty wishes to honour and welcome into its research community”.<\/p>\n
\nCongratulations to Assistant Professor Nathan Green<\/strong>, who was recognised at this year’s American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting with Outstanding Paper Awards<\/strong> from both the Cultural and Political Ecology<\/strong> and Development Geography Specialty Groups<\/strong>.<\/p>\nHis award-winning paper, “Maximizing Finance for Sustainable Development: Microfinance, Debt-Driven Deforestation, and the Self-Regulation of Environmental Harm<\/a>,” published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers<\/em>, was honoured for its impactful contribution to critical debates on sustainability, finance, and environmental harm.<\/p>\n
\nThe Department of Geography proudly hosted the 30th NUS Geography Challenge<\/strong><\/a>, a landmark edition that welcomed nearly 500 students from over 120 secondary schools across Singapore. Centred on the theme City for Tomorrow: Shaping Our Liveable Future<\/strong>, the event showcased the creativity and geographical thinking of the next generation.<\/p>\nThe milestone event was also featured by Mediacorp’s 8world<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\tUpcoming Events\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t![\"(c)](\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/bb-plugin\/cache\/gavin_shatkin_0-square.jpg\" "\\"(c)")
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\n\t\t\tField Studies 2026 – Official Registrations Open!<\/h6>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGE3230A is a 5-week, 8-unit overseas field course conducted in Southeast Asia during Special Term 1 (12 May – 18 June 2026). Students interested in enrolling can officially register for the course via the link below.\nRegister Here<\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArchive\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where Will You Make Your Impact? 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33835","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33835"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33992,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33835\/revisions\/33992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/geog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
New AI cities: power, new cities and urban artificial intelligence in Neom and The Line<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
Urban Geography<\/em><\/p>\nView Paper<\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
Social Cultural Geographies<\/h5>Beyond directional care: Theorising mutuality in the geographies of care through the lens of friendship<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
Chan, G. and Ho, E.L.E.<\/a><\/strong> (2026) Xie, L.<\/a><\/strong>, Shao, M., Deng, G. (2026) Xu, D., and Wang, Y.C.<\/strong><\/a> (2025) Congratulations to Professor Brenda S.A. Yeoh FBA<\/strong>, who was awarded Honorary doctor, in Latin doctor honoris causa, by Lund University, Sweden, in a ceremony on 29 May 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is a distinction awarded by the university’s Faculty of Social Sciences<\/a> to “individuals who have made a significant contribution to the University or society, and whom the faculty wishes to honour and welcome into its research community”.<\/p>\n Congratulations to Assistant Professor Nathan Green<\/strong>, who was recognised at this year’s American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting with Outstanding Paper Awards<\/strong> from both the Cultural and Political Ecology<\/strong> and Development Geography Specialty Groups<\/strong>.<\/p>\n His award-winning paper, “Maximizing Finance for Sustainable Development: Microfinance, Debt-Driven Deforestation, and the Self-Regulation of Environmental Harm<\/a>,” published in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers<\/em>, was honoured for its impactful contribution to critical debates on sustainability, finance, and environmental harm.<\/p>\n The Department of Geography proudly hosted the 30th NUS Geography Challenge<\/strong><\/a>, a landmark edition that welcomed nearly 500 students from over 120 secondary schools across Singapore. Centred on the theme City for Tomorrow: Shaping Our Liveable Future<\/strong>, the event showcased the creativity and geographical thinking of the next generation.<\/p>\n The milestone event was also featured by Mediacorp’s 8world<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Reckoning the urban: Cold War legacies and contemporary urban politics in Southeast Asia”<\/em> by Professor Gavin Shatkin<\/strong>, LKCF Visiting Fellow on Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 2-3:30PM, Research Division Seminar Room, AS7 06-42.<\/p>\nRegister Here<\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Where Will You Make Your Impact? 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. 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Dialogues in Human Geography<\/em><\/p>\nView Paper<\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSocial Cultural Geographies<\/h5>
Licensed Commoning and the Authoritarian Commons: Governing Participation in China’s Community Gardens<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
Environmental Policy and Governance<\/em><\/p>\nView Paper<\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\tGeographic Information Systems<\/h5>
GIEHP: A global, AI-powered platform for near real-time ecological intelligence<\/h3>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology\/Elsevier<\/em><\/p>\nView Paper<\/a>\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\tNews & Happenings\t<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\tField Studies 2026 – Official Registrations Open!<\/h6>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tGE3230A is a 5-week, 8-unit overseas field course conducted in Southeast Asia during Special Term 1 (12 May – 18 June 2026). Students interested in enrolling can officially register for the course via the link below.\nRegister Here<\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArchive\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"