Thought Leadership
Some of the world’s leaders, and leading thinkers from NUS and overseas, regularly gather and add to the rich diversity of thoughts and ideas on our campuses, in Singapore and across the globe.
Here’s what they had to share.
Why the jolt in power prices?
Speaker: Dr David C. Broadstock 17 Dec 2021
While Singapore is shifting towards more solar deployment and electricity imports, natural gas is still key. For this reason, its power system will continue to be exposed to global energy market forces. Dr David C. Broadstock, Senior Research Fellow and Acting Division Head at the Energy Studies Institute at NUS, shares his views.
Singapore’s move to regulate online safety faces challenges, but society can help
Speaker: Natalie Pang 27 Jun 2022
Call Sports Hub public-private partnership a failure or not, that is not the point
Speakers: Terence Ho 17 Jun 2022
Equal access, extra spending and an equilibrium shift: preparing for the next pandemic
Speakers: Khairy Jamaluddin 6 Jun 2022
The challenge for ASEAN: To be digital and sustainable
Speakers: Simon Tay and Jessica Wau 1 Jun 2022
In reviewing the Dorscon framework, let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater
Speakers: Hsu Li Yang 23 May 2022
Rebalancing the scales to enhance access to justice for the layman
Speakers: Jaclyn Neo and Helena Whalen-Bridge 12 May 2022
Leveraging digital economy agreements for a durable post-COVID recovery
Speaker: Yong Pung How professor Ramkishen Rajan 10 May 2022
Putting the ‘asylum’ back into mental healthcare
Speaker: Adjunct Professor Chong Siow Ann 27 Apr 2022
Singapore must act decisively to safeguard energy security
Speaker: Professor (Practice) Paul Cheung and Mr Quah Say Jye 27 Apr 2022
With egg freezing, Singapore women aren’t forced to sacrifice career and self to become mothers
Speaker: Dr Kalpana Vignehsa 15 Apr 2022
Healthier SG: Leveraging the workplace
Speakers: Associate Professor Ng Wee Tong, Dr Licia Tan 9 Apr 2022
How can Singapore learn to be more flexible about COVID-19 rules?
Speaker: Dr Woo Jun Jie 7 Apr 2022
Realism, rules and empathy all matter in a turbulent world
Speaker: Associate Professor (Practice) Terence Ho 6 Apr 2022
Stricter laws against workplace discrimination long overdue, say Singapore residents in CNA-IPS survey
Speaker: Vanessa Lim 2 Apr 2022
Understanding promotion pathways in NUS: A Conversation with Prof Tulika Mitra
Speaker: Prof Tulika Mitra 30 Mar 2022
Is Singapore banking too much on emerging tech in reaching net zero by 2050?
Speaker: Dr David C Broadstock 29 Mar 2022
Ending cheap, convenient deliveries will help platform workers in Singapore
Speaker: Prof Sumit Agarwal 24 Mar 2022
Looking to 2022: Transforming NUS hostels for graduates of the future
Speakers: Associate Professor Ho Han Kiat 11 Mar 2022
Women on gender equality: Breaking the bias
Speakers: Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar, Mdm Zulaiha Yusuf, Ms Anuprita Bhomick, and Ms Annie An Dongmei 9 Mar 2022
Grappling with the darker side of the internet: A global challenge
Speaker: Mr Patrick Daniel 2 Mar 2022
Four Asian Tigers ready to roar in the Year of the Tiger, but challenges lie ahead
Speaker: Dr Xu Le 24 Feb 2022
Pay attention to avoid being scammed
Speakers: Associate Professor Irene Y.H. Ng, Ms Ong Qiyan, Ms Evelyn Kok and Ms Sandy Chen 24 Feb 2022
Looking to 2022: An inclusive and forward-looking Budget on the tax front
Speaker: Associate Professor (Practice) Simon Poh 21 Feb 2022
Why it pays for Singapore to be much more ambitious in raising carbon tax
Speaker: Visiting Professor Viond Thomas 16 Feb 2022
Looking to 2022: The road ahead for the COVID-19 pandemic
Speakers: Professor Paul Tambyah and Assistant Professor Lionel Lum 10 Feb 2022
Placing Asean on stronger footing in a net-zero future
Speakers: Associate Professor Simon Tay and Ms Meixi Gan 25 Jan 2022
Looking to 2022: Enhancing retirement financial adequacy for our seniors
Speaker: Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser 24 Jan 2022
The great resignation wave is equally frustrating for employers, if not more
Speaker: Dr Wu Pei Chuan 24 Jan 2022
Looking to 2022: Opportunities for start-ups in the New Normal
Speaker: Professor Freddy Boey 13 Jan 2022
Printing money for Chinese New Year hongbao is just too costly
Speakers: Professor Lawrence Loh and Ms Yvonne Yock 12 Jan 2022
In a storm-tossed world, who’s going to steer your ship?
