Interest in land-based and floating small modular reactors is rising among Southeast Asia countries and global tech companies, says NUS’ Stefan Huebner. The Straits Times, 14 March 2025
The lines, handwriting and patterns of the stele are the breath left by history. Every engraving, every crack, seems to whisper a story from afar. However, the ‘rubbingist’ knows that these ‘breaths’ are fragile, and the erosion of time and wind and rain has made many inscriptions increasingly blurred and even annihilated in people’s memory …
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From Singapore’s Tengeh and Kranji to Indonesian island Batam’s Duriangkang, there is huge potential for floating solar farms over reservoirs and offshore waters in the transition toward clean energy, says Stefan Huebner.  Channel News Asia, 14 November 2024
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
The Pope’s recent visit to Southeast Asia highlights both the Church’s attention to particular countries and aspects of the Vatican’s wider diplomatic agenda concerning the Pontiff’s envisaged global sovereignty. RSIS, 23 September 2024
Pope Francis’ longest trip yet will touch on some fraught geopolitical issues. The Diplomat, 30 August 2024
Pope Francis will visit four Asia-Pacific countries over the next eleven days. Dr Michel Chambon was interviewed for Channel News Asia, 2 September 2024.
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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 The 19th Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies was held over two weeks beginning 18 June. Thank you to all our participants – the talent and enthusiasm of the group really shone through and created a fantastic atmosphere for learning and sharing.  The depth and breadth of research on Asia that was …
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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 …
