June 5, 2024

Our third volume of Shaping the Story of Singapore is available as an eBook! Get it in epub format or PDF format.

Shaping the Story of Singapore (vol III) is a compendium of selected grant-funded projects led by researchers at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. It features 32 projects on Singapore and the region that are led by FASS faculty members. Representing 12 Departments–Chinese Studies; Communications and New Media; Economics; English, Linguistics, and Theatre Studies; Geography; History; Japanese Studies; Malay Studies; Political Science; Psychology; Social Work; and Sociology and Anthropology–this volume reveals how academic research in the humanities and social sciences can help us better understand Singapore and its neighbours.

The research projects profiled in this volume are supported by the following funding schemes:

• The Ministry of Education, Academic Research Fund (MOE AcRF) Tier 2
• The Social Science Research Council, Social Science Research Thematic Grant (SSRTG) Type A
• The Social Science Research Council, Social Science Research Thematic Grant (SSRTG) Type B
• The Social Science Research Council, Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship (SSHRF)
• The National Heritage Board, Heritage Research Grant (HRG)
• The DSO National Laboratories Grant
• The Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, Chinese Arts and Culture Research Grant (CACRG)
• The Ministry of Social and Family Welfare Grant
• The Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) Grant
• The National Environment Agency Climate Impact Science Research (CISR) Programme
• The National Environment Agency Grant
• The National Research Foundation-National Parks Marine Climate Change Science (MCCS) Programme
• The Singapore Energy Centre (SGEC) Core Project Grant
• The US Embassy Singapore and US Embassy Malaysia US Federal Grant