Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities
The Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) is a research institute in the Singapore University of Technology and Design. The Centre seeks to stimulate thinking and research on the critical issues of cities and urbanisation and explore the integrated use of technology, design and policy to provide urban solutions.
News and Updates
15 Apr 2026
LKYCIC's and NTUC's joint study on jobs and qualifications was mentioned in this article. [...]
15 Apr 2026
LKYCIC's and NTUC's joint study on jobs and qualifications was mentioned in this article. [...]
6 Apr 2026
MUSPP featured at the Straits Times Education Forum 2026
SUTD’s Master of Urban Science, Policy and Planning (MUSPP) programme by LKYCIC was recently featured at The Straits Times Education Forum 2026, mentioned by the Ministry of Education on the use of artificial intelligence in higher education. The Forum guides the next stage of AI use and adoption across Singapore’s higher-education sector. [...]
2 Apr 2026
Designing Singapore's Human-AI Innovation Edge: Strategy Use Cases on Building 'Trilingual Skills' (Design × AI × Domain) for the Future of Innovation is a collaborative report produced by SUTD and supported by SGTech and SkillsFuture Singapore. It was launched and presented at The SGTech Industry Gala 2026 to Minister Josephine Teo, Minister, Ministry of Digital Development and Information and Minister-in-charge of Cybersecurity & Smart Nation Group. [...]
Featured Events and Visits
6 May 2026
Trending Thoughts Seminar Series “Metropolitan Dharma: Buddhism in Global-City Singapore”
This talk traces the historical development and contemporary transformations of the Buddhist community in Singapore. Beginning in the nineteenth century, it examines how waves of migration from China, South Asia, and Southeast Asia produced a diverse Buddhist landscape encompassing Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna traditions in a colonial port city [...]
22 Apr 2026
Accessibility systems worldwide are evaluated on compliance: does the ramp exist, does the lift work, is the route barrier-free? But compliance and care are not the same thing. [...]
17 Mar 2026
Trending Thoughts Seminar Series “Why We Don’t Do the Right Thing Even When We Know It”
Why do people so often fail to act consistently on what they already recognise as the better thing to do? In many areas of everyday life—from small acts of civic consideration to larger questions of environmentally responsible behaviour—individuals frequently acknowledge the right course of action yet struggle to perform it in a sustained manner. [...]
13 Mar 2026
Ideas Festival 2026 – Urban Resilience in 3 Acts
This SUTD-LKYCIC seminar explores Singapore’s urban resilience from three perspectives: economic resilience, social cohesion and climate change adaptation. [...]
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Master of Urban Science, Policy and Planning
Offered by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities and the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Cluster, SUTD’s Master of Science in Urban Science, Policy and Planning is designed in the context of big data and smart city initiatives to train the next generation of urban researchers, analysts and practitioners. Students combine advanced social and data science research methods and computational techniques with urban theory, planning and practice to explore current and emerging topics and shape the cities of the future.