Speakers: Associate Professor in Practice Terence Ho 7 Jan 2022
Looking to 2022: Celebrating the year’s three anniversaries by Prof Tommy Koh
Speaker: Professor Tommy Koh 14 Dec 2021
Securing our future: A renewed multilateralism
Speakers: Dr Noeleen Heyzer and Professor Chan Heng Chee 10 Dec 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Michael Ryan, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, Associate Professor Sophia Archuleta, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun. 26 Nov 2021
Understanding Singaporean youths’ parenthood goals
Speakers: Dr Mathew Mathews and Ms Fiona Phoa 25 Nov 2021
Dialogue as the way forward for a peaceful Asian Century
Speakers: Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Professor Wang Gungwu, Professor Kanti Bajpai, and Professor Chan Heng Chee 19 Nov 2021
Deaths in a world where the coronavirus is endemic
Speakers: Professor Teo Yik Ying and Professor Vernon Lee 6 Nov 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Tom Friedan, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun 29 Oct 2021
Delaying retirement pays off
Speakers: Associate Professor Chia Ngee Choon and Assistant Professor Cynthia Chen 28 Oct 2021
Building healthy and happy cities
Speakers: Professor Lam Khee Poh, Ms Teoh Zsin Woon, Mr Sima Xiao, Mr Curt Garrigan, Mr Brian Yang 21 Oct 2021
Does Singapore seem more anxious about death from COVID-19 than from other causes?
Speakers: Dr Voo Teck Chuan, Dr Jane Lim and Dr Clarence Tam 19 Oct 2021
Climate change: Going to Glasgow to save the world (or not)
Speaker: Mr Bilahari Kausikan 16 Oct 2021
Why digital poverty deserves greater attention
Speakers: Associate Professor Irene Ng, Dr Natalie Pang and Professor Lim Sun Sun 15 Oct 2021
Singapore needs to change the way COVID numbers are reported in an endemic world: Prof Teo Yik Ying
Speaker: Professor Teo Yik Ying 7 Oct 2021
ASEAN - More than just a market
Speakers: Associate Professor Sumin Tay, Mr Satya Ramamurthy 6 Oct 2021
Why many workers are just not very interested in their jobs anymore
Speaker: Dr Wu Pei Chuan 30 Sep 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Fernando Rosado Spilki , Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun 24 Sep 2021
Foreign manpower: Making the global talent approach work for Singapore
Speaker: Associate Professor in Practice Terence Ho 21 Sep 2021
Could corporate gifts like mooncakes be cut down, as more work from home?
Speaker: Associate Professor Audrey Chia 21 Sep 2021
ASEAN’s DEFA: An engine for pandemic recovery
Speakers: Dr Xie Taojun, Mr Kevin Chen and Mr Quah Say Jye 15 Sep 2021
Time to rethink use of English-only medicine labels
Speakers: Assistant Professor Rahul Malhotra, Ms Tan Yi Wen and Ms Sumithra Suppiah 15 Sep 2021
A public policy approach to a green, inclusive and resilient recovery
Speakers: Associate Professor Eduardo Araral, Mr Bruno Carrasco, Dr Tae Yong Jung, and Mr Michael MacDonald. 31 Aug 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Thierno Balde, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun 27 Aug 2021
Your behaviour towards events is affecting how you spend
Speaker: Professor Sumit Agarwal 26 Aug 2021
The United States’ foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific
Speakers: Ms Kamala Harris, Professor Chan Heng Chee 24 Aug 2021
Why the Baba-Nonya community is a distinctively Singaporean one
Speaker: Professor Walter Woon 20 Aug 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Brian McCloskey, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun 23 Jul 2021
Reinventing education in the 21st century
Speakers: Professor Bernard Tan and Dr Dujeepa Samarasekera 15 Jul 2021
The case for carbon import taxes
Speakers: Associate Professor Ed Araral and Visiting Professor Vinod Thomas 8 Jul 2021
Paving the way for a future-ready workforce
Speakers: Miriam Jacqueline Green, Erik Hertzman, McRhon Banderlipe 7 Jul 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun 25 Jun 2021
US-Singapore relations at 55: Our shared past and future
Speakers: Professor Chan Heng Chee, Mr Rafik Mansour and Professor Danny Quah 17 Jun 2021
Raising bilingual children is challenging, but immensely rewarding
Speaker: Associate Professor Leher Singh 13 Jun 2021
Inaccurate public understanding of COVID-19 vaccination efficacy has implications for vaccination rates
Speakers: Assistant Professor Clarence Tam, Assistant Professor Hannah Clapham and Assistant Professor Yung Chee Fu 10 Jun 2021
Singapore should get ready with a carbon border tax
Speakers: Associate Professor Eduardo Araral and Visiting Professor Vinod Thomas 3 Jun 2021
