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 Jan 2025

Staff Achievement: Mr Poon King Wang

Chief Strategy Officer Mr Poon King Wang is redesignated as Chief Strategy and Design AI Officer with immediate effect. [...]

6 Jan 2025

Staff Achievement: Prof Cheong Koon Hean

Prof Cheong Koon Hean has been appointed onto the Board of Directors of Surbana Jurong Group with effect from January 2025. [...]

6 Jan 2025

Former HDB chief Cheong Koon Hean joins Surbana Jurong’s board (BT, 06.01.2025) 

The Business Times announced that Prof Cheong Koon Hean has been appointed as a board member of Surbana Jurong Group (SJ). [...]

26 Dec 2024

New journal paper by Sarah Chan

Regret about environmental destruction: Examining the relative strengths of affective regret and cognitive regret in promoting pro-environmental behaviors. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 100, 102487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102487 [...]

Featured Events and Visits

16 Jan 2025

Trending Thoughts: Seminar Series “The Challenge of Housing a Nation.”

Er Dr Johnny Wong is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Building) for the Housing & Development Board (HDB) of Singapore. [...]

29 Nov 2024

Visit by Universiti Brunei Darussalam

LKYCIC was delighted to host a visit by Dr Masairol Masri, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Professor Kenneth Yuh Yen Kok, Dean, PAPRSB Institute of Health Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam on 29 November 2024. [...]

27 Nov 2024

Visit by Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI)

LKYCIC was delighted to host a visit by Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) on 27 November 2024 led by Ms Jamuna Rani Govindaraju, Executive Director. [...]

21 Nov 2024

LKY CIC Brownbag Lunchtime Talk: “Geospatial Knowledge Graph for Urban Studies”

Synopsis Cities are evolving into increasingly differentiated, complex, and diverse systems. Fundamental drivers of urban forms, such as energy, mobility, and […]

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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.

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