Concern is mounting about China’s intelligence agency luring other countries’ citizens, including Singaporeans, with fake consultancy opportunities. Some of these shell organisations are claiming Singapore connections, exploiting the republic’s reputation for trustworthiness. These trends call for new approaches to protecting Singapore’s national security, says CHONG JA IAN (National University of…
The prime minister has promised to address the strains on family life in his National Day Rally speech. NESSA SWINN YAP and JACQUELINE HO argue that this requires embracing care as core to life and not allowing the market to turn the fulfilment of this human need into a rat race. The post Uneasy family lives and the degradation of care appeared first on Academia | SG .
The experience with Gillman Barracks and Maju Forest reveals the Singapore public’s appetite for engaging closely with planning processes. There are clear lessons for how we can improve transparency and public participation, argues Melissa Low (National University of Singapore). The post Beyond consultation: Strengthening public participation in Singapore’s planning system appeared first on…
The blockbuster Dear You has sparked a wider debate over Chinese identity, exposing competing ideas of culture, language and belonging across China and Southeast Asia. In this article originally published in ThinkChina political scientist Chong Ja Ian (National University of Singapore) examines why. The post How Dear You ignited a debate over Chinese identity appeared first on Academia | SG .
Seamless progress can edit our lives away, cautions documentary filmmaker TAN PIN PIN, in a Commencement address for NUS College. The post On our frictionless road to the future, be present, take stock, remember appeared first on Academia | SG .
Economist NG KOK HOE explains how policies on public rental housing and migrant workers are based on a logic of discrimination that denies people’s common humanity. This article is based on his remarks at the “States of Unease” Public Forum. The post Social policies that promise care can perpetuate harm appeared first on Academia | SG .
Architectural historian YEO KANG SHUA critiques the unease written into Singapore’s fabric, and argues that conservation is a discipline of attention we can all practise. This essay is adapted from his remarks at the “States of Unease” Public Forum. The post Learning to read our city: the wall is the only document appeared first on Academia | SG .
In a world inundated with data, literature helps us seek truth, argues poet POOJA NANSI. It is where we learn to be patient with difference and contradiction, and thus discover how to understand and live with one another. This article is based on her remarks at the “States of Unease” Public Forum 2026. The post A healthy literary culture helps society recognise different ways of being appeared…
In his contribution to the “States of Unease” Public Forum 2026, media scholar CHERIAN GEORGE explored the idea of moral progress as a core objective of a good society. This essay elaborates on his argument. The post A good society means being open to debates that challenge norms about who ‘we’ are appeared first on Academia | SG .
At the “States of Unease” Public Forum 2026, sociologist TEO YOU YENN explained why Singaporeans should not think of the Government as the only relevant conversation partner if they want to change things. This article is based on her remarks at the event. The post A theory of change that banks on ‘ordinary people’ appeared first on Academia | SG .