Universities must promote innovation and creativity in a post-COVID world
Speaker: Prof Tan Eng Chye 31 May 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Professor Teo Yik Ying and Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang 19 May 2021
The role of leadership in the public service
Speaker: Assistant Professor Taha Hameduddin 10 May 2021
Training children to support their friends can reduce school bullying
Speakers: Assistant Professor Cheung Hoi Shan and Assistant Professor Lee Jungup 3 May 2021
Looking to 2021: Designing buildings for the post-COVID new normal
Speaker: Professor Lam Khee Poh 22 Apr 2021
Cooperation between US, China at global climate summit could yield significant benefits
Speaker: Dr Yew Wei Lit 22 Apr 2021
Challenging task ahead for 4G leaders to resolve succession question, as pace of transition weighs heavy
Speaker: Dr Gillian Koh 10 Apr 2021
Vaccine nationalism and diplomacy reveal elements of a hybrid cold war
Speaker: Alex Capri 9 Apr 2021
Suez Canal incident reveals why global trade depends heavily on shipping with few alternatives
Speaker: Assoc. Professor Goh Puay Guan 30 Mar 2021
Keeping public housing in prime locations affordable and fair
Speaker: Professor Sing Tien Foo 21 Mar 2021
Celebrating women with empowering conversations
Speakers: Mr K Shanmugam, Mrs Josephine Teo 15 Mar 2021
Looking to 2021: Addressing the great unknowns about COVID-19 vaccines and equity
Speaker: Prof Teo Yik-Ying 10 Mar 2021
GameStop and the gamification of retail speculation
Speaker: Assistant Professor Ben Charoenwong 1 Mar 2021
Looking to 2021: Five key trends in the start-up ecosystem
Speaker: Professor Freddy Boey 22 Feb 2021
Find your element to pick the right course and university
Speaker: Professor Ho Teck Hua 22 Feb 2021
Looking to 2021: Prospects for the Singapore economy and jobs market
Speaker: Dr Kelvin Seah 11 Feb 2021
Digital first: How to thrive in higher education’s online future
Speaker: Professor Erle Lim 5 Feb 2021
Managing Covid-19 as a Super wicked Problem: Lessons from, and for, the Climate Crisis
Speaker: Professor Benjamin Cashore 2 Feb 2021
Looking to 2021: Seven wishes for the year from Professor Tommy Koh
Speaker: Professor Tommy Koh 11 Jan 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Associate Prof David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun 24 Dec 2020
Understanding and helping low-income families through COVID-19
Moderator: Associate Professor Loy Hui Chieh 4 Dec 2020
COVID-19 vaccines: Priorities, processes and practicalities
Speaker: Associate Professor Benjamin Ong Kian Chung 1 Dec 2020
Singapore’s office market will never be the same again
Speakers: Lee Nai Jia and Eileen Kuan 1 Dec 2020
The Great Reset: Can the US and China revive relations?
Speaker: Professor Chan Heng Chee 26 Nov 2020
Sustainability and the environment: Challenges and opportunities for Asia
Speakers: Prof Benjamin Cashore, Assoc Prof Leong Ching,Prof Vinod Thomas & Asst Prof Marina Kaneti 24 Nov 2020
The Belt and Road Initiative after the pandemic: A private virtual roundtable
Speakers: Hon. Daniel Russel, Dr Selina Ho, and Professor Min Ye 18 Nov 2020
Digitisation in Japan: from doldrums to a new dawn
Speaker: Associate Professor Wiwattanakantang Yupana 10 Nov 2020
From Research to Governance: Insights from Singapore’s Policy Landscape
Speakers: Assistant Professor Tan Poh Ling, Dr Ng Kok Hoe, Assistant Professor Joelle Fong and Assistant Professor Reuben Ng 3 Nov 2020
Changing climate risk to opportunity
Speakers: Associate Professor Simon Tay, and Ms Gan Meixi, 29 Oct 2020
Debunking a myth behind secure, affordable, and sustainable energy
Speaker: Professor Lam Khee Poh 22 Oct 2020
How to support start-ups by older PMETs
Speaker: Professor Wong Poh Kam and Ms Ho Yuen Ping 8 Oct 2020
The normalisation of ties between Singapore and China 30 years ago
Speaker: Professor Kishore Mahbubani 8 Oct 2020
After the pandemic: Reimagining education
Speakers: Mr Lawrence Wong and Mr Brajesh Panth 25 Sep 2020
Longevity and the pandemic - A look back, a look ahead
Speaker: Professor John Eu-Li Wong 17 Sep 2020
Weathering labour market challenges in a global recession
Speaker: Assistant Professor Sanjana Goswami 14 Sep 2020
Universities need to tear down subject silos
Speaker: NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye 10 Sep 2020
Strategies to mitigate the rippling impact of COVID-19: From virus-host interactions to geopolitics
Speaker: Sir Jeremy James Farrar 3 Sep 2020
Digitalisation of SMEs: How have they coped in response to COVID-19?
