Aligned with the SUTD Sustainability Plan, HASS is committed to shaping a more sustainable future through education and research.
Education
Sustainability education in HASS
As of 2025, the HASS cluster offers about 60 taught courses. Remarkably, 48 of the 60 courses are relevant to 16 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN Member States. In addition, 12 of them are listed as HASS course options for the Sustainability by Design minor at SUTD.
Research
Projects & initiatives
Dive into innovative sustainability projects driven by HASS.
Historicising personal identification and its implication for pandemic response
Historicising personal identification and its implication for pandemic response: a case study of ID photographs
Secure and precise personal identification is essential for the continuation of socioeconomic activities under a pandemic. This study will carry out historical analysis of policy discussions and public discourses over the spread of personal identification technologies, with a case study of ID photographs in twentieth-century Japan.
Pursuing the global in a local setting: particularistic silences in the teaching, deconstructing, researching, and writing of Asian history
This research draws on M. R. Trouillot’s idea of “silencing the Past” to explore three historical episodes and their implications for teaching history. These project will illustrate the interconnectedness of global and local history in the classroom, prompting questions about narrative construction, counter narratives, and pedagogical approaches.
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