Events
Theatre in the City: The Role of the Arts in Urban Communities
In this talk, Cheng Nien Yuan draws from her research on two eminent theatre companies in Singapore to consider the role of theatre and performance in promoting urban live-ability and love-ability.
How can we make this work? – Ageing Research Network (ARN) Symposium
The Ageing Research Network (ARN) brings together centres/institutes leading and conducting research on ageing in Singapore.
Young children’s social cognition and learning in an increasingly technological world
HASS Talk by Dr Tamar Kushnir – The talk will discuss the implications of early learning with technology, and possible generational changes that may have lasting effects as our modern children become adults.
AI Ethics Reading Group – Pasquinelli (2023), The Eye of the Master, Conclusion Chapter
The AI, Ethics, and Management research leads at HASS cordially invite you to our inaugural reading group event.
HASS Talk – Marco Polo and the Heresy of Evil (By Paolo Visigalli from Shanghai Normal University)
This talk will closely examine the unique episode describing the Polos’ encounter with the Fuzhou ‘Christians’.
HASS Colloquium Series: The Feasibility of Implementing the WHO Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Framework in Singapore
In order to promote healthy ageing, the World Health Organization’s Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) approach helps communities evaluate older adults’ intrinsic capacities and devise strategies to prevent or reverse declines.
HASS Talk: Network Visibility Interventions for Behavioural Change by Dr. Akihiro Nishi
Some behaviours and attributes of humans are visible to others over social networks, while other behaviours and attributes are not. Such a level of visibility of behaviour and attributes may alter the degree of social learning and social comparison and affect the level of health and well-being. In the seminar,
Futurescaping2024 (Singapore) Exhibition
This exhibition presents the outstanding achievements of “Futurescaping 2024: New Space Home”, Beijing International Design Week 2024 and the “Design Futures · Shared Vision” Tsinghua University Academy of Arts and Design 2024 International Summer Program.
HASS Colloquium Series: New Space Home: A Transdisciplinary Path to Design Futurescaping
This lecture will introduce a design futures method that integrates interdisciplinary knowledge to design the future of space habitation. This method combines knowledge from various fields such as architecture, bioengineering, psychology, and sociology, creating a systematic framework from conceptual exploration to implementation pathways.
Roundtable on Global Gardens: Botanical Spaces in Literature, Science, and Sustainable Design
Two of our speakers will be familiar faces from HASS and ASD. Dr. Zhenxing Zhao (Senior Lecturer, HASS) will be speaking about gardens in Chinese poetry and art (a topic which he teaches on in his elective class), and Dr. Daniel Whittaker (Senior Lecturer, ASD) will talk about what we can learn about sustainable design from rainwater cooling strategies from gardens in India, Mexico, and Southeast Asia.