Reports | RIMA

Food Delivery Workers: Riding the Waves of Uncertainty

The study seeks clarity on the different types of food delivery workers, the reasons why they joined the business, and how they utilise the perks and cope with the perils that come with the job. More importantly, it also expounds on how food delivery workers view their long-term employability and what actions are typically taken to ensure that they do not descend into a vicious cycle of adverse socio-economic outcomes when industry, market, or consumer trends do not work in their favour.

Dreams Realised, Dreams Deferred

This report focuses on the gap in societal attainment by examining an area that most would agree is crucial: education. After all, Singapore aspires to be a meritocratic society in which education represents a primary conduit for social mobility. A fair and meritocratic education system allowing the most talented and hardest working people among the next generation to advance is the fairest way to distribute social goods. And education is one area in which the gap between the races is most noticeable. Does the education gap reflect a systemic failure, an issue unique to the Malays, or something else?

Voices of Youth: A Conversation on Employment

The study is initiated on the premise that there is a need for a more nuanced understanding of the ways youths view their own circumstances, particularly as a Malay/Muslim youth in Singapore. The objective is to gather insights into youth perceptions and experiences. By understanding the pathways of influence through which attitudes and values are proliferated, the study hopes to adduce the necessary information for stakeholders to design new programmes and adapt proven interventions for youth development.

Know Thy Neighbour Intercultural UnConference Report

This report documents the proceedings of the Know Thy Neighbour Intercultural UnConference (KtN Singapore) as interpreted by the assigned rapporteurs and editor of the Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA). The KtN Singapore was an event organised by RIMA, and supported by the National Integration Council (NIC) held on November 30, 2013.