Commenting on the level of inequality in Singapore, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan noted that income inequality is only one aspect of inequality. In order…
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SMU student Yik Jin Hao, who is currently in Spain on an overseas exchange programme, had specially prepared 19 sets of Chinese New Year mandarin oranges and red…
Commenting on the Proximity Housing Grant (PHG), which was introduced by the Housing Development Board in August 2015, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan…
Under the Future Law Innovation Programme (FLIP) launched in January 2018, SMU [School of Law] and the Singapore Academy of Law have started documenting the state of innovation in Asia-Pacific (APAC…
According to SMU Associate Professor of Sociology Forrest Zhang, one possible reason for China reviving primary supply and marketing cooperatives (SMCs) was that traditional farmers’ cooperatives set…
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On the rising trend of single females seeking artificial fertilisation and becoming single mothers, SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice)…
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SMU Associate Professor of Psychology Norman Li said it is not surprising that more people are enjoying the spotlight when it comes to marriage proposals and utilising…
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In a commentary, SMU Assistant Professor of Sociology Alwyn Lim and Shawn Pope, research fellow at the School of Business and Economics at the Norwegian University…
SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan suggested that dining areas in food courts could be demarcated for different purposes. One section could be set aside for…
SMU Dean of Students and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan believes that authorities will have to invoke the power of informal social support to see further reduction in the number…