How digitalisation has impacted religious organisations in Singapore

A new pilot study of a series of studies conducted between ARI and the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, NUS Law explores the evolving relationship between religious communities and digital media in Singapore – examining and documenting digitalisation among local religious organisations.   NUS News, 16 October 2024

Professor Joanne Roberts appointed Chair of the Asia Research Institute management board

Professor Joanne Roberts has been appointed Chair of the Asia Research Institute’s management board, assuming her role in July 2024. She succeeds ARI’s long-serving former Chair, Professor Chong Chi Tat. Prof Roberts is the third President and Professor of Social Sciences (Economics) at Yale-NUS College. Prior to becoming president, she served as the College’s Executive …

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Southeast Asian Studies Collaboratory

In partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation Inc, a supporter of Asian Studies for over 80 years, ARI recently co-hosted a series of roundtables as part of a nascent Southeast Asian Studies Collaboratory. The event brought together regional-based scholars, research centres, current/former Luce grantees, practitioners, and Luce representatives with ARI researchers and other Southeast Asianists …

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ARI thanks Professor Chong Chi Tat

After nearly twenty years of dedication and exceptional leadership, Professor Chong Chi Tat will step down as Chair of the Asia Research Institute’s Management Board this month. Throughout his tenure, Professor Chong’s commitment to excellence has been instrumental in driving ARI’s success. His leadership not only raised the institute’s international profile but also cultivated a …

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Bittiandra Chand Somaiah & Brenda S. A. Yeoh Highly Commended in the Andy Furlong Prize

Bittiandra Chand Somaiah & Brenda S. A. Yeoh’s paper Temporal emotion work, gender and aspirations of left-behind youth in Indonesian migrant-sending villages (open access) has been Highly Commended in Taylor & Francis Journal of Youth Studies’ prestigious annual Andy Furlong prize. The paper argues ‘that youth engage in temporal emotion work including using strategies of …

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