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Understanding User Interactions and Perceptions of AI Risk in Singapore

November 21, 2024

Set against a backdrop of global shifts towards increased artificial intelligence (AI) integration, the article ‘Understanding User Interactions and Perceptions of AI Risk in Singapore’ (Big Data & Society, 2023) presents a timely investigation into the ethical, privacy, and security challenges posed by artificial intelligence, and provides critical insights into Singaporeans’ collective understandings of what living …

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Video – Social Sciences x Medicine: Ageing, Health, and Policy in Singapore

November 18, 2024

Check out the video of SRN’s 4th Policy Outreach Event, ‘Social Sciences x Medicine: Ageing, Health, and Policy in Singapore’, here! The hybrid event, organised by the Singapore Research Nexus at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Division, spotlights NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and NUS Yong Loo Lin School of …

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The youth mental health crisis and the subjectification of wellbeing in Singapore schools

November 14, 2024

In recent years, the topic of young people’s mental health has been given great attention in Singapore – in fact, many believe that there exists an urgent youth mental health crisis that needs to be addressed. In light of this, Associate Professor Daniel Goh (NUS Sociology & Anthropology) and Dr Aaron Koh (Independent Researcher) offer a …

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The Power of Everyday Networks: The Case of Inter-Ethnic Ties

November 6, 2024

Singapore has oft been touted as an ethnically diverse country where different races live together in racial harmony. In their article ‘The Power of Everyday Networks: The Case of Inter-Ethnic Ties’ (TRaNS: Trans-Regional and National Studies of Southeast Asia, 2023), Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology & Anthropology), Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser (NUS Institute …

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Plastic Waste and Women’s Household Practices in Asia and Australia

October 30, 2024

Plastic waste has been one of the most persistent and troubling contributors to climate change. Due to its widespread use and inability to biodegrade, plastic waste poses serious environmental threats, often ending up in oceans, rivers, or other ecosystems. This harms organisms living within those ecosystems, whether through entanglement, habitat disruption, or ingestion. Finding ways …

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Atlas of Finance Launched in Singapore

October 29, 2024

On Thursday, 24 October, NUS Geography Professor Dariusz “Darek” Wojcik‘s Atlas of Finance was officially launched at The Pod, NLB. Published by Yale University Press, the 240 page tome features 98 colour illustrations and explores the development of finance that combines data from every part of the world and covers 5000 years of history. During …

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Public Subsidy, Private Accumulation: The Political Economy of Singapore’s Public Housing

October 22, 2024

The first ever blocks of public housing flats in Singapore’s Queenstown area were completed in October 1960. This was following the founding of Singapore’s Housing and Development Board (HDB) a few months earlier, in February 1960. Ever since, generations of Singaporeans have become owners of their own HDB flats, with approximately 80% of Singaporeans currently …

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Singaporean Women Living in China: The Uneven Burdens of Middle-class Transnational Caregiving

October 15, 2024

Celebrations for the National Day of the People’s Republic of China runs from 1 to 7 October annually, marking the biggest week for tourism in China yearly. Many Singaporeans have moved to China, their families becoming ‘transnational’ in the process. Research has shown that in these families, women have had to take on a significantly …

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Investigating Linkages Between Spatiotemporal Patterns of the COVID-19 Delta Variant and Public Health Interventions in Southeast Asia: Prospective Space-Time Scan Statistical Analysis Method

October 8, 2024

The Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus was first detected in India on 5 October 2020. However, it was not until April 2021 that Delta-related infection cases began to rise in Southeast Asia. A research team led by Assistant Professor Wei Luo (NUS Geography) studied the resurgence of COVID-19 in seven Southeast Asian countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, …

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Social Sciences x Medicine: Ageing, Health, & Policy in Singapore

October 7, 2024

As we commemorate the International Day of Older Persons celebrated every October 1st, it is crucial to recognise the various challenges that the elderly face. This year’s theme, ‘Ageing with Dignity’ is a timely reminder of the critical need to effectively and efficiently address the evolving needs and aspirations of current and future seniors. Last …

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