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A study involving 17,107 Singaporean participants aged between 61 and 96 and led by Associate Professor Feng Qiushi (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) and Professor Koh Woon Puay (NUS Medicine) was extensively referenced in the Straits Times article ‘Living alone a risk factor for social isolation, especially for men: NUS study’ (July 2023). The article reports […]
The dichotomy between competition and market dominance and its impact on consumers has long been a topic deserving of meticulous examination in Singapore. While competition is often deemed the ideal model for low prices and high-quality goods, the unique circumstances of a small market like Singapore call for a closer examination. Professor Sumit Agarwal (NUS […]
Civic education is an essential part of any country’s nation building and young people’s school experience. The notion of citizenship, however, is facing challenges from an increasingly globalising and technologically mediated world. In ‘Rethinking civic education in the digital era: How media, school, and youth negotiate the meaning of citizenship’ (International Communication Gazette, 2022), Associate […]
On 22 July 2020, the Singapore government announced the SingapoRediscovers campaign to revitalise the local tourism industry, which had come under immense strain during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the campaign includes tourism packages in the Singapore heartlands, heartland tourism is not a new initiative in Singapore. In ‘Discovering the ‘Heart’ in Heartland Tourism’ (Geografiska Annaler: […]
Photo: iStock/Yoke Fong Moey Since 1997, Racial Harmony Day has been held annually on 21 July in Singapore to commemorate the 1964 race riots, pay homage to today’s peaceful ethnic relations, and celebrate cultural diversity. Many Singaporeans would opine that Singapore has achieved harmony at the national level, but there remain questions of more insidious […]
Five international scholars, in ‘Perspectives on the 21st Century Urban University from Singapore – A viewpoint forum’ (Cities, 2019), provide their critical analysis of the urban environment that envelopes and continues to shape Singapore’s higher education system. All of the contributors contend that there is a need to revise the currently dominant U.S./U.K.-centric approaches to […]
Established on 15 July 1845, The Straits Times has evolved over the years alongside other news companies to redefine how news is produced and consumed, across traditional print and digital platforms. In today’s big data age, automation seems to be the next biggest transformative force for newsrooms because it helps them manage the data deluge. […]
As artificial intelligence (AI) comes to be more prevalent in our day to day lives, the possibility of its ubiquity, even in delicate tasks once thought to be contingent on human interaction, such as raising children, becomes more real. Yet, while the promises of AI childcare paint a utopian picture, the proliferation of AI in […]
The proliferation of mis-, dis-, and mal-information (MDM) is a significant challenge in the digital age. Although current efforts to address MDM focus on technical interventions, they often overlook the influence of consumer behaviour, beliefs and biases. To tackle this gap in research, a highly interdisciplinary team consisting of researchers from the NUS School of […]
Does the weather affect the play strategies of professional elites? This was the question researchers Associate Professor Alberto Salvo, Associate Professor Liu Haoming, and Professor Lu Jingfeng (all of NUS Economics) asked in their latest study. The full results are published in ‘Willingness to fight on: Environmental quality in dynamic contests’ (The RAND Journal of […]