ARI Research Associate, Marcel Bandur, who is also a volunteer coordinator at Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), came up with the idea of equipping some out-of-work Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore with barista skills for the booming cafe culture in Dhaka. He recently took them to The Coffee Roaster at National University of Singapore for …
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Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, NUS, commented that political imperatives lay at the centre of what appeared to be a “trade” conflict between the US and China. He said that the ultimate goal of the US in its trade war with China may be to prevent its emerging rival from …
Prof Wei-Jun Jean Yeung opined that raising the retirement age is an inevitable policy shift. Employers and government need to work hard together to counter ageism and foster a work culture and environment friendly to a workforce with different age groups. The Straits Times, 22 August 2019, Opinion, pA23
Research Fellow Dr Stefan Huebner op-ed an article for YaleGlobal on Climate Action: Sustainable Floating Cities. He urges designers and governments to develop sustainable standards to prevent temporary solutions from devolving into slums with long-term environmental and security hazards. YaleGlobal Online, 8 August 2019 Similar reports were carried in: – Khaleej Times, 11 August – …
By Dr Rini Astuti, a Research Fellow from the Asia Research Institute at NUS; Ms Zu Dienle Tan, a PhD Student from the Department of Geography at NUS; and Ms Helena Varkkey, a Senior Lecturer from the University of Malaya. Line Today Indonesia, 31 July 2019 A similar report was carried in: – CNA Online, …
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A short blurb of the article in English: While work on gender and migration has grown significantly, it has mostly addressed the experiences of female migrants; the experiences of male migrants are still understudied. Even less attention has been paid to male migrants and their heterosexuality. This article talks about Chinese masculinities, which in the …
An article contribution by Dr Nisha Mathew, Joint Research Fellow at the Middle East Institute and Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore. South China Morning Post Online, 13 July 2019
An op-ed by Assistant Professor Laavanya Kathiravelu, Nanyang Technological University, and cluster associate with Asia Research Institute, was inspired by the conference themes and discussions during Does “Invisible Privilege” Travel?: Looking Beyond the Geographies of White Privilege (2-3 May). Yahoo News Singapore Online, 12 July 2019
Singapore, despite being a young city-state, is already facing the societal effects of a rapidly ageing population. Government statistics show that the proportion of residents aged at least 65 years grew from 7 per cent in 2000 to 13 per cent in 2017. Immigration has the potential to offset the consequences of population ageing by …
Dr Show Ying Ruo, Postdoctoral Fellow from Asia Research Institute (ARI) at NUS had embarked on a five-year project in 2013 to study the lives of the vegetarian aunts or nuns living in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Her comprehensive findings were presented at an ARI workshop in March 2019. The Sunday Times, 14 April 2019, …
