August 3, 2021

Professor Brenda Yeoh (NUS Geography and Asia Research Institute) was recently elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy, the United Kingdom’s national academy for the humanities and the social sciences, as a Corresponding Fellow. The British Academy aims to deepen our knowledge of society and culture, enhance public debate, and shape policy by investing in researchers and scholars who have made outstanding contributions to branches within the humanities and social sciences. The Fellowship of the British Academy is one of the ways the organization invests in leading researchers and scholars, and Prof Yeoh is one of 29 Corresponding Fellows elected to the Fellowship this year. .

Prof Yeoh’s research interests include transnational migration and mobilities in the context of Asia and the politics of space in colonial and post-colonial cities. Her work spans a diverse range of themes that have taken center stage in public debate both in Singapore and abroad. It has provided insights to themes such as national identity, gender, cultural politics, and international marriage migrants.

Prof Yeoh’s recent publications include examining the challenges low-income binational families face in Singapore and the ways in which they navigate financial uncertainty and national identity (https://fass.nus.edu.sg/srn/2021/03/22/social-capital-and-integration-of-low-income-binational-families-in-singapore/) and how foreign and local care workers in Singapore’s nursing homes practice intercultural care in formal and informal settings (https://fass.nus.edu.sg/srn/2021/01/18/care-ethics-in-multi-cultural-nursing-homes/). Her next project will examine the impact of China’s Belt and Road initiative on the mobility of youths in Southeast Asia and the development of tertiary education spaces.

Read more about Prof Yeoh’s Fellowship here!