Podcasts

Well-being is a well-established and growing field within psychology, and an increasingly popular area of study for psychology students. However, it’s also challenging to define: What does good well-being look like for any person, and what do we need to know to study it?

A team of researchers, led by Dr William Tov of Singapore Management University, attempt to define well-being, not…

Mobile Health, or mHealth, is a branch of digital health focussed on monitoring health-related information which can be sent directly to doctors and other healthcare professionals.

A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and Singapore Management University investigate how head-worn technologies have only come about in the last couple of years or so, but look set to…

General equality rights can seem quite straightforward. But treating someone equally can become complicated when we apply the concept of equality to a specific government decision. How do we decide if a person has been treated equally in relation to a particular government decision? To what or to whom do we compare them?

Kenny Chng from Singapore Management University compares different…

Earth's changing climate is causing more frequent, more severe extreme weather events, which are having a devastating impact on ecosystems across the planet. Some areas show much greater vulnerability to climate change, with countries such as the Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand among the worst affected.

Professor David Ding and Sarah Beh at Singapore Management University have produced…

Ecological concerns and climate change have risen on governmental policies around the globe, but regulatory differences between nations may leave gaps – or even work against each other – if not planned deliberately.

Research led by Associate Professor Ishani Mukherjee at Singapore Management University focuses on the case of biodiesel policy in Indonesia, using policy network…

We all get bored at work from time-to-time, but some jobs are more monotonous than others.

Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, mindfulness has been found to be an effective way to improve the boredom associated with remote working. So could boredom during jobs such as working on an assembly line or providing delivery services be improved with mindfulness practices too?

The COVID-19 virus and subsequent series of lockdowns had a major effect on mortality among the young and old of different countries. Whilst this may be a sensitive topic for some listeners, it is important to understand lockdowns in the case of future epidemics.

Professor Lin Ma and colleagues at the World Bank and University of Michigan investigate the impact of economic downturns…

In a “flipped classroom”, students are introduced to the learning materials prior to the class; the time in class is then used to deepen understanding. But how effective is that style of active learning for computer programming?

Professors Benjamin Gan and Eng Lieh Ouh at Singapore Management University study how students taking a beginner class in programming using the Python…

With a reported 60% of employeesexperiencing workplace bullying within the last 6 months, the negative effect of mistreatment on their work-related attitudes and performance, as well as their general health, can be far-reaching and long lasting. What is causing this alarming rate of anti-social behaviour?

An international team of researchers, including Dr Kenneth Tai from Singapore…

Electronic waste (e-waste) contains a range of materials, including precious metals, which could be salvaged for reusable components and continue to offer economic value.

Dr Aidan Marc Wong investigates the central role of informal labour, in particular the karung guni in Singapore and Malaysia, who collect, disassemble, sort, and transform recycling and e-waste into raw materials…