Research

Recent Research Publications

Global Studies faculty conduct groundbreaking research in the areas of global law and governance, global health, technology, the environment, political economy, and the consequences of globalisation. The table below lists our faculty’s publications over the past three years.
George B. Radics “Religious Pressures on Women’s Rights in Southeast Asia: Examining the right to an Abortion in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam,” Women's Studies International Forum, 102, January-February, 102862. 2024
George B. Radics “Cultural wars and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights in Southeast Asia: ‘Asian values,’ human rights, and the ‘homosexual turn.’” Current Sociology, 72(4): 1-19. 2024
Joshua Ryan Watkins Conceptualizing and Investigating Post-Truth Politics: The geographic imagination and knowledge of the Flat Earth Movement. GeoJournal, 89(2) pp. 1-14. 2024
Kim Hyejin South Korea's Responses to Geopolitical Challenges to International Scientific Collaboration, TFSC 2023 Conference, National Tsing Hua University 2023
George B. Radics Criminal Legalities and Minorities in the Global South: Rights and Resistance in a Decolonial World, Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies, Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-3-031-17917-4 2023
George B. Radics "Strategic litigation in the "soft-authoritarian" state of Singapore: Attempts to decriminalize sodomy from 2010-2020," Oñati Socio-Legal Series. DOI: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1698 2023
Shelley Tuazon Guyton "National Disaster Imaginary: Mediatized Disaster and Filipino Subjectivity" Environment, Media, and Popular Culture in Southeast Asia. Asia in Transition, Vol 17. Singapore: Springer Nature. 2022
Suzuki Mao Political Economy of Vaccine Diplomacy: Explaining Varying Strategies of China, India, and Russia's COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy, Review of International Political Economy. 2022
Suzuki Mao Competing Values in Global Health: Is Inclusive Governance Valued Higher Than the Right to Health? A Response to the Recent Commentaries, International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2022
George B. Radics "Racial Harmony and Sexual Violence: Uneven Regulation and Legal Protection Gaps for Influencers in Singapore," Policy & Internet, Vol 14, Issue 3: 1-21. 2022
George B. Radics "Transforming the "Lazy Native": Race, American Education, and Violence against Minorities in the Philippines" Philippine Sociological Review, Vol 70: 131-152. 2022
George B. Radics "Alternative Lawyering versus Pro Bono: From Challenging an Authoritarian Government to Working with the State," The Role of Lawyers in Access to Justice: Asian and Comparative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 145-161. 2022
Piero Stanig  "Climate Change Experiences Raise Environmental Concerns and Promote Green Voting," Nature Climate Change, 12: 148-155. 2022
Piero Stanig "The Backlash of Globalization," CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16521. Handbook of International Economics, Vol 5. CEPR Press, Paris & London. 2022
Piero Stanig "Fighting Populism on its Own Turf: Experimental Evidence," CESifo Working Paper No. 9789. Munich. 2022
Joshua Ryan Watkins "Regions, Containment, and Justice in the International Refugee Regime" ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 21(6): 658-676. 2022
Konrad Kalicki "Toward Liberal Immigration Control: The Case of Japan," Asian Survey, 61(5): 854-882, September/October 2021. 2021
Kim Hyejin "South and/or North: An Indigenous Seed Movement in South Korea and the Multiple Meanings of Food Sovereignty" Agriculture and Human Values, 39(3). 2021
Kim Hyejin "The Influx of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programmes into Local Education Systems in Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea" Educational Review, Vol 7, Issue 1: Straddling the Global and National: The Emerging Roles of International Schooling. 2021
Suzuki Mao "Competing Frames in Global Health Governance: An Analysis of Stakeholder Influence on the Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases" International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(7). 2021
James Everett Hein "NGO-Business Partnerships: Implications for Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Change Communication" Global Perspectives on NGO Communication for Social Change. New York: Routledge. 2021
George B. Radics "Being LGB in Singapore," Worldwide Perspectives on Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals: History, Culture and Law, Vol. 3, ed. Paula Gerber: 138-153. New York: Praeger Press. 2021
George B. Radics "Dealing with the Past or Moving Forward? Transitional Justice, the Bangsamoro Peace Agreement and Federalism in the Philippines," International Criminal Law Review, 20(3):1-38. 2021
George B. Radics "Challenging antisodomy laws in Singapore and the former British colonies of ASEAN," Journal of Human Rights, 20(2): 211-227. 2021
George B. Radics "Stigmatisation, identities and the law: Asian and comparative perspectives," International Journal of Law in Context, 17(3): 281-283. 2021
Piero Stanig Individual Vulnerability to Industrial Robot Adoption Increases Support for the Radical Right. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 2021
Joshua Ryan Watkins "Forced Migration Management and Politics of Scale: How scale shapes refugee and border security policy," Globalizations. 2021
Shelley Tuazon Guyton "Community Media," The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. 2020
Konrad Kalicki "Fearful States: The Migration-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia" Pacific Review, 35(1): 1-31. 2020
Konrad Kalicki "Trading Liberty: Assisted Repatriation in Liberal Democracies," Government and Opposition, 55(4): 711-731. 2020
Kim Hyejin "Beyond Binaries: Southeast Asian Relations with North Korea," East-West Reflections on Demonization: North Korea Now, China Next? Copenhagen: NIAS Press. 2020
Suzuki Mao "Profits before Patients? Analyzing Donors' Economic Motives for Foreign Aid in the Health Sector," World Development 132 (August), 104966. 2020
Joshua Ryan Watkins "Irregular migration, borders, and the moral geographies of migration management," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 38(6): 1108-1127. 2020

