Research Grant Projects - 2025

MOE Academic Research Fund Tier 2

Project Title: Tracing Nurse Trajectories: Multinational Migration Amid Global Competition
Principal Investigator: Yasmin Ortiga, Associate Professor of Sociology

SkillsFuture Singapore

Project Title: Investigating the Role of Online Career Tools in Shaping Career Development and Workforce Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Yang Hwajin, Associate Professor of Psychology

National Population and Talent Division, Prime Minister’s Office

Project Title: Marriage & Parenthood Survey 2025
Principal Investigator: Paulin Straughan, Professor of Sociology (Practice)

National Research Foundation Korea

Project Title: Exploring the Cognitive Neurobehavioral Impact`s of Overexposure to AI-Based Short-Form Video Content on Children and Adults: A Machine Learning-Based Longitudinal  interdisciplinary Study with Global DB Construction
Co-Principal Investigator: Yang Hwajin, Associate Professor of Psychology

SMU Internal Research Grant

Project Title: The “Barbados Puzzle”—Uncovering a unique pathway towards Urban Economic Vitality
Principal Investigator: John Donaldson, Associate Professor of Political Science

Project Title: Participatory Budgeting Pilot Exercise
Principal Investigator: Ijlal Naqvi, Associate Professor of Sociology

Project Title: Queer(ing) Safe Spaces: Urban Place-making and Co-Existence among LGBTQIA+ Communities in Global City Singapore
Principal Investigator: George Wong, Assistant Professor of Sociology (Education)

Project title: Exploring the Longitudinal Implications of Generative AI Usage on Cognitive Abilities
Principal Investigator: Andree Hartanto, Associate Professor of Psychology

Project title: Migration Trajectories of Filipino Farmers and Its Impacts on Agrarian Life and Food Security
Principal Investigator: Yasmin Ortiga, Associate Professor of Sociology

Project title: Extended Family and Gender Inequality in China: A Factorial Survey Experiment
Principal Investigator: Cheng Cheng, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Project title: Mazzini in Global Asia: In Defence of Non-interventionism
Principal Investigator: Patrick Quinton-Brown, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Project title: Psychological Changes and Well-being in Expectant Parents
Principal Investigator: Lester Sim, Assistant Professor of Psychology