Report: Review of academic research on COVID-19 in Singapore
There have been more than 800 academic publications across multiple disciplines focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. Our report reviews this literature.
Category: Special Topics
How to Outsmart Mis/Disinformation about the Ukraine war and other events
华文版，请继续往下阅读。Sila gulir ke bawah untuk membaca versi Bahasa Melayu. Many people have been reporting confusion and even receiving dubious information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Wars are moments where powerful states and other actors use the vast resources available to them to shape information and narratives. These efforts seek to discredit adversaries while trying to […]
Special Topic: Public funding of media
UPDATED MARCH 14TH, 2022 by Cherian George In May 2021, Singapore Press Holdings announced that it would hive off its media business into a non-profit company, SPH Media. The government said it is “prepared to provide it with funding support to help it build capabilities for the future”. There is a long tradition of public […]
Special Topics: Speech that offends
by Cherian George Since 2000, laws against offensive expression have been among the most frequently triggered speech restrictions in Singapore. Most of these cases have been initiated by citizens taking offence at racially or religiously provocative online content. How to deal with such cases continues to be debated. Like in most societies, there’s growing alarm […]
Special Topics: A sociology of gender
by Teo You Yenn Gender issues are not just women’s issues. Inequality—between people who are categorized as women and those who are categorized as men, as well as between people whose categorizations are generally recognized and those whose categorizations are contested—is central to understanding the significance of gender in contemporary societies. The scholarship on gender […]
Special Topics: A minimum wage
In this module of the AcademiaSG Special Topics series, we present a carefully curated selection of the key research and analysis relevant to the concept of a minimum wage in Singapore. Most of these articles can be accessed for free, but we have indicated where a few are behind paywalls. What economists think about a […]
Special Topics: Elections
This collection of book chapters and journal articles from the archives was compiled prior to the 2020 General Election. All are available for free download courtesy of the authors and publishers. RULING PARTY DYNAMICS Democratic backsliding since GE2015 – Walid Jumblatt Abdullah | After GE2015, the PAP reverted to its familiar authoritarian stratagem. This was […]