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Matthew Hammerton joined the SMU School of Social Sciences as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in January 2018. We managed to get a chance to ask Matthew a few questions about his research background and teaching interests. Read on to learn more about one of our newest faculty members! 1.… more

Jessalyn Soo BSocSc Class of 2018 Edinburgh, also known as ‘Athens of the North, is truly a beauty.   I have made one of the best choices in my life by enrolling in The University of Edinburgh (UoE), one of the sixth oldest University in England and No. 1 University in Scotland, for my overseas… more

POSC213 POLITICS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA REVIEW Andrew Koay Shen Wei (BSocSc Class of 2018) With a variety of cultures, religions, and historical trajectories, Southeast Asia remains one of the most interesting regions to study in the world. Outside the bubble of Singapore, where political stability… more

Teo Mindy BSocSc Class of 2018 “Are you going to take the TRAIN to Busan?” With reference to the Train to Busan zombie apocalypse action thriller released in mid-2016, ‘Train to Busan’ jokes usually abound whenever I told my peers that I was going to Pusan National University for exchange in the… more

The School of Social Sciences hosted its annual Dean’s List Award Ceremony at the SMU Music and Drama Lab on 8 September 2017. The Dean’s List Award is given to a select group of Bachelor of Social Science undergraduates who have obtained excellent course grades in the preceding academic year.… more

Kenneth Qua BSocSc Class of 2017 “Hey, how’s it going?” “Good. How are you?” “Good.” The simplest of greetings in America was what took me the most time to get used to! Living in America might push you out of your comfort zone socially but being on your exchange is the perfect time to do it!… more

From Left: Noah Toh, Keh Jun Sheng, Simon Leow, Tang Bek Wuay, Joanne Tan   SOSS warmly welcomed five new graduate students into our PhD in Psychology programme this year. We managed to get a chance to ask each of them to tell us a bit more about themselves. Read on to find out more about their… more

Alwyn Lim joined the SMU School of Social Sciences as an Assistant Professor of Sociology in July 2017. We managed to get a chance to ask Alwyn a few questions about his research background and teaching interests. Read on to learn more about one of our newest faculty members! 1. Could you tell… more

Rebekah Tay En Qi (BBM Class of 2020) Sarah Jia-Min Lewis (BSocSc Class of 2020) This summer, we enrolled in the POSC103 World Politics class under Assistant Professor Clara Portela. The course promised to teach us about International Relations: its origins, evolution and theories. It turned out… more

SOCG111 MEDIA AND SOCIETY Lee Junhui (BSocSc Class of 2017) If you have been following American politics recently you might have heard the term “fake news” mentioned in passing. You might even have asked yourself how the American press, once lauded as agents of change and justice (think of the… more