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.
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27 Oct 2025
Research Featured at Agents4Science 2025
Dr Dinithi Nilanga Jayasekara and Dr Qian Huang's paper titled “Simulating Strategic Reasoning: A Digital Twin Approach to AI Advisors in Decision-Making” was spotlighted for presentation at Stanford’s Agents4Science 2025 Conference on 22 Oct 2025 — the world’s first open academic conference where AI serves as both author and reviewer of research papers -- see https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03363-3; and https://agents4science.stanford.edu/. [...]
13 Oct 2025
Building Resilience Together: Citizen Dialogue on Urban Heat and Climate Change
On 5th October 2025, we held a Citizen Dialogue which brought over 100 residents and experts together to discuss how we experience heat in our homes and how we can stay cool, comfortable and resilient in a warming Singapore. The Dialogue is part of the Climate Resilient Citizenry and Staying Cool projects, led by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), in collaboration with the Heat Resilience and Performance Centre at the Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore-ETH Centre. [...]
6 Oct 2025
Discover children playgrounds in Punggol and Sengkang
Explore the Children playground data dashboard on Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities project website, Building Child-friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore.
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24 Sep 2025
Research Assistant Professor Samuel Chng from SUTD discusses whether Singapore is ready as self-driving shuttles roll out in Punggol from next year, with the first route launching by the second quarter. [...]
Featured Events and Visits
24 Nov 2025
LKYCIC Seminar Series: “Mapping Urban Belonging in Places of Flux in Singapore”
Urban change in the next two decades in Singapore will be socio-spatial and multi-sourced as urban redevelopment will grow in scope and extent as the city’s built environment ages. Urban redevelopment is formidable and can exact emotional and social costs on individuals and groups as places, routines, and belongings become dislocated and disrupted. This presents a quandary of how urban change can be planned, designed, and managed in ways that enable belonging in the city, which is more often associated with stability than flux. [...]
18 Nov 2025
LKYCIC Seminar Series: “Moral Compass, Machine Trust”
As AI systems increasingly act as teammates rather than tools, understanding the human factors behind trust becomes essential. [...]
13 Nov 2025
Trending Thoughts Seminar Series “Decarbonizing by Design”.
Synopsis As the global push toward net zero intensifies, the built environment emerges as a pivotal arena for transformative climate action. […]
2 Oct 2025
Visit by New Zealand Ministry for the Environment
LKYCIC was delighted to host a visit by Mr James Palmer, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment and his delegation on 2 October 2025. [...]
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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.