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The act of volunteering is prevalent in Singapore, with key initiatives such as Values in Action in public schools fostering this behaviour within children from a young age. Existing trial studies have yielded inconclusive results on whether volunteering produces beneficial causal effects on the general population, specifically psychosocial outcomes, which refer to the life satisfaction, …
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In GE3257 Financial Geographies, the first course on this topic to be offered at NUS, students are introduced to financial geography “as a lens through which they can better understand the world, the evolution of human civilisation and its relationships with nature,” says course instructor Professor Dariusz Wójcik.
The prevalence of internet and multimedia gaming tools has given rise to a wave of problematic internet use (PIU) and problematic video gaming (PVG) among youths today. These phenomena often manifest in overindulgence, potentially leading to addiction and impairing essential functioning. The study ‘Differential Predictors of Problematic Internet Use and Problematic Video Gaming Among School …
In 2023, the government reported that Singaporean citizens aged 65 and above constitute almost one fifth of Singapore’s population, marking an 11.7% increase from a decade ago. This demographic shift underscores the growing importance of assessing the quality of life (QoL) in public health, along with the development of a brief and time-saving measure of …
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Adela Isvoranu and W. Nathan Green, who have won the FASS Award for Promising Researcher for the 2024/25 Academic Year! Asst Prof Isvoranu is a recent appointee at the NUS Department of Psychology and primarily studies the developmental pathways from mental health to mental illness and the fuzzy boundaries between psychopathological …
Adela Isvoranu and W. Nathan Green win FASS 2024/25 Promising Researcher Awards! Read More »
The Critical Education Research Cluster held its welcome event for FASS faculty members on 20 November 2024. About 20 faculty members met over breakfast to discuss new avenues for education related research and classroom innovations to advance critical pedagogy. A/P Kamalini Ramdas sharing, photo courtesy of A/P Robin Loon A/P Kamalini Ramdas (NUS Geography), Head …
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On 11 December 2017, then-National Development Minister Lawrence Wong announced that the Dakota Crescent estate, now a 66-year-old estate, will be slated for redevelopment, save for six blocks. The estate was originally developed by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), to reduce the rapidly-growing number of kampongs in the Kallang area. The Kallang area is now …
Bringing the classroom to the real world: Field trips to marginalized neighborhoods Read More »
The Symposium “From Heritage to New Frontiers: Celebrating the Past and Reimagining the Future of Social Work” discussed how social work education and practice should evolve to address emerging needs and vulnerabilities in society in the face of AI and technology disruptions.
In recent years, Singapore has grappled with the growing healthcare challenge of diabetes. Against the backdrop of this struggle, Assistant Professor Soo Jung Hong (NUS Communications and New Media) explores the impact of exposure to conflicting nutritional messages in ‘The Paradox of Self-Efficacy: The Underlying Mechanisms Between Exposure to Contradictory Information and Nutritional Backlash’ (Current …
Journalism and literature of A Samad Ismail moves the times
By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee, NUS Malay Studies.