10 Jun 2017
To tell or not to tell, that is the question
In an invited commentary, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan explained the psychology of ambivalence when we have mixed…
06 May 2017
Say you're sorry: How to suss out an insincere apology
In an invited commentary, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan explained the psychology of apologies. He discussed why a…
18 Apr 2017
Man arrested for causing alarm at MRT station
A 69-year-old man who used flour to mark a trail for a running route was arrested for causing public alarm yesterday, when the substance was found at…
10 Apr 2017
Victim of bomb attack at the Erawan shrine in Bangkok shared her experience
SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan was a panellist at the Singapore Police Force’s Workplan Seminar this year,…
06 Apr 2017
Neighbours, families are key agents in anti-terror gameplan
At the Police Workplan Seminar, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan highlighted the need for the public to be more…
18 Mar 2017
Challenge Tomorrow- Securing Our Virtual World
In the final episode of the five-part television documentary on Challenge Tomorrow which look into the future of the cyber world, SMU Behavioural…
14 Mar 2017
Putting The ‘Public’ In Public Policy
In a panel discussion at the Behavioural Sciences Institute (BSI) Conference 2017, SMU BSI Director Professor David Chan commented that policy-makers…
11 Mar 2017
What a cobra bounty says about unintended policy consequences
In an invited commentary, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan explained why public policies can end up with unintended…
08 Mar 2017
In a television programme examining the SG Secure initiative, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan explained that large-…
05 Mar 2017
Knowledge - Learning to ask questions
In a commentary, the writer quoted SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan, who said that the tendency for people not…
24 Feb 2017
Why Singapore needs more naysayers
In a panel discussion at the Behavioural Sciences Institute (BSI) Conference 2017, SMU BSI Director Professor David Chan commented that the tendency…
04 Feb 2017
The unbearable weight of power
In an invited commentary, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan discussed the scientific research on power and its…
22 Jan 2017
In the second episode of the two-part television documentary on the age of innovation and Singapore, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director…
15 Jan 2017
In the first episode of a two-part television documentary on the age of innovation and Singapore, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director…
02 Jan 2017
SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute Director Professor David Chan was a member on the panel for Singapore Review 2016, a televised discussion that…
17 Dec 2016
2016: A year of looking to the future
In an invited commentary, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute director Professor David Chan reviewed Singapore's major happenings in 2016 and…
19 Nov 2016
Staying secure when terror looms
SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute director Professor David Chan was one of the three experts on a Straits Times roundtable discussing issues of…
19 Nov 2016
In an invited commentary, SMU Behavioural Sciences Institute director Professor David Chan explained how cynicism works and suggested how harmful…