DREAMS on the Global Stage: Presentations Across 4 Continents (2025)

This year, the DREAMS team has been actively sharing our research with international communities across Asia, Europe, Oceania and the United States. This range of presentations reflects the breadth of our work. From exploring adolescent friendships to examining career readiness and socio-emotional growth, our investigators have brought insights from Singapore’s youth to the global stage. Our team values the opportunities to share these insights while engaging in global conversations on adolescent development. Here’s a look at where DREAMS has been featured so far this year:

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This year, the DREAMS team has been actively sharing our research with international communities across Asia, Europe, Oceania and the United States. This range of presentations reflects the breadth of our work. From exploring adolescent friendships to examining career readiness and socio-emotional growth, our investigators have brought insights from Singapore’s youth to the global stage. Our team values the opportunities to share these insights while engaging in global conversations on adolescent development.

 

Here’s a look at where DREAMS has been featured so far this year:

2 Jul 2025 IPPA World Congress on Positive Psychology 🇦🇺

Title: Proactive Career Behaviors and Well-Being Among Early and Late Adolescents 

Presented by: Dr Melvin Chan, Principal Investigator of DREAMS Project 1 

28 June 2025 Sunbelt Conference 2025 🇫🇷

Title: Peer Networks in Inclusive Settings: Unveiling Friendship and Antipathy Ties Among Adolescents With and Without Special Educational Needs Using Exponential Random Graph Mode

Presented by: Dr Imelda Caleon, Principal Investigator of DREAMS Project 3

Authors: Imelda Caleon, James Elicano, Kenneth Poon, Ng Siow Chin, Nur Qamarina Ilham, and Melvin Chan

24 May 2025 The Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA) Community in Review 2025 🇸🇬

Presented by: Dr Melvin Chan, Principal Investigator of DREAMS Project 1

1-3 May 2025 Society For Research In Child Development (SRCD) 2025 Biennial Meeting  🇺🇸

Title: Executive Functions, Socio-Emotional Competencies, and School Adjustment and Achievement: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Mediation model

Presented by: Dr Khng Kiat Hui (Fannie), Principal Investigator of DREAMS Project 5

Authors: Kiat Hui Khng, Gregory Arief Liem, Kenneth Kin Loong Poon

23-27 April 2025 AERA 2025 Annual Meeting 🇺🇸

Title: From early childhood to adolescence–Does early self-regulation predict secondary school adjustment via adaptability?

Presented by: Dr Khng Kiat Hui (Fannie), Principal Investigator of DREAMS Project 5

Authors: Kiat Hui Khng, Shawn Thong Sheng Lim, Fang Rui Ashley Chua, Monika Balaya, Kenneth Poon

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