‘Choosing for You: Diminished Self–Other Discrepancies in Financial Decisions Under Risk in the Elderly’, a recent article in Psychology and Aging by Dr Narun Pornpattananangkul (National Institute of Mental Health, Maryland), Assistant Professor Yu Rongjun, Mr Bing Cai Kok (both NUS Psychology), and others, found that older adults may care more about strangers’ welfare when […]

Is trade imbalance solely responsible for the decline in manufacturing jobs? Assistant Professor Chen Chaoran (NUS Department of Economics) opined that trade imbalance is not a massive contributor to the loss of manufacturing jobs, rather it is the increase in labour productivity of manufacturing, as pointed out by Dr Rachel Ngai and Dr Christopher Pissarides, that […]

The National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2019. FASS plans to showcase its impact and contribution to society by advancing knowledge, informing policy, and supporting social innovation and enterprise. FASS is having an open call for proposals to receive funding support of up to […]

Histories Series – The Shape of Singapore’s Social and Urban History We welcome all interested parties to attend a National Library Board panel discussion on “The Shape of Singapore’s Social and Urban History”. NUS History alumnus and current Director at Chronicles Research and Education Pte. Ltd. Dr Loh Kah Seng will be speaking at the […]

Those living in Singapore are familiar with the heat, but research shows that the way individuals tackle the sweltering weather differs based on their household income. Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from the NUS Department of Economics conducted a study on the consumption of water and electricity of 130,000 households living in apartments in Singapore. The […]

The year 2019 marks a milestone in Singapore history, being the 200th anniversary of the country’s founding by Sir Stamford Raffles. However, some members of the public have voiced their displeasure at the government’s plan to celebrate the Bicentennial next year. They suggest that commemorating the Bicentennial would mean overlooking and disregarding a significant part […]

Why did Pentecostalism replace liberal Christianity as the dominant form of the religion in Singapore? In ‘State and Social Christianity in Post-colonial Singapore’ (Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 2010), A/P Daniel Goh (Department of Sociology) explains this recent history, discussing the rapid decline of liberal Christianity and the dramatic rise of Pentecostalism […]

  The Singapore model is praised as an exemplary way to govern a country, considering its achievements in helping Singapore to attain social and economic growth. Foreign countries have sought to incorporate some aspects of the model, such as the public housing program, into their society. Yet, they have not been as successful as they […]

Does conforming to Muslim Personal Law impede the elimination of discrimination against women? On 18 December 1979 the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). CEDAW’s goal is to eradicate gender-based discrimination in both the private and public domains of a woman’s life, by proposing a set of […]

Most Singaporeans are familiar with haze, a problem caused by winds blowing smoke from widespread burning of palm oil plantations and forest fires in Indonesia and Malaysia towards Singapore. During dry seasons, haze-forming biomass fires in Indonesia and Malaysia lead to haze pollution when there is little rainfall to reduce the haze experienced in Singapore […]