With Samantha Lee, we preview the 2023 episodes for our “The Future of…” mini-series, where we chat big ideas with Singaporeans engaged in social initiatives in Asia and beyond.
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A 2023 preview: The “Civic Engagement and Action” mini-series
With Isaac James Neo, we preview the 2023 episodes for our “Civic Engagement and Action” mini-series, where we have conversations about expanding communities and spaces for sustained civic engagement and political participation.
Do ethnic integration policies also improve socio-economic integration? A study of residential segregation in Singapore
With assistant professor Tan Shin Bin (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore), we explore her latest journal article centred on Singapore’s Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) as an ethnic desegregation policy. She shares about ethnic and socio-economic segregation as they relate to the EIP, their inverse relationship for majority public housing subzones, and future areas for study. We also chat briefly about research data and methodology at the end.
March 2023 global news roundup: Diplomatic breakthroughs and geopolitical tensions; Bank runs and persistent threats; Nationwide anti-government demonstrations and electoral results; Human rights threats and progress
This roundup summarises the most important news stories around the world in the last month (March 2023).
The future of community work and community development
Throughout the past three episodes, we’ve talked about community work and community development in the present. Today, we’ve gathered three guests – Ng Bee Leng (Director, Community Development), Chuah Xing Jun (Research Assistant), and Emeritus Professor Satvinder Singh (Research Consultant) – in a more open-ended conversation about the future. In particular, we zoom into measurement. That is, how do we know if we’re making progress? And how do we measure the effectiveness of our community-building efforts? We hear specifically about the TCI or the Thriving Community Index, which we previewed in the last episode.
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