HASS in the News - Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)

HASS faculty can offer expert opinions on topical issues from a diversity of humanities and social science perspectives. Please contact hassmedia@sutd.edu.sg for enquiries.

July 2019
The Straits Times

How to fight fake news: Tech has the answers

Op-ed by Professors Lim Sun Sun & Roland Bouffanais

July 2019
The Straits Times

From the Gallery: A larger stick to tackle dangerous driving behaviour

Featuring Professor Lim Sun Sun

May 2019
South China Morning Post

Japan wants its leader called Abe Shinzo – surname first. What does this have to do with colonialism and ‘unenlightened Westerners’?

Featuring Dr Nazry Bahrawi

May 2019
Channel NewsAsia

As the ‘human flesh search engine’ of online vigilantism grows, measures to deal with doxxing critical, MPs say

Featuring Professor Lim Sun Sun

May 2019
The Straits Times

A tripartite approach to tackling fake news – media tech companies, State, consumers

Op-ed by Professor Lim Sun Sun

May 2019
Today Online

The Big Read: Open to extremist views, youth want diverse voices and honest talk — but at what cost?

Featuring Professor Lim Sun Sun

April 2019
New Books Network

China, Taiwan, and the United States in the Taiwan Strait Crises, 1954-1958

Featuring Dr Pang Yang Huei

April 2019
Today Online

Why waste management is such a knotty issue in Singapore

Op-ed by Dr Lyle Fearnley & Julienne Chen

April 2019
Channel News Asia

Lim Sun Sun on platform antagonism, disguising racist and nationalist views as dark humour on participatory media

Parliamentary speech by Professor Lim Sun Sun

March 2019
The Guardian

Apple Martin tells off mother Gwyneth Paltrow for sharing photo without consent

Featuring Professor Lim Sun Sun

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