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Open to all NUS students, the CHS Case Competition saw participants tackle the problem from a multitude of angles, including technical innovation, regulation, cost, and consumer education, charging behaviour, mindset change, acceptance, and willingness to pay.
As part of the NUS Students’ Political Association’s (NUSPA) 45th anniversary, the association published “On The Road: A Collection of Essays and Articles From NUSPA Publications”. The book highlights Singapore’s major transformations in its political, societal and economic landscape through 39 essays and interviews from the 1980s till today.
The NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is pleased to re-appoint our Faculty Advisory Board (FAB) members for another term till September 2022.
The Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Distinguished Fellowship on Contemporary Southeast Asia is now accepting applications until 31 January 2022. Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford fellows spend three or four months at Stanford and two to four months at NUS, writing and conducting research on, or related to, contemporary Southeast Asia. Dr Kate Imy (Assistant Professor of History, […]
In a recent The Straits Times article, Associate Professor Irene Ng (NUS Social Work & NUS Social Service Research Centre), Dr Natalie Pang (NUS Communications and New Media) and Professor Lim Sun Sun (Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, SUTD) discuss the social challenge of unequal digital access in Singapore.
In ‘Drop Middle-Class Judgement of Low-Income Parenting’ (The Straits Times, October 2021), Associate Professor Irene Ng (NUS Social Work and Social Service Research Centre), Mr Joshua Khoo (MWS Family Service Centre, Yishun), and Ms Nicole Ng (Safe Place, Lakeside Family Services) call for institutional changes to address the root causes of the differences in parenting […]
The award sees Prof Yeoh joining the who’s who in the geography pantheon which includes David Harvey, Marxist economic geographer and Distinguished Professor of anthropology and geography from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Prof Doreen Massey – a British social scientist and geographer renowned for her work on space, place and power.
Paralympian Toh Wei Soong (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and University Scholars Programme, ’23) shares his competitive swimming journey, life as a NUS student and future plans.
While the elderly have often been touted as the slowest to adapt to digital technology, Dr Natalie Pang (NUS Department of Communications and New Media) points out in ‘Seniors are spending too much time on their smartphones which can spell trouble’ (Channel News Asia, 2021) that there are many senior citizens who are not averse to […]
‘83% of S’poreans say globalisation is good for the economy, but 50% think immigrants take away jobs: IPS study’ (The Straits Times, September 2021) features findings from the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) report ‘Making Identity Count in Singapore: Understanding Singaporeans’ National Pride and Identity’, co-authored by Dr Mathew Mathews (Principal Research Fellow and Head […]