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📣 Call for Papers: PAS 2027 Annual Conference!
PAS 2027 Household Wellbeing amid Demographic Transition: Toward an Integrated Policy Framework
⏳Submission Deadline: 16 Dec 2026
View the guidelines and submit here: sgpopulation.org/abstract-su…
#PAS2027 #CallForPapers
Missed PAS 2026 or want to relive it? Our highlights video from the conference at NUS UTown, co-organised with NUS Medicine, is now live. View scenes from the keynotes, panels and networking dinner here: youtu.be/EypFL4_YnJ8
🏆The Population Association of Singapore congratulates Ms Annika Tang, winner of the PAS 2026 Best Poster Award for “Retirement Resource Profiles and Their Association with Post-Retirement Productive Activities Among Older Adults in Singapore”.
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The Population Association of Singapore congratulates Ms Jessie Lim (Best Undergraduate Paper), Ms Chen Anqi (Best Graduate Paper), and Asst Prof Shannon Ang (Early Career Award) — our distinguished 2026 award recipients. #PAS2026 #PopulationStudies
Call for Papers! We are inviting contributions to the Special Collection on Kinship Demography: Structures, Dynamics, and Inequalities in the journal Demographic Research. Submissions to this collection are possible from June 15, 2026 until December 15, 2026.
Low fertility in East Asia is not only a birth-rate issue. It reflects how people experience work, caregiving, inequality, security, and the future. Sustainable responses must go beyond pronatalist measures. scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinio…
Co-organised with NUS Medicine, PAS 2026 took place from 21–22 May at NUS UTown. We were honoured to have Minister Indranee Rajah as our Guest-of-Honour. Our full photo gallery is now live. See scenes from the keynotes, panels and networking dinner here: sgpopulation.org/gallery-pas…
📢 Starting tomorrow (21–22 May): PAS 2026
Low fertility is reshaping economies worldwide. Join 150+ presentations on human development, policy solutions, and global evidence.
🔗 sgpopulation.org/programme-2…
PAS Commentary | Beyond the Breadwinner: Reframing Fatherhood in Asia for Family and Child Health
Dr Shefaly Shorey from NUS Medicine, highlights how fatherhood in Asia is quietly shifting beyond the traditional breadwinner role:
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PAS and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, invite you to the PAS 2026 Annual Conference on 21–22 May 2026 at UTown, NUS.
Register by 30 April 2026:
sgpopulation.org/registratio…
PAS Commentary | Welfare State Theory, Social Security Systems, and Old-Age Redistribution in East Asia
Ye Yang (Keio University) revisits classic welfare state theory to ask how well it explains ageing and inequality in East Asia.
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PAS President Professor Wei-Jun Jean Yeung and PAS Secretary Dr Tan Poh Lin were interviewed in this Straits Times article on the rise in babies born to mothers in their 40s amid Singapore’s fertility decline.
Read more:
straitstimes.com/singapore/c…
As more Singaporeans age with smaller families, end-of-life planning must evolve.
Read PAS Council Member Associate Professor Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan’s opinion piece:
straitstimes.com/opinion/as-…
PAS Commentary | Biological Determinants of Low Fertility Rate: Reproductive Ageing a Crucial Factor
by Dr Huang Zhongwei from NUS ACRLE, spotlights the more-overlooked biological drivers of low fertility, with a particular focus on reproductive ageing.
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New PAS study: children show stronger social skills when parents engage with them during screen time — by co-viewing, talking about content, or playing together. straitstimes.com/singapore/p… #Parenting #ScreenTime #ChildDevelopment
PAS members have shared their views on Singapore’s falling marriage and fertility rates in Straits Times and South China Morning Post, read them here:
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CFPR and PAS invite you to a seminar by Dr Alicia Adserà on “The Trade-Offs Between Income, Time, and Childbearing: Experimental Evidence From Multiple Countries”.
📅 13 Mar 2026, 12:00–1:30 PM
📍 NUS AS7, Level 6 Seminar Room
Read PAS members' comments on the marriage trends in 2025 here: straitstimes.com/singapore/a…
Thanks to all who submitted abstracts — we received 290 from around the world! 🌍
Notification emails on paper status for PAS 2026 have been sent out. Didn’t get yours? Please contact us!
Early-Bird Registration is now open: sgpopulation.org/registratio…
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PAS Commentary | Work-Life Balance Revisited: Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions in an Ageing Society
by Professor Nobutaka Fukuda revisits the concept of work-life balance through both horizontal and vertical lenses in ageing societies.
sgpopulation.org/commentary/…