Next Age Institute congratulates Dr. David Law, the Charles Nagel Chair of Constitutional Law and Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis being named as a Visiting Research Professor at NUS between January and February 2017. Dr. Law’s interests include public law, comparative law, law and social science, judicial politics, and constitutional and political theory. His interdisciplinary […]
More than 130 people attended the international symposium “People and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation, Social Justice” on November 18 at Washington University in St. Louis. The event, led by Washington University in St. Louis, National University of Singapore and the University of Tennessee–Knoxville, was created to sharpen the focus on climate change as a social, […]
Experts on Volunteering convened at the Conference for International Volunteer Cooperation Organizations this month at the United Nations Campus in Bonn, Germany. The conference theme was increasing the resilience of communities through volunteering. A key focus was on how volunteers can help communities adapt to shocks and stresses through improved management of disaster risks and […]
In its annual budget message, the Singapore government announced on March 24, 2016, that Child Development Accounts, as of that date, are significantly expanded. The expansion is an automatic deposit into the CDAs of all newborns in the amount of S$3,000, which is US$2,220 at current exchange rates. The purpose is to make CDAs fully […]
Next Age Institute extended a warm welcome to Professor Chwee Teck LIM of National University of Singapore who visited the School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) on March 23-24, 2016. During the visit, Professor Lim had opportunities to exchange research ideas with select SEAS faculty members and to meet WUSTL’s […]
Next Age Institute congratulates three professors from National University of Singapore (NUS) on being selected as the Top 100 Asian Scientists: Professor Lim Chwee Teck, Provost’s Chair Professor; Deputy Head, NUS Bioengineering; Group Head, NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials; Principal Investigator, Mechanobiology Institute at NUS; Professor Andrew Nee from NUS Mechanical Engineering; and President […]
The Next Age Institute at WashU co-sponsored a two-day Workshop on Development Partnerships: The Role of International Volunteering at National University of Singapore explored the role of partnerships in international volunteering to address global inequalities. Participating scholars of an interdisciplinary and globally-diverse range of countries and universities discussed how international development volunteering can contribute to more equitable, mutually beneficial, […]
Two scholars from the National University of Singapore (NUS) spoke December 2 at Washington University in St. Louis about the roles that housing policies play in the well-being of Singaporeans. Singapore’s inclusive policies provide opportunities for home ownership, community integration and stability, and economic security. Chia Ngee Choon, associate professor of economics and co-director of […]
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam offered insights on Singapore’s use of housing policy and urban planning as levers for stability and social inclusion during a recent event at Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He was the keynote speaker at “Housing, Inclusion and Social Equity: An International and US Perspective,” where scholars and policymakers gathered […]
Michael Sherraden, PhD, George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor at the Brown School, has been named the inaugural S. R. Nathan Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The Nathan Professorship has been established to honor the recently retired President of Singapore, former NUS Chancellor and alumnus of the Faculty of Arts and Social […]