Speaker: Professor Atreyi Kankanhalli 18 Aug 2020
IPS Online Forum on Senior Care in the Age of Pandemics
Speakers: Ms Pang Sze-Yunn, Professor Helen Sanderson, Mr Karthik Tirupathi, and Dr Ng Wai Chong 29 Jul 2020
After the Pandemic — The Rebirth of Big Government? State Capacity, Trust and Privacy in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Speakers: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Mr John Micklewait, and Ms Rana Foroohar, 22 Jul 2020
Across the Board: Sustainability still key, even as COVID-19 hogs headlines
Speaker: Mr Loh Chin Hua 16 Jul 2020
IPS-Nathan Lectures by Professor Chan Heng Chee — Lecture III: "Singapore in a Time of Flux: Optimism from the Jaws of Gloom"
Speaker: Professor Chan Heng Chee 15 Jul 2020
Commentary: Artificial intelligence and automation would benefit Singapore
Speaker: Associate Professor Kenneth Huang 14 Jul 2020
Commentary: How the Workers’ Party won big this General Election
Speaker: Dr Gillian Koh 14 Jul 2020
Pioneering the ‘quantum internet’ in space
Speaker: Professor Artur Ekert and Associate Professor Alexander Ling 13 Jul 2020
Transnationalism, Technology and Tradition: What We Are (And Should Be) Teaching
Speaker: Prof David Tan 1 Jul 2020
IPS-Nathan Lecture II: The US-China rivalry - An inevitable war or avoidable war?
Speaker: Ambassador Chan Heng Chee 1 Jul 2020
Disruption. Democracy falters. Capitalism flounders. The World Order unravels
Speaker: Ambassador Chan Heng Chee 18 Jun 2020
The curious case of how big firm lawyers and female lawyers perform in court
Speaker: Prof Simon Chesterman 13 Jun 2020
COVID-19 and shipping: New global regulations for a new normal
Speaker: Professor Robert Beckman 10 Jun 2020
Post COVID-19 pandemic job market - Crisis or opportunity for graduating class of 2020?
Speaker: Professor Ho Teck Hua 5 Jun 2020
Leadership: An intervention for COVID-19 and beyond
Speaker: Associate Professor Audrey Chia 4 Jun 2020
Beyond good healthcare: Designing healthy cities
Speaker: Professor Lam Khee Poh and Dr Loke Wai Chiong 22 May 2020
What has the world learned since the WHO Technical Mission to Wuhan, China?
Speaker: Dr Bruce Aylward 21 May 2020
Asia Thinker Series: COVID-19: Lessons, Consequences on Global Climate, Biodiversity Crises and Health
Speaker: Professor Benjamin Cashore 14 May 2020
Modelling the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore: Science Fact or Science Fiction
Speaker: Associate Professor Alex Cook 7 May 2020
The Trinity of COVID-19: Immunity, Inflammation and Intervention
Associate Prof Paul MacAry 30 Apr 2020
Global health governance in the time of COVID-19
Speakers: Professor S Jayakumar, Professor Gian Luca Burci, Professor Tikki Elka Pangestu, Professor Anthony Anghie, Dr Ayelet Berman and Dr Nilüfer Oral 29 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: The great disruption Could it be time to swop fast car for slower, sturdier one?
Speaker: Professor Danny Quah 23 Apr 2020
COVID-19: From bats and pangolins to coronavirus and serology
Speaker: Professor Wang Linfa 19 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: Global leaders need to coordinate exit from lockdowns
Speaker: Professor Teo Yik Ying and Professor David L. Heymann 15 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Lessons learned? What comes next?
