ABOUT LKYCIC
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.
CENTRE UPDATES
Staff Achievement: Dr Harvey Neo
LKYCIC is pleased to announce that Dr Harvey Neo has been appointed to the Research Advisory Panel of the Housing Development Board with effect from 1 December 2021. The seven member panel provides inputs to the research agenda of HDB and lends its expertise in various key research projects that are relevant to HDB’s mission and operations.
Staff Achievement: Dr Harvey Neo
LKYCIC is pleased to announce that Dr Harvey NEO has been appointed the Associate Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Cities: Cities in the Global South, with effect from 1 April 2021. In addition, he has also been appointed to the editorial boards of Geoforum (with effect from 30 June 2021) and Progress in Environmental Geography (with effect from 1 June 2021).
A Guide to Job Redesign in the Age of AI
Under the guidance of the Advisory Council of the Ethical Use of AI and Data, IMDA/PDPC collaborated with LKYCIC to launch Singapore’s first guide that helps organisations and employees understand how existing job roles can be redesigned to harness the potential of AI, so that the value of their work is increased.
FEATURED EVENTS
17 January 2022: Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk by Assel Mussagulova
Join our Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk with Assel Mussagulova on "Employee Motivation and Work Engagement: An Overview of the Research Field and Major Trends in the Non-Western Scholarship".
24 Nov 2021: 8th International Forum on Housing and Urban Finance
Prof Cheong Koon Hean, Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (SUTD) and the Centre for Liveable Cities (MND) was invited as the keynote speaker to share the Singapore case study of public housing at the 8th International Forum on Housing and Urban Finance held in Korea on 24 Nov 2021. The Forum was hosted by the Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) of the Republic of Korea. The Forum, and presentation (1:45:00) can be viewed on this Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxbrdhgd7A&t=7999s.
17 Nov 2021: 2045 Memories Of The Future
Join Prof Cheong Koon Hean on BBC World News' "2045: Memories of the Future - Episode 4: Cities", airing on 17 Nov, 2021. Also available on BBC.com/reel and BBC.com/future.