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On 11 December 2017, then-National Development Minister Lawrence Wong announced that the Dakota Crescent estate, now a 66-year-old estate, will be slated for redevelopment, save for six blocks. The estate was originally developed by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), to reduce the rapidly-growing number of kampongs in the Kallang area. The Kallang area is now […]
In recent years, Singapore has grappled with the growing healthcare challenge of diabetes. Against the backdrop of this struggle, Assistant Professor Soo Jung Hong (NUS Communications and New Media) explores the impact of exposure to conflicting nutritional messages in ‘The Paradox of Self-Efficacy: The Underlying Mechanisms Between Exposure to Contradictory Information and Nutritional Backlash’ (Current […]
In ‘Self- and Social Corrections on Instant Messaging Platforms’ (International Journal of Communication, 2023), Sheryl Ng and Assistant Professor Taberez Neyazi (both NUS Communications and New Media) explore how misinformation is managed on instant messaging platforms (IMPs). Their study focuses on the behavior of young Singaporeans and their tendency to correct misinformation either about themselves […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 P. S. Goh (NUS Sociology & Anthropology) and Dr Aaron Koh (Chinese […]
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 Friendships in Singapore’ (TRaNS: Trans-Regional and National Studies of Southeast Asia, 2023), Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology & Anthropology), Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]