Social sciences

Hiroshima University, Japan, has announced its fellowship opening for a junior science communicator.

Certain aspects of an indigenous Sufi culture in Western Indonesia appear to protect it against radical Islamic ideology.

The School of Business and Management at HKUST has named a classroom after the late Kellogg Dean Emeritus Donald P. Jacobs in honor of his tremendous contributions to the renowned Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA (KH EMBA) Program.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Peking University, the Beijing Municipal Government, and Shougang Group of Beijing jointly organised the “Global Youth Leaders Summit 2018” from 13 to 20 July — the first-ever multi-partite collaboration for youth development among universities, government and business sectors.

Results are the first to demonstrate a causal link between testosterone and rank-related consumer preference for status-enhancing goods.

A multi-sector ASEAN partnership could improve accountability for commitments made to tackle malnutrition. [This is a feature story published in the Tri-Sector Publication 2018 by Singapore Management University (SMU)]

Lessons learned at Singapore Management University are guiding efforts to rebuild mountain villages in Nepal following the devastating earthquakes of 2015. [This is a feature story published in the Tri-Sector Publication 2018 by Singapore Management University (SMU)]

New interface shifts from journal metrics to journal intelligence, offering richer data and greater transparency for comprehensive assessment

A large-scale analysis has suggested it’s easier for people to form and replace relationships in North America, Europe and Latin America, compared to Asia and the Middle East, what causes these differences, and how they may influence people’s thoughts and behavior.

Scientists demonstrated for the first time that horses integrate human facial expressions and voice tones to perceive human emotion, regardless of whether the person is familiar or not.

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Successful university-community partnerships should be integrated into the everyday activities. Students’ community engagement is important for their holistic personal and professional development. Empirical evidence suggests that university should remain committed and supportive towards this lifelong learning plan.

We want to give people a glimpse of researchers at work, this is why we are encouraging scientists to share photos of them at work. Send us photos of you at work by email to [email protected] or find us on Twitter @ResearchSEA.

Competition to innovate is set to peak with the development of China’s Greater Bay Area, with an estimated 12% of the country’s current economy. The area's edge lies not only in technological advancements but the ability for companies to commercialize their innovation at a faster pace than their Western counterparts.

A Japanese university that suffered from atomic devastation will help pave the way towards a world without nuclear weapons. [The journal's Editor-in-Chief Fumihiko Yoshida is available to speak to journalists on this issue]

South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has recently held the grand opening ceremony of the UNIST Human Rights Center, along with the proclamation ceremony for the UNIST Students' Bill of Rights.

An international team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) recently looked at ways to mitigate the illegal whale meat consumption in South Korea.

New campus of South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has opened its doors.

In the past decade after the devastated 5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake in Sichuan, academics and students from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have been working on a series of inter-disciplinary projects to help enhance the resilience of the affected communities.

Based on a recent article published by the Times Higher Education.

The Master of IP and Innovation Management (MIPIM) Programme will last four semesters (24 months) and is the first and only graduate programme in IP and innovation management offered in Singapore.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), AMTD Group Company and AMTD Foundation jointly launch Hong Kong’s first university-industry collaborated Financial Technology (FinTech) centre today (19 April).

The School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) will jointly launch Hong Kong’s first taught master’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Global Marketing (MScEGM) in September 2018 with leading French business school Grenoble École de Management.

New data reveal that female Japanese macaques bathe in hot springs to lower stress from cold weather.

Jan Reichelt, Kopernio Co-founder and European tech entrepreneur, to join Clarivate Analytics as Managing Director, Web of Science.

A large middle class in Thailand and Indonesia is demanding more environmental protection; something not happening in other developing South-East Asian nations.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) expanded its eighth annual One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition to two more cities in China, making the total number of cities holding this competition to seven.

Islamic financial institutions should standardize investment screening methods to ensure future growth, a new report suggests.