At the Singapore Parliamentary session on 14 October 2020, Member of Parliament Yip Hon Weng said he was struck by some of SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan’s comments…
Grooming of local talent in arts management is still in its infancy, and at present, there is no special degree in arts management offered at local universities. Currently, only SMU School of Social…
Commenting on children from disadvantaged backgrounds finding it harder to adapt to home-based learning introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (…
Commenting on the move to review issues affecting women in Singapore, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan pointed out one persistent issue is that society does…
A paper published in 2017 by SMU Associate Professor of Political Science John Donaldson, Associate Dean (Research) and Associate Professor of Sociology Forrest Zhang and Zhanping Hu found that only…
Assistant Professor of Sociology Yasmin Ortiga has been awarded the Social Science Research Council (New York) Rapid Response Grant on Covid-19 and the Social Sciences. This grant supports projects…
SMU Associate Professor of Psychology Norman Li and London School of Economics Associate Professor of Management Satoshi Kanazawa investigated the “savannah theory” of happiness and found that while…
Commenting on many overseas Singaporeans returning to Singapore amid the COVID-19 pandemic, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan said Singaporeans will likely…
Commenting on the rising proportion of citizens aged 65 and above, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan said that in the long run, this could indicate that…
17 Singaporean academics and students from four autonomous universities including SMU, were awarded the Singapore Teaching and Academic Research Talent (START) scholarships this year. At a virtual…
