Notable Recognition

Associate Professor Fu Yuming

Associate Professor Fu Yuming is confirmed as a Fellow of the Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and Land Economics 2013. A limited number of outstanding academicians and other leaders who have made significant contributions to the development and dissemination of knowledge in the field of real estate and related disciplines are invited each year.

Associate Professor Sing Tien Foo

Associate Professor Sing Tien Foo has been invited to join as a post-doctoral honoree of the Homer Hoyt Institute, Maury Seldin Advanced Studies Institute, Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate Land Economics. The award recognizes outstanding research achievements and potential in the field of real estate and land economics and includes a fully-sponsored trip to the US to present his work.

Professor Deng Yongheng

In 2012, Professor Deng Yongheng has been appointed Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council for Financing and Capital.

In 2011, Professor Deng Yongheng has been appointed Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council for Real Estate.

In 2010, Professor Deng Yongheng was invited to be a council member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Real Estate & Urban Development.

The World Economic Forum is a not-for-profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland best known for our Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. In addition to the meeting in Davos, the Forum also holds a series of regional summits, is deeply involved with various initiatives, and works to create dialogue on industry issues. In 2008, the Forum created the Network of Global Agenda Councils, comprising Councils on the foremost topics in the global arena. Each of these Councils convenes relevant thought leaders from academia, government, business and other fields to capture the best knowledge on each key issue and integrate it into global collaboration and decision-making processes.

Assistant Professor Zsuzsa Huszár

Assistant Professor Zsuzsa Huszár (Dept of Finance) has won the 2010 Fama-DFA prize for her paper, "The Good News In Short Interest", which examined if the absence of short selling in actively traded stocks is indicative about future returns. This paper was published in the Journal of Financial Economics (JFE) in April 2010.

The Fama-DFA Prize is an annual award for capital markets and asset pricing research papers which have been voted the best by readers of JFE, one of the world's leading finance journals. More information on the prize can be found at http://jfe.rochester.edu/jfeprize.htm

Awards Recognition at the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC) 2011

At this recent event on 3rd April 2011 in Hangzhou, China, Prof Deng Yongheng, Dr. Wu Jing and Dr. Liu Xueliang from the NUS IRES was awarded the first prize for Best Paper for their research on "population impact, marriage and housing market"

Assoc Professor Sing Tien Foo (IRES affiliated researcher) and Dr Lee Nai Jia from the NUS Department of Real Estate won the second prize for Best Paper - 2nd Prize for their research paper, "Inter and Intra generation consumption of housing good: Did my parents own a larger house?"

Click here to visit the GCREC 2011 website.

Professor Ong Seow Eng

Professor Ong Seow Eng is invited to be a Fellow candidate of the Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and
Land Economics for 2010-2011. A limited number of outstanding academicians and other leaders who have made significant contributions to the development and dissemination of knowledge in the field of real estate and related disciplines are invited each year.

Associate Professor Lum Sau Kim

Post doctoral honoree of the Homer Hoyt Institute, the Maury Seldin Advanced Studies Institute and the Weimer School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and Land Economics.

Founded in 1968, these form one of the most highly regarded independent real estate research foundations in the US (http://www.hoyt.org/). There have been only 5 recipients (out of 62) from outside North America. The award recognizes research achievements and potential in the field of real estate and land economics and includes a fully-sponsored trip to the US to present her work.

Dr Wu Jing

Dr Wu Jing's research proposal, "Measurement and Research on Local Government' Behaviors in Housing Market Intervention in China", has been awarded grant from the National Science Foundation in China (NSFC) for year 2011 to 2013. NSFC is one of the most important research grants in Mainland China.

Click here for the proposal abstract.

Professor Liow Kim Hiang

The paper by Professor Liow Kim Hiang entitled “Are corporate properties undervalued? Evidence from international retail companies” is the 2009 winner of the Retail Real Estate category sponsored by the International Council for Shopping Centers (ICSC); presented at the ARES 2009 meeting held at Monterey, California, US.

The paper by Dr Kwame Addae-Dapaah, Professor Liow Kim Hiang and Adam Stults (JLL, Shanghai) entitled “What drives value property premium?” is the 2009 winner of the Apartments category sponsored by the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC); presented at the ARES 2009 meeting held at Monterey, California, US.

Associate Professor Joseph Ooi and Prof Ong Seow Eng

The paper by A/P Joseph Ooi, Wong Wei Chyuan and Prof Ong Seow Eng entitled “Can Bank Lines of Credit Protect REITs against a Credit Crisis?” is the 2009 winner of the Real Estate Finance category sponsored by Real Capital Analytics;
presented at the ARES 2009 meeting held at Monterey, California, US.

Dr Qian Wenlan

Dr Qian Wenlan's paper was chosen for the 'Best Paper Award' at the recent Joint International Conference of the American
Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and Asian Real Estate Society.

Wenlan's paper titled ‘Agent Heterogeneity and Housing Market Dynamics' received top honours, out of almost 200 papers that were accepted and presented. The conference brings academics, practitioners and policymakers from around the world together to present, hear and discuss new research in urban and real estate economics, real estate finance, development and investment.

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Dr Zhang Weina

Dr Zhang Weina’s paper "Effective Corporate Governance in Chinese Listed Real Estate Firms," (co-authored with Gang-Zhi Fan, who is an NUS Alumni, and Yi Wan) has won the second prize of best paper awards in the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC) Annual Conference, held in Beijing 20-22 Aug 2009.

The conference promotes research and education lead by global Chinese academics and industry experts in the fields of real estate and related areas.

The theme of this year's GCREC conference is Real Estate After Global Financial Crisis: Opportunities and Challenges.

After careful review by the committee, Weina's paper stands out from over 350 papers presented at the conference.

Click here for the paper abstract.