Speakers: Professor Teo Yik Ying, Professor Tikki Pangestu, Associate Professor Joanne Yoong, Associate Professor James Crabtree 15 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Analysing governments’ economic policy responses
Professor Bert Hofman, Professor Sumit Agarwal, Professor Bernard Yeung, Professor Sun Bae Kim, and Professor Joseph Cherian 2 Apr 2020
Conversation on 2020 Pandemic – The View from Asia
Speakers: Professor Qiang Fu, Professor Sun Bae Kim, Associate Professor Johan Sulaeman and Professor Sumit Agarwal, Professor Joseph Cherian, and Professor Bernard Yeung 2 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: The next three months
Experts: Visiting Professor Tikki Pangestu from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, Infectious Diseases Programme Leader at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health 9 Mar 2020
Singapore’s Response to COVID-19
Moderator: Dr Gillian Koh, Deputy Director (Research) and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies 25 Feb 2020
COVID-19 in Singapore – Current Experience
Author: Professor John Wong, NUS Senior Vice President (Health Innovation & Translation) 21 Feb 2020
Strategic Outlook: ASEAN
Speaker: Professor Kishore Mahbubani, NUS Asia Research Institute Distinguished Fellow 21 Jan 2020
Singapore’s future political landscape
Speaker: Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance 20 Jan 2020
Managing Religious Diversity: The Law of ‘Religious Harmony’
Speaker: Associate Professor Jaclyn Neo, NUS Law 4 Dec 2019
Materials in the Flatland
Speaker: Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov FRS, Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, NUS Department of Materials Sciences & Engineering 26 Nov 2019
Governance for the future
Speaker: Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Republic of Indonesia 20 Nov 2019
Homeless in Singapore: Results from a Nationwide Street Count
Speaker: Assistant Professor Ng Kok Hoe, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy 8 Nov 2019
Works, Marks and Personae: De(Re)Constructing Narratives in Intellectual Property Law
Speaker: Professor David Tan, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, NUS Law 16 Oct 2019
Cannabis Policy: The Example of Canada
Speaker: Professor Jürgen Rehm, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada; and Inaugural Chair of Addiction Policy at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto 8 Oct 2019
Advancing Health through Innovation: Perspectives from an Entrepreneurial Scientist
Speaker: Professor Lim Chwee Teck, Director of the NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology 3 Oct 2019
Singapore’s past, a guide to the future
Speaker: Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance 30 Sep 2019
Understanding AI technology
Interviewee: Professor Chen Tsuhan, NUS Deputy President (Research and Technology) and Chief Scientist of AI Singapore 26 Sep 2019
New World Disorder
Speaker: Ambassador Richard Armitage, President of Armitage International and former United States Deputy Secretary of State 11 Sep 2019
Generation Unlimited: The calling of our time
Ms Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF 23 Aug 2019
Improving social and economic outcomes in Asia
Speaker: Mr Jin Liqun, President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 16 Aug 2019
Advancing health through innovation
Professor Lim Chwee Teck, Director, NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology 10 Aug 2019
The lower immunity behind the current dengue outbreak
Associate Professor Alex R Cook, Vice Dean (Research), Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health 24 Jul 2019
How can scientists become role models
President’s Assistant Professor Benjamin Tee, NUS Engineering 1 Jul 2019
AI and the Future of Healthcare Transformation
Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, University Professor and Singapore’s Chief Health Scientist 1 Jul 2019
The Past and Future of the International Law on Foreign Investment
Professor M Sornarajah, C J Koh Professor at NUS 3 Jun 2019
A deep dive on AI in Singapore
Professor Ho Teck Hua, NUS Senior Deputy President and Provost 20 Apr 2019
How the West can adapt to a rising Asia
Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, NUS Asia Research Institute 18 Apr 2019
Before Nation and Beyond: Places, Histories and Identities
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore 9 Apr 2019
Who is responsible for the ethical implications of AI?
Speaker: Professor Leong Tze Yun, NUS Computing 4 Apr 2019
U@live: Education – Still a Social Leveller?
Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education 27 Mar 2019
The Future of Global Order
Professor Danny Quah, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy 25 Mar 2019
Capturing atmospheric carbon to power clean, alternative fuels
Speaker: Professor Liu Bin, Head of NUS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 26 Feb 2019
Net-zero energy buildings for sustainability and well-being
Speaker: Professor Lam Khee Poh, Dean, NUS Design and Environment 26 Feb 2019
IPS-Nathan Lecture III - Singapore’s Story: A Port City in Search of Hinterlands
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College 30 Jan 2019
Singapore and the World
Speakers: Professor Wang Gungwu, Chairman Board of Trustees ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute; Mr Yeo George, Visiting Scholar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore 28 Jan 2019
The Domestic Implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor for Pakistan
Speaker: Professor Adeney Katharine, University of Nottingham 24 Jan 2019
Seeking a better urban future
Speaker: Dr Cheong Koon Hean, the Institute of Policy Studies' 5th S R Nathan Fellow, CEO of the Housing and Development Board 6 Dec 2018
AI Super Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order
Speaker: Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, Former President of Google China 22 Nov 2018
Circulations, Connections & Networks: Early Globalisation & Cosmopolitan Singapore
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore 31 Oct 2018
Diversities – New and Old
Speakers: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies; Ambassador Tommy Koh, Special Adviser, Institute of Policy Studies 25 Oct 2018
Governing Global-City Singapore: Legacies and Futures after Lee Kuan Yew
Speaker: Associate Professor Tan Kenneth Paul, NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy 4 Oct 2018
Times Higher Education World Academic Summit 2018 : In conversation with Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education, Singapore
Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education, Singapore 28 Sep 2018
The Future of the Separation of Powers
Speaker: Professor Mark Tushnet, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School 20 Sep 2018
The United States and South Asia: Assessing the New Dynamics
Speaker: Dr S Jaishankar, Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS; Former Foreign Secretary of India; and India’s Former Ambassador to the United States and China 14 Sep 2018
IPS-Nathan Lecture I - The long and short of Singapore history: cycles, pivots and continuities
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College 12 Sep 2018
Transition in Afghanistan: Past Challenges, Future Prospects
Speaker: Professor William Maley, Professor of Diplomacy, ANU college of Asia and the Pacific, Australia 12 Sep 2018
The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
Speaker: Associate Professor James Crabtree, Associate Professor of Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy 21 Aug 2018
Regional Integration: What Lessons from Europe?
