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External Research Grants

CY 2018
Understanding needs of under-served communities in Singapore
Principal Investigator: Tania Nagpaul
Lien Centre for Social Innovation
Funding Source: Caritas Singapore
Project Synopsis: 

The objective of the project is to understand holistically the social needs of various under-served communities (youth at-risk, single parents and low-income families) from the perspective of the social service providers and their beneficiaries.

CY 2018
Understanding the resilience of cottage industries in Singapore
Principal Investigator: John Donaldson
School of Social Sciences
Funding Source: National Heritage Board’s Heritage Research Grant
Project Synopsis: 

The project seeks to identify factors that lead to resilience of cottage industries in Singapore. Given that cottage industries have relied on passing down traditional practices and craftsmanship across generations, this research addresses questions of heritage and identity by seeking to understand the ability of contemporary cottage industries to preserve and adapt traditional craftsmanship.

CY 2018
Sentiment analysis of MRT’s event-related social media content
Principal Investigator: Lim Ee-Peng
School of Computing and Information Systems
Funding Source: Public Transport Council
Project Synopsis: 

The project aims to understand MRT events and commuting experience through sentiment analysis of public tweets related to MRT events generated by Singapore's Twitter users.