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Alumnus Barath Harithas (NUS Political Science ’16) provides insight into the steps he took after graduation and the foundational role that FASS has played in him earning a ticket to Harvard Kennedy School.
The Housing Development Board (HDB) was set up on 1 February 1960. Until recently, the planning process of HDB flats has been largely led by the state, with little participation by private residents. However, participatory planning advocates argue that participation in local neighbourhoods enhances social cohesion and brings many other benefits. In ‘Participatory Design to […]
The Worlds of Southeast Asian Chinese Literature Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature (special issue) Editors: Cheow Thia Chan and Carlos Rojas Co-edited by Assistant Professor Cheow Thia Chan (NUS Department of Chinese Studies), and Professor Carlos Rojas (Duke University), this special issue of Prism: Theory and Modern Chinese Literature developed from two spring 2021 workshops titled […]
Associate Professor Irene Ng and Associate Professor Hyekyung Choo (both NUS Department of Social Work) consider the range of factors that can affect educational attainment in ‘Parental education and youth educational aspiration in Singapore: a path analysis in institutional and psychological context’ (Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2020). A/P Ng and A/P Choo identify the […]
Singapore first hosted the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit from 27th January to 29th January 1992. ASEAN is an economic union that comprises ten member states in Southeast Asia. The union aims to promote intergovernmental cooperation, facilitate socio-cultural exchanges, and enhance economic integration. During the 1992 summit, ASEAN leaders agreed on a framework […]
On January 26, 2022, Singapore struck the Pacific Alliance-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, Singapore’s first direct FTA with the Pacific Alliance, a bloc of countries comprising Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. In ‘Building administrative capacity under developmental states in Chile and Singapore: a comparative perspective’ (International Review of Administrative Sciences, 2021), Professor M. Shamsul Haque […]
Photo: ‘Kindergarden’, from SRN’s SG Photobank “Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility” – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) In 2018, a resolution passed by the The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 24th January as the International Day of Education. Education, in the words of Director […]
The first COVID-19 case in Singapore was reported on 23 January, 2020. In order to contain the spread of the virus, prompt hotspot identification and transmission risk assessment are critical for public health. In ‘Impact of urbanisation and environmental factors on spatial distribution of COVID‑19 cases during the early phase of epidemic in Singapore’ (Scientific […]
Chinese New Year begins on January 22 in 2023. As Southeast Asia has a large population of Chinese immigrants and their descendants, Chinese culture has played a large part in shaping Southeast Asians’ history and identity. In ‘Chinese Temple Networks in Southeast Asia: A WebGIS Digital Humanities Platform for the Collaborative Study of the Chinese […]
Provost’s Chair Professor Jean Yeung (NUS FASS Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Centre for Family and Population Research, and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine) was interviewed by Channel NewsAsia (CNA) to discuss why China’s population dropped for the first time in six decades. Prof Yeung cites the decline in the fertility rate since the […]