What was Singapore Chinese society like in the post-war years of 1945-1965?   As of 2013, around 74.2% of Singapore’s population is comprised of ethnic Chinese, demonstrative of how impactful the Chinese population has been in the shaping of Singapore as we see it today. In fact, the Chinese Heritage Centre was established on 17 […]

A sizeable number of families with children below 15 years of age live in public rental flats in Singapore, but how exactly does housing affect families and the establishment of a home? An ongoing study under the Social Service Research Centre (SSR) at NUS attempts to understand how families define “home,” while examining the obstacles […]

There are a growing number of studies focused on Muslim migrants in Singapore, but how exactly are Malay-Muslim migrants out of Singapore adapting to new communities overseas? Associate Professor Khairudin Aljunied from the NUS Department of Malay Studies will be leading research on how first-generation Muslim immigrants adapt in Western environments through a case study […]

Family and population continue to be a hot topic for discussion in Singapore, with much of the country’s nation-building strategies revolving around related public policies. As part of the ISA Joint RC06 (Family) and RC41 (Population) Conference held from 17 to 19 May hosted by the NUS Centre for Family and Population Research – NUS […]

From street signs to hawker centre signs, Singapore’s multilingual and multicultural society is reflected in how language is used. Often overlooked by us as we go about our daily lives, the linguistic landscape of public eating places is more telling about Singapore’s language policies than we may realise. Recently awarded a Tier 1 Research Grant […]

Singapore’s government has denied providing social welfare for a long time, but is this ideological resistance taking a toll on society? NUS Provost’s Chair Professor of Sociology Chua Beng Huat tells The Straits Times that poverty in Singapore is not only a financial issue, but an ideological one. Singapore’s capitalist economy causes an unavoidable income […]

What lessons can developing economies take from Singapore’s success story? Dr Goh Keng Swee is recognized as Singapore’s first economic architect. Despite his passing on 14 May 2010, the visionary’s legacy lives on. Dr Goh firmly believed that non-economic factors trumped economic ones in determining a developing economy’s success. Like other developing nations, Singapore faced […]

Private tuition has had the bad reputation for engendering an overly-competitive society, but should it really be banned for good? NUS Lecturer in the Dept of Economics Kelvin Seah tells The Straits Times banning tuition might in fact be counterproductive. Raising the example of South Korea’s tuition ban implemented during the 1980s, he relates the […]

Word has been going around that Singapore might play host to the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. But can Singapore and Southeast Asia take on other meaningful roles in this particular situation? Dr. Hyejin Kim, Lecturer from the Department of Political Science at NUS, and Associate Professor […]

The tudung, a piece of cloth worn over women’s heads, can be seen as a signifier of Malay Muslim women identity. Wearing tudung has been a way of life for Malay Muslim women. However, when Dr Suriani Suratman (Senior Lecturer, Department of Malay Studies) discovered that a few Malay female students in her class had […]