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Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Professor Lionel Wee, and other members of the Deanery take on their leadership roles today.
Professor Jean Wei-Jun Yeung (NUS Sociology and Centre for Family and Population Research) was interviewed live on Hello Singapore to discuss the recent population report that shows a decline in fertility and marriage rates and a 4.1% decline in population size. She stated that the declined birth rate in 2020 does not have much to […]
In her review of the fourth instalment of the Maya Dance Theatre’s PANCHA series in Lianhe Zaobao, Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng of the NUS Department of Japanese Studies (and Co-Director of Next Age Institute, as well as Fellow (Honorary) of the College of Alice and Peter Tan), delves into how the performance explores the notion of shared space and time and attempts to answer questions such as those surrounding relationships between the young and old in society.
Mr Jonathan Sim, instructor from the Department of Philosophy, advises on designing regular quizzes as a tool to ensure students review their assignment feedback and address gaps in their understanding.
For her efforts in improving the lives of women and promoting peace and justice, Dr Heyzer was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 and has received the NUS Eminent Alumni Award in 2011, and the NUS Distinguished Arts and Social Sciences Alumni Award in 2017.
Associate Professor Esther Goh’s (NUS Social Work) Study on Low-income Families Receives Social Science Research Thematic Grant
The sixth theme of the Global Research Forum, ‘Methods, Applications, and Empirical Surveys’, featured research by Associate Professor Cynthia Siew (NUS Psychology), Professor Kenneth Dean (NUS Chinese Studies and Asia Research Institute), Associate Professor Elaine Ho (NUS Geography), and Associate Professor Zhong Songfa (NUS Economics). Assoc Prof Siew presented on ‘Leveraging on Network Analysis to […]
The fifth theme of the Global Research Forum, ‘Human Dynamics Upon Crisis’, featured research by Associate Professor Feng Chen-Chieh (NUS Geography), Associate Professor Michelle See (NUS Psychology), and Dr Yan Yingwei (NUS Geography). Assoc Prof Feng presented on ‘What the Public Feels and Thinks during an Epidemic Crisis’. His research is situated at the intersection […]
The haze is a well-known environmental problem that has become a regular occurrence in Singapore and the surrounding region. Transboundary haze in Southeast Asia is most often caused by forest fires in Indonesia and often poses significant disruptions to people’s daily lives. These fires are largely the result of industrial slash-and-burn practices by multinational corporations. […]
Professor Anindya Ghose (New York University) delivered the FASS Global Research Forum’s fifth keynote, ‘Monetizing Smart Phone Data for Improving Business and Society’. His research examines what high achieving companies will excel at in the near future, and he emphasized that these firms will need to successfully identify the unknown needs of their known and […]