“People quickly organised initiatives to move this food from rural areas to supply urban communities in lockdown. As part of the pandemic’s altered food systems, these new relationships may prove durable”, writes Dr Deirdre McKay, Reader in Social Geography and Environmental Politics at Keele University We have seen public responses…

“With governments and economic powers eager to get back into gear through “new normal” narratives, existing social inequalities and environmental issues would remain unsolved. They would also affect the spaces of citizens’ collective actions, which need to continue evolving to sustain the momentum”, writes Dr Rita Padawangi, Senior Lecturer at…

“Who should decide what is the common good for a city? Is smart technology an ideal platform where dialogues on the common good can be pursued?”. Dr Suraya Ismail, Director of Research, Khazanah Research Institute, Kuala Lumpur, writes on the complexities of smart urbanism in the context of the Greater…

“COVID-19 has caught many cities unprepared due to existing structural inequities and past institutional neglect”, writes Roger Keil, Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University in Toronto I live in Toronto, which shared the SARS experience in 2003 with Hong Kong and Singapore. S. Harris Ali and I…

“Even in wealthy cities like Singapore, the poorest sectors of the population often have an inability to self-isolate due to dense living conditions and are thus at higher risk of contracting and spreading diseases”, writes Dr Creighton Connolly, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies and the Global South in the School…

Human Rights as the Foundation of Good Governance: The Ironies of the Philippine Experience “Confronted by these challenges and difficulties, human rights defenders in the Philippines have taken steps to muster all possible support targeting various sectors in Philippine society”, writes Dr Nymia Pimentel Simbulan, Professor and Vice Chancellor for…

“The situation is nowhere near as dire as what is commonly portrayed in the popular press”, writes Dr Guanie Lim, Research Fellow at the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Is China buying up Southeast Asia? This is the million dollar question facing our generation and it…

By Prof Tim Forsyth|23 January 2019 on LSE SEAC *All articles posted on this blog give the views of the author(s), and not the position of LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, nor of the LSE* Environmentalism can be a force for democratization by challenging destructive state practices or…

By Yee Kuang Heng|10 August 2018 on LSE SEAC *All articles posted on this blog give the views of the author(s), and not the position of LSE Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, nor of the LSE* “Japan is back” — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has consistently drummed home a…