MST Sample Class: The Economics of Environmental Quality
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RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://smumst.smu.edu.sg/acton/ct/45772/e-0149-2508:0/Bct/l-tst/l-tst:8/ct15_0/1/pp?sid=TV2%3ASegRIiilE. Event Details: This one-hour session explores how economics helps answer a central question in environmental policy: how much pollution is too much? Participants will learn how economists assess the optimal level of emissions reduction by weighing environmental benefits against abatement costs. Key concepts such as marginal analysis, externalities, and the social cost of pollution will be introduced in an accessible way. The session is designed for individuals considering a master’s in sustainability, providing a clear, p… Contact: mst@smu.edu.sg. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Webinar & Online Learning. Information Sessions. Lectures. Subject: Urban Management & Sustainability. Audience: Current Student. Incoming Freshmen. Incoming PG Students. Prospective Student. Public.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
In-person Session:
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
Level 3, Seminar Room 3-10
55 Armenian Street, Singapore 179943
Virtual Session (Zoom):
The login details will be shared 2 days before the session.
For more info visit smumst.smu.edu.sg. SOSS - SEA Seminar | From docile to sporting bodies: Transformative leisure in Singapore’s migrant domestic worker volleyball scene
Informal sport played in public spaces is a common Sunday social activity for Singapore’s low-wage temporary migrant workers. In this article, we examine how this leisure practice enables modes of resisting political and social categorizations of migrant labour bodies. In particular, the lives of female migrant domestic workers are heavily regulated by the state – they must live in the homes of their employers, undertake regular health checks, and average salaries are approximately $600 a month. However, on volleyball game days with co-workers on their day off from work, they engage in embodied performances that enable their transformation from labouring and policed bodies into athletic and carefree bodies. These practices scaffold modes of social resilience for these migrants and signal the potential of informal sport and leisure as an activity of ‘becoming’ that can challenge social ordering mechanisms. Taking a matter-oriented approach, this article demonstrates how the body is a crucial lens from which to…
Contact: socsc_seminar@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Speaker: , Amanda Wise
Professor of Sociology
Macquarie University
Amanda Wise is Professor of Sociology at Macquarie University where she teaches Urban Sociology, Race, Migration, and ‘Diversity’. She has published widely on everyday multiculturalism urban diversities and among workers. Currently researching the nexus between global cities and the everyday sociology of urban marginality through research on the leisure practices and working lives of migrant workers and culturally diverse communities i… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://forms.office.com/r/XVESKP1F1P. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Public. Academic Community. Alumni. Current Student. SMU Faculty & Staff.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM.
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
Seminar Room 3-09, Level 3
55 Armenian St, Singapore 179943.
For more info visit forms.office.com. Network State and World Builders: A Fireside Chat with Balaji Srinivasan and Bruno Maçães
Lee Kuan Yew built a technologically advanced city state where none existed before. Today, the Internet is enabling others to follow in his footsteps, to start new cities just as we start new companies and new currencies. At SMU, Bruno Macaes and Balaji Srinivasan discuss Network States and World Builders: how digital platforms, civilizational competition, and cloud communities are redefining sovereignty. Will this century see one thousand Singapores?
Speaker Details:
Balaji Srinivasan
Author of the Network State
Founder of the Network School
WSJ bestselling author of The Network State
Balaji S. Srinivasan is an angel investor, founder, and WSJ bestselling author of The Network State. Formerly CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, he was an early investor in OpenSea, Replit, Digital Ocean, Anduril, and Superhuman, among others. He also helped launch USDC at Coinbase and was an early backer of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon. Dr. Sri… RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://smu.sg/uvl0. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Social Sciences & Humanities. Audience: Public.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
Level 4, Function Lounge 4-02
55 Armenian Street 179943.
For more info visit smu.sg.