Speaker: Dr. Enrico Letta, Former Italian Prime Minister and Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PISA) 17 Aug 2018
Learning from Singapore’s Journey to Greater Water Security
Speaker: Mr TAN Gee Paw, Special Advisor to Chairman, PUB 17 Aug 2018
Forum on Religious Harmony 2018
Speaker: Mr Wong Kan Seng, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister for Home Affairs 3 Jul 2018
Kevin Rudd: U.S. - China Relations, North Korea & the Future of the Global Order
Speaker: Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia and President of the Asia Society Policy Institute 26 Jun 2018
Data Protection Law in Singapore: Privacy and Sovereignty in an Interconnected World
Speaker: Simon Chesterman, Dean and Professor National University of Singapore Faculty of Law 6 Jun 2018
Inaugural Singapore Social Work Practice Research Conference 2018Theme: The range and process of practice research
Speaker: Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Senior Parliamentary Secretary 5 Jun 2018
Future Warfare and Humanitarian Implications
Speaker: Dr Hugo Slim, Head of Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross 24 Apr 2018
Addressing the societal implications of an AI-Powered World
Speakers: Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Ministry of Education; Mr Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft 6 Apr 2018
Costa Rica and its Relations with Asia: Thoughts and Opportunities
Speakers: HE Iris Manzanares, Ambassador of Costa Rica to Singapore 27 Mar 2018
Kazakhstan and China's Belt and Road Initiative: Implications for the Region
Speaker: Amb Dr Usen Suleimen, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Singapore 26 Mar 2018
What Makes A City Successful? Lessons from Inspiring Cities.
Speaker: Dr Cheong Koon Hean, 5th IPS Nathan Fellow 26 Mar 2018
Discrimination and rights as critical dimensions of public policy
Speaker: Dr. Hasheem Mannan, Associate Professor at the University College Dublin 26 Mar 2018
The Future of Public Health: Leadership Perspectives from East & West
Speaker: Professor Sten H. Vermund, Dean, Yale School of Public Health 19 Mar 2018
India at 70
Speakers: Mr. Rahul Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress Party; Member of India's Parliament; Prof Danny Quah, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS; Ms. Pallavi Rachel George, Graduate Student, Master in Public Policy (2016/2018), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy 8 Mar 2018
Singapore in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Speakers: Professor Ho Teck Hua, NUS Senior Deputy President and Provost; Mr Tan Kok Yam, Deputy Secretary of Singapore’s Smart Nation and Digital Government Office; Mr Lim Kok Kiang, Assistant Managing Director of Singapore Economic Development Board; Professor Daniel Hastings, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology CEO 13 Feb 2018
Water & Food Security Challenges and the Role of Think Tanks
Speakers: Mr Eli Weiss, Senior Agriculture Economist, The World Bank; Dr Liong Shie-Yui, Deputy Director, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore; Dr Cecilia Tortajada, Senior Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore 30 Jan 2018
Peace and Prosperity in a time of disruption
Speaker: Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia 24 Jan 2018
Importance of ageing with vigour
Speaker: Mr Teo Chee Hean, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister 22 Jan 2018
Communicating risk in a complex world
Speaker: Mr Peter Ho, NUS Trustee and Senior Advisor, Centre for Strategic Futures 17 Jan 2018
The Indian Civil Service: Has it delivered?
