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The 7th Association of Southeast Asian Nations-United Nations (ASEAN-UN) Workshop-5th Regional Dialogue on Political-Security Cooperation was held in Hanoi on 3-4 December 2019. Senior officials and experts from ASEAN and UN discussed ways to facilitate support and cooperation to maintain peace and security in Southeast Asia (SEA) and internationally. Peace and security are not the …
COP28 will convene in the UAE on 30 November, 2023. Climate change and global warming threaten the survival of many costal cities, and it is interesting to study how proximity to the sea shapes urbanization of cities along the coast. Coastal Urbanities: Mobilities, Meanings, Manoeuvrings (Brill, 2022), edited by Dr Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa (Leibniz Centre …
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In ‘Commentary: Fixing “broken” youth not enough to tackle mental health issues — nurture them to flourish in life too’ (Today, November 2022), Ms Isabelle Tan, Dr Chew Han Ei (both NUS Institute of Policy Studies) and Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) argue that while people pay growing attention to the prevalence …
In ‘Heat and the city: High-rise areas get almost twice as hot as low-rise residential areas’ (The Straits Times, November 2022), Professor Matthias Roth (NUS Geography) was featured for leading a project that studies the variation of temperature across Singapore. Areas with dense clusters of buildings are warmer than less dense housing estates. A compact …
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The death of a child can bring about different mourning practices amongst mothers. This single event generates a varied range of affective, behavioural, and social responses in mothers, as mothers attempt to find coherence between the unexpected early death of their child and the assumption that their child will outlive them. While grief is a …
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In ‘South-east Asia largely inspired by ancient Indic civilisation, says NUS historian’ (The Straits Times, November 2022), Professor Wang Gungwu (NUS History, East Asian Institute) was featured for his lecture at the NUS Institute of Policy Studies’ 12th IPS-Nathan Lecture series, discussing the development of civilisation in the Southeast Asian region. This was Prof Wang’s …
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Since Singapore’s independence in 1965, underground bunkers and train stations have been constructed to double up as public shelters for populations during times of emergency. It was not until 2014 that the government formally identified the usage of underground land as a core component of Singaporean strategic planning. This was noteworthy as Singapore had previously …
The Department of Chinese Studies and the Singapore Research Nexus at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will be jointly launching the book Malaysian Crossings: Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature by Assistant Professor Chan Cheow Thia (NUS Chinese Studies) this Saturday (November 26, 1:55 – 4:30 PM) at …
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Singapore launched the Smart Nation initiative on 24 November 2014, aiming to digitise Singapore’s government, economy and society. With lockdowns and work from home arrangements, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the pace of digitization. However, the pandemic has also exposed gaps in Singapore’s nationwide digitisation efforts. In ‘Making universal digital access universal: lessons from COVID-19 …
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The People’s Action Party (PAP) was formed on 21 November 1954 and has governed Singapore uninterrupted for more than six decades. This enduring political stability is the product of a highly cohesive, effective, and extractive state and party apparatus. In ‘(Not) democratising through strength: core beliefs and the institutions of Singapore’s People’s Action Party’ (Contemporary …