Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences - Migration Cluster
News & Events
25 january 2013Negotiating Global Change in the Asia Region |
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10 & 11 november 2012Land Use and Climate Impacts on Fluvial Systems - Asia (LUCIFS-ASIA 2012) |
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7 september 2012Dynamic borders, historical floods, loud noises, Dobsonfly larvae, rotten tomatoes, food-borne parasites & endangered lives Geographical Vignettes of Field Studies 2012 |
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9 march 2012Carving Up the Commons: Hydropolitics of Mainstream Dams on the Mekong River Talk by Dr Carl Middleton, University of Chulalongkorn, Thailand |
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15 february 2012New Methodologies for Observing the 3 Dimensional Polluted Urban Atmosphere Talk by Dr Jennifer Salmond, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
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07 february 2012Tsunamis don't just happen by themselves Talk by Professor James Goff, University of New South Wales, Australia |
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DECEMBER 2011FASS Environment Cluster Research Facilitation Scheme |
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11 november 2011System Approaches to Environmental Problems |
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15 september 2011The Future of Environment Ethics Talk by Holmes Rolston III - University Distinguished Professor and Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University. To watch the talk, please click here. |
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13 September 2011Three Big Bangs: Matter-Energy, Life, Mind Talk by Holmes Rolston III - University Distinguished Professor and Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University. To watch the talk, please click here. |
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19 AUGUST 2011Black Carbon, Pine Beetles, Elephant Moats, Giant Catfish, Hilltribe Health, Karenni Refugees, Green Ghosts and Shamans |
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29 APRIL 2011Environment Cluster Research Facilitation Workshop 2 |
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28 JANUARY 2011Environment Cluster Research Facilitation Workshop |
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About Us
[The Environment Cluster in the National University of Singapore (NUS), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), is an initiative to foster interdisciplinary approaches in environment-related research. The Environment Cluster seeks to catalyze broader collaborative research efforts within the FASS, among different faculties in the NUS and with other international universities and research institutions.
Environmental issues are not only scientific and engineering problems but are also social, economic, cultural and political problems. For this reason, FASS has an important role in the field of environmental research. Environmental problems are generally complex, marked by effects that are economic, social, political and potentially even security-related, as well as the direct effects on the physical environment. . At the same time, political, social, economic and cultural factors drive many of the processes that create environmental problems. Recognizing such complexities, the FASS Environment Cluster seeks to bring together members from different disciplines to engage in meaningful and substantive research within the environmental field.
In order to facilitate such research, the Environment Cluster works to promote and organize the research capacity of the FASS. At the same time, the Environment Cluster also acts as the entry point for various other faculties and institutes for collaborative research efforts. The Environment Cluster is currently interested in 5 main research themes: (1) Carbon Budgeting; (2) Food and Natural Resource Sustainability; (3) Social Consequences of Environmental Changes and Natural Hazards; (4) Climate Change; (5) Upland Ecosystems and Metropolitan Relationships. The Environment Cluster welcomes anyone whose research interests fall in these areas but is also open to any other research interests related to the environment.