Speaker: Mr Vinod Rai, Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS; and 11th Comptroller and Auditor-General of India 16 Jan 2018
Coercion in the New Nuclear Age
Speaker: Dr Toby Dalton, Co-Director of the Nuclear Policy Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 10 Jan 2018
Asia’s growing impact on global higher education
Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, former NUS President 28 Dec 2017
ASEAN Economic Integration: Myth or Reality
Speaker: Tan Sri Datuk Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta. Maria, Senior Policy Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia 27 Nov 2017
Balancing Internet democracy with Greater Accountability
Speaker: Mr Dan Shefet, President of the Association for Accountability and Internet Democracy 22 Nov 2017
Birds, Humans and our Sustainable Future
Speaker: Ms Patricia Zurita, CEO of Birdlife International 3 Nov 2017
Breaking new frontiers globally in scientific engineering
Speaker: Mr Peter Ho, NUS Engineering alumnus and CEO of HOPE Technik 25 Oct 2017
Finance Science, Technology and Financial Innovation and their Impact on the Economy
Speaker: Professor Robert C. Merton, School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management 25 Oct 2017
The Accidental Nation
Speaker: Mr Lim Siong Guan, Professor (Practice) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS 20 Sep 2017
Future of Higher Education in the Digital World
Speaker: Professor Diana Laurillard, Professor of Learning with Digital Technologies, University College London 12 Sep 2017
Shuffles towards the fourth prime minister
Speaker: Dr Gillian Koh, Deputy Director (Research) at Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS 7 Sep 2017
The Economics of Business Contracts
Speaker: Professor Michael Klausner, Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business and Professor of Law at Stanford Law School 31 Aug 2017
Agency Reasoning – A Formula or a Tool?
Speaker: Professor Francis Reynolds, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Oxford 17 Aug 2017
The Great Powers in Southeast Asia and the Fall and Rise of China
Speaker: Professor Wang Gungwu, Chairman of NUS East Asian Institute 17 Aug 2017
A tale of two cities
Speaker: Professor Lam Khee Poh, Dean of NUS Design and Environment 15 Aug 2017
Age is Unnecessary: Shakespeare and the War between Old and Young
Speaker: Professor Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University 10 Aug 2017
Preparing business students for a volatile, uncertain world
Speaker: Professor Bernard Yeung, Dean, NUS Business School 31 Jul 2017
Start-ups, Outer Space and you
Speaker: Commander Jeffrey Williams, Retired NASA Astronaut 12 Jul 2017
Life lessons in law
Speaker: Mr V.K. Rajah, Former Attorney-General of Singapore and Judge of Appeal 8 Jul 2017
Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Speaker: Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum 5 Jul 2017
The Big Picture on Oceans
Speaker: Dr Neo Mei Lin, Research Fellow at NUS Tropical Marine Science Institute 27 Jun 2017
Bad numbers in the news: How to spot them, and how to stop them
Speaker: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University 16 Jun 2017
Low carbon economy after the Paris Climate Agreement
Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore 9 May 2017
Revolutionary approaches in Science Education
Speaker: Professor Carl Wieman, Nobel Laureate and Physicist, Stanford University 28 Apr 2017
Relevance of Liberal Arts Education for Asian Development
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President-designate of Yale-NUS College 26 Apr 2017
Future-ready Asia
Speakers: Dr Beh Swan Gin, Economic Development Board Chairman; Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; Prof Brian Kennedy, Buck Institute for Research on Aging 21 Apr 2017
Risk & Resilience, Imagination & Innovation
Speaker: Mr Peter Ho, NUS Trustee and Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures 19 Apr 2017
US-China Relations and the Evolving Order in Asia
Speaker: Professor David Shambaugh, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University 12 Apr 2017
New era, new opportunities
Speaker: His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 7 Apr 2017
The Black Elephant Challenge for Governments
Speaker: Mr Peter Ho, NUS Trustee and Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures 5 Apr 2017
China-India-US Relations under the Trump Administration
Speakers: Major General Zhu Chenghu, Dean of China’s National Defense University; Ambassador Shyam Saran, India’s former Foreign Secretary 10 Mar 2017
South Asia and the world
Speaker: Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs 3 Mar 2017
Deconstructing populism
Speakers: Mr Jonathan Darby, Acting Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in Singapore; Frank Lavin, former US Ambassador; Assoc Prof Tan Ern Ser, NUS Arts and Social Sciences 28 Feb 2017
World Order in the Age of Trump
Speaker: Prof Amitav Acharya, Boeing Company Chair in International Relations, Schwarzman Scholars Program, Tsinghua University 1 Feb 2017
Looking ahead
Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) & Second Minister for Defence, Singapore 23 Jan 2017
Putting families first
Speakers: Professor Mary C Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology at Harvard University; Mrs Josephine Teo, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State 19 Jan 2017
The Challenges Ahead – Europe and the World
Speaker: Mr Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine 16 Jan 2017
Has the game changed?
