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Assistant Professor Elvin Ong (NUS Department of Political Science) will be releasing a book in May 2022 with the University of Michigan Press, as part of the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies series, titled ???????? ?????: ???????? ?????????? ????????? ?? ????????? ???????????. The book argues that opposition party leaders’ perceptions of regime vulnerability and inter-party …
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Buying Time for Climate Action: Exploring Ways around Stumbling Blocks (World Scientific, 2021), was edited by Jan W. Vasbinder (Para Limes, The Netherlands) and Jonathan Y. H. Sim (NUS Department of Philosophy). The book explores how we can address the global climate emergency and overcome the obstacles that arise when combating it. Even though people around the world are fully …
Contrary to the narratives propagated by popular history, Singapore’s story predates the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. Unfortunately, a significant portion of what is known about Singapore in the 19th century before it was colonized by the British is often fragmented and scattered. This changed after the arrival of the British on its shores. …
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Migration is a commonplace phenomenon in a globalised world, as people move in search of better opportunities for economic and social improvement. Created by the United Nations, International Migrants Day on 18 December recognises the human rights of all migrants. In the same vein, Assistant Professor Hong Renyi (NUS Department of Communications and New Media) …
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Alumni entrepreneurs from the NUS Overseas Colleges programme share the profound influence the experience has had on them.
In ‘Lower-income families with young kids worst hit by pandemic: Study’ (The Straits Times, 2021), Professor Jean Wei-Jun Yeung (NUS CFPR and Department of Sociology) shares how the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG Leads), a large-scale study that involves 4,355 children, found that home-based learning during the Covid-19 pandemic put kids from needy households …
Lower-income families with young kids in S’pore worst hit by pandemic: Study Read More »
Book Launch: The Strange Start of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS Press, 2021), Friday, December 10, 11am The Psychology programme at the National University of Singapore (NUS) began 35 years ago and is today highly popular with students, while the general public in Singapore has begun to appreciate what psychology has to …
On November 23, Dr Mathew Mathews (NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Head of Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Social Lab) moderated the IPS-RSIS Conference on Identity. The key points of the panel discussion were shared in ‘Six views on identities and diversity’ (The Straits Times, 2021). Professor Vineeta Sinha (NUS Department …
In ‘What has a rise in day trading and online betting to do with Covid-19?’ (The Straits Times, 2021), Professor Chew Soo Hong, Associate Professor Liu Haoming, and Associate Professor Alberto Salvo (NUS Department of Economics) explain how in times of adversity, demand for “hope products” such as stocks and lottery tickets, which involve small …
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