Undergraduate Research

Current honours students conduct research across an array of areas such as global governance, social mobility, refugee crisis and politics. The table below lists our recent honours students and their research topics. Students may also approach our faculty members if they are interested to assist with their ongoing research projects.
Thesis Topics of Recent Honours Students (2019-2022)
From Iran to the Global: Protest-Related Imagery as a Tool of Resistance Against Police Brutality in the Mahsa Amini Movement Aimee Sophia Puteri Lim 2022
Merry Queer: Performance of Korean Masculinity and Sexuality by Korean Gay Couples on YouTube Shauna Tan Hui Shan 2022
The suitability of DORSCON as a response to the global Covid-19 pandemic Nathalie Faith Quah 2022
Asking the World to See: Im/Mobilities in Refugees' Group Self-Representation through the Photography Magazine Rohingyatographer. Luise Nora Rommelspacher 2022
Understanding The Potential Benefits and Challenges of the Regional Cooperation in Hydrogen Energy Through A Case Student Of the EU Lee Jun Kun 2022
The Political Economy of Central Bank Digital Currencies: What Factors Influence their Design? Tay Suet Fern Katherine 2022
Influences of Global Governance Architecture and Actors on Global Covid-19 Vaccine Equity: A Scoping Review He Shiying 2021
Finding Belonging in a Global and Mobile World Christy Wu Kui 2021
Navigating a (Post-)sovereign Space as a Datafield Subject: A Study of the Rohingya in Kuala Lumpur Aseera Shamin 2021
A Polar Cross to Bear: The Artic and Russia's Military Activities Elsabella Wong Wei Yi 2021
Black Lives Matter in Singapore: Possibilities, Limitations and Contradictions Samira Hassan 2020
Confucius Institute To The South Seas: The Case of Localisation and Soft Power in Singapore Zhou Xizhuang Michael 2020
Tech and Politics: Arab Discursive Responses To Israel as the 'Start-Up Nation' Goh Kher Liang 2020
Ageing and Deflation: Comparing Policy Responses Between Japan and Singapore Choo Li Ying 2020
Chasms in Remembering: Clashing War Memory Narratived from Japan, 1955-Present Arivarun Anbualagan 2020
Human Imagination(s) of Nature: An Inquiry of Approaches to Environmental Protection in The Antropocene V Janani 2019
Lifeline on The Other Side: Medical Travel of Cambodians to Surin, Thailand Trivia Yeo Chin Ting 2019
Globalisation and the Idol Reality Show Format in Korea and China Teo Xin Yi 2019
Regional Fashion and Hallyu: Exploring the Influence and Rise of K-Fashion In Singapore Tan Wan Ting 2019
From Jay Chou to Eric Chou: The Lasting Influece of Hong Kong/Taiwan Pop Music Admist The Rise of China Liang Shi Nan 2019
How Will Blockchain Technologies Help Facilitate Trust Between China and Russia in Their Oil and Gas Trade? Viktoriya Kho 2019
Exploring (De)politisation: A Case Study of Migrant Worker Welfare in Singapore Seah Bei Ying 2019
A Critical Comparison And Analysis of Counter-Online Radicalization Efforts in Singapore and Indonesia Goh Wei Sheng 2019
Responding to Migration Issues Through Food Hospitality in the Form of Socially Engaged Arts Practices Eunice Lim Chian Hwee 2019
Sharing Economy Meets Strong Ownership Culture: Ride-Hailing Influences on Car Ownership Attitudes in Singapore Estella Cheong Wei Yi 2019
Worldwide Worship: Examining the Rise of Hillsong and the Globalisation of a Christian Worship Culture Euan Tan You En 2019
(BE)Longing: Lesbian and Bisexual Chinese Women in Anglophone Literature Erica Lim 2019
America First: Examining U.S. Targeted Killings Under Obama and Trump Alastair Loh Chuan Yao 2019
From Proselytisation to Dialogue? : Issues in Catholic Interfaith Dialogue in Singapore Chong Ting Hsuen, Sara Annette 2019