Speaker: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore 7 Jan 2017
Cultural Transfers in History
Speaker: Professor Wang Gungwu, Chairman, NUS East Asian Institute 6 Jan 2017
Perspectives on the Pacific Century
Speaker: The Honourable Kirk Wagar, United States Ambassador to Singapore 3 Jan 2017
Driving Singapore’s War on Diabetes
Speaker: Professor Paul Zimmet, Monash University’s Professor of Diabetes and Honorary President of the International Diabetes Foundation 24 Nov 2016
Geopolitics & Pakistan’s Position in the World
Speaker: Mr Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan 18 Nov 2016
New Frontiers in International Regulatory Science
Speaker: Professor Guido Rasi, Executive Director of European Medicines Agency 25 Oct 2016
India in the World of the 21st Century
Speaker: Dr Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations 7 Oct 2016
Humanitarianism and Challenges to Humanitarian Action
Speaker: Dr Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University 5 Oct 2016
A Cloud for Global Good
Speaker: Ms Toni Townes-Whitley, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft 4 Oct 2016
No limits to being better
Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore 28 Sep 2016
Value of Humanities and Social Sciences
Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) & Second Minister for Defence, Singapore 30 Aug 2016
Creating a Distinctive Singapore: Our next 50 years
Speaker: Mr Lawrence Wong, Singapore's Minister for National Development 11 Aug 2016
On globalisation and the Indian diaspora
Speaker: Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore 18 Jul 2016
Opportunities of Convergence
Speaker: Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 18 Jul 2016
From adversities to opportunities
Speaker: Madam Halimah Yacob, Singapore Speaker of Parliament and NUS Honorary Doctor of Laws Graduate 7 Jul 2016
Humanist’s Heart, Scientist’s Mind and Artist’s Eyes – Stories behind my Planning Journey
Speaker: Dr Liu Thai Ker, Former CEO of the Housing & Development Board and Chief Planner of the Urban Redevelopment Authority 20 Apr 2016
Fireside Chat at InnovFest unBound 2016: Bringing Angry Birds Alive
Speaker: Mr Peter Vesterbacka, Chief Marketing Officer of Rovio Entertainment 16 Mar 2016
Judges as moral arbiters
Speaker: The Honourable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 16 Mar 2016
Translation of the genetic code to proteins: the cell workers
Speaker: Prof Ada Yonath, Nobel Peace Winner for Chemistry (2009) 16 Mar 2016
What's Happening to the World?
Speaker: Mr Robert B. Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and White House Deputy Chief of Staff 16 Mar 2016
Conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Speaker: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore 16 Mar 2016
Forging A Strong Partnership to Enhance Prosperity of Asia
Speaker: His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China 16 Mar 2016
Perspectives on Indonesia's Policy Challenges
Speaker: Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Former President of Indonesia 16 Mar 2016
My Hyflux Journey: Daring to Dream Big
Speaker: Ms Olivia Lum, Executive Chairman and Group CEO of Hyflux Ltd 16 Mar 2016
Global Leadership needed in the Era of Fourth Industrial Revolution
Speaker: Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum 16 Mar 2016
Rooting out the 'rot of corruption' in U.K.
Speaker: His Excellency David Cameron, Prime Minister of UK 16 Mar 2016
Governance and Economic Outlook of the Monetary Union in the Eurozone
Speaker: Prof Pier Carlo Padoan, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy 16 Mar 2016
Capturing the Value of Prevention
Speaker: Prof John Ioannidis, C. F. Rehnborg Professor in Disease Prevention at Stanford University 16 Mar 2016
Leading Change through the United Nations: A Personal Journey
Speaker: Dr Noeleen Heyzer, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations 16 Mar 2016
Clean energy, climate and the Artic
Speaker: His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland 16 Mar 2016
Global Equity and Security - Towards a Peaceful and Humane World
Speaker: Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, 2005 Nobel Laureate for Peace, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and former Vice President of Egypt 16 Mar 2016
The Importance of Localisation: Establishing Disney’s Place in the Global Marketplace
Speaker: Mr Andy Bird, Chairman of Walt Disney International 16 Mar 2016
Has the European Experiment Failed?
Speaker: Prof Romano Prodi, Former Prime Minister of Italy 16 Mar 2016
Facing Public Health Challenges in the Post-2015 Era: Need for a New Paradigm
Speaker: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization 16 Mar 2016
The Future of Opportunity: Innovation, Talent and Work in the Next 50 Years
Speaker: Dr Byron Auguste, Managing Director of Opportunity@Work and former Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council 16 Mar 2016
Public Health School moves to new home
Speaker: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization 16 Mar 2016
Asian Economic Outlook and the Role of Asian Development Bank
Speaker: Mr Takehiko Nakao, President of the Asian Development Bank and former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance of Japan 16 Mar 2016
Conversation with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Speaker: Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore 16 Mar 2016