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Category: Academic Views

AcademiaSG Lecture: Kenneth Paul Tan on looking at Singapore through the lens of ‘tragedy’.


Academic Views, Events

Professor Kenneth Paul Tan suggests that Singapore’s survival needs the cultivation of a tragic imagination – an awareness of how heroic virtues can lead to downfall if one is so consumed by one’s idealised image that one ignores one’s critics. Watch the video.

August 27, 2023

Why Singapore’s next elected President should be one of its last


Academic Views

It is tempting to blame candidates and voters when Presidential Elections get too heated and threaten the dignity of the office. But the fault lies mainly with the system. Kevin Tan (National University of Singapore) and Cherian George (Hong Kong Baptist University) call for an overhaul.

July 15, 2023

Winds of democratic change: interrupted but not extinguished?


Academic Views

CHRISTOPHER TREMEWAN (University of Auckland) reflects on the enduring ideas in the collection of 1980s essays, A Shift in the Wind. Tremewan suggests that current controversies may be signs that a system that protects ruling elites from robust checks and balances has run its course.

July 15, 2023

July 25: Junior Scholar Seminar looks at literature education and depictions of the poor


Academic Views, Events

Dominic Nah (National Insitute of Education) will talk about his research examining classroom discussions about local poems including “Candles” by Alvin Pang.

July 8, 2023

AcadamiaSG-MASSA Roundtable on Singapore’s External Relations


Academic Views, Events

Co-organised by AcademiaSG and the Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia (MASSA), the panel discussion is now available for viewing.

July 7, 2023

AcademiaSG Lecture: Constitutional law scholar Kevin Tan on the Presidency


Academic Views, Events

Friday 30 June — Watch the recording of Professor Kevin Tan’s lecture on how the institution has evolved, both in its formal structure and in terms of public expectations.

June 30, 2023

The ultra-rich and the myth of a philanthropic dividend


Academic Views

LINDA LIM and TEO YOU YENN argue that gains from attracting ultra-high-net-worth individuals are overstated. The benefits of private philanthropy are outweighed by forgone tax revenues and distract from the state’s responsibilty to look after its citizens.

June 9, 2023

Setting standards for Singapore’s biodiversity conservation efforts


Academic Views

NIKHIL DUTT SUNDARAJ (National University of Singapore) argues that national biodiversity conservation regimes should be science-based, clearly articulated, robustly enforced, and feasible. Assessed on these criteria, Singapore’s regime shows strengths but also significant gaps.

May 13, 2023

What to make of Singapore’s high “crony capitalism” ranking


Academic Views

LINDA LIM explains the complexities behind Singapore’s seemingly alarming number four rank in The Economist’s Crony Capitalism index. Regardless of the scale and impact of political connections in the Singapore economy, though, the republic’s status as an enabler of crony capitalism in other countries should be of concern.

May 12, 2023

Report: Review of academic research on COVID-19 in Singapore


Academic Views, Special Topics

There have been more than 800 academic publications across multiple disciplines focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. Our report reviews this literature.

April 19, 2023

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