Professor James Tang, Dean of SMU School of Social Sciences shared his views on the widening rift between Hong Kong and mainland China, how widening income inequalities might have fuelled anger among…
Since the historic by-elections that brought Ms Aung San Suu Kyi and her party into Myanmar's Parliament last April, political liberalisation has been overshadowed by the focus on the economy.
The feature highlighted interesting, unique and popular electives among SMU, NTU and NUS, including the modules 'Sociology of Fads and Fashion' (SOCG213) and 'Principles of Coaching' (SPRT001) in…
Director of the Behavioural Sciences Institute at SMU and Professor of Psychology David Chan discussed the challenges of social cohesion in this first part of a two-part article on integration. The…
SMU Assistant Professor of Asian Studies Hoon Chang Yau commented on the ethnic identity of Chinese Indonesians. He said, "People have become quite comfortable in the past 10 years, and that's why…
According to SMU Associate Professor of Psychology Norman Li, one of the easiest ways to tell if someone likes you is if they laugh at your jokes, or try to make you laugh. Li co-authored a study, An…
SMU Assistant Professor of Political Science John Donaldson, who spent significant time in comparative research on the farmlands in the Chinese provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan in recent years,…
Professor David Chan, Director of the Behavcioural Sciences Institute and Professor of Psychology at the School of Social Sciences, has been appointed as a member of the Governing Board for the…
SMU Professor of Psychology and Director of the Behavioural Sciences Institute David Chan said that policy makers should not simply take a rational approach when addressing concerns. "I think it is…
SMU Political Science Associate Professor John Donaldson commented that public memorials honour and serve as a unifying place for the nation to take pride in its heroes and war dead. The American…