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
31 Oct 2024
Daily Cuts – The impact on demand with extra 20,000 COEs (CNA938, 31.10.2024)
Singapore will allow up to 20,000 more vehicles to hit the roads over the next few years, which is around two per cent of the current total. Additional certificates of entitlement (COEs) will be introduced over time across all categories from next February. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Samuel Chng, Research Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, SUTD, to examine the impact on demand with these extra COEs. [...]
30 Oct 2024
Media interview on more COEs being introduced from next year (CNA, 29.10.2024)
Channel NewsAsia reported that more COEs will be introduced from next year and included an interview with LKYCIC’s Dr Samuel Chng. [...]
25 Oct 2024
New book chapter by Felicity Chan, Cristina Nearing and Wang Jiaxuan
Planning Education: Its Evolution and Relevance, Knowledge Project 1.0 Vol.2. Singapore Institute of Planners, Singapore.
3 Oct 2024
New journal paper by Li Yunjing
The Giant in the Niche: Planning Green Megaprojects as Urban Experimentation. Planning Theory & Practice, 25(3), 352–370. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2024.2398130 [...]
Featured Events and Visits
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 […]
9 Oct 2024
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Living in a Warmer World” (Rescheduled from 18 Sep)
Synopsis Cities around the world are increasingly facing the challenges posed by the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, exacerbated by rising […]
4 Oct 2024
LKY CIC Brownbag Lunchtime Talk: “Welcome to University City”
Synopsis The talk will examine the interdependence of Universities and Cities in driving successful urban transformation and futures for Australia and […]
1 Oct 2024
In seeking to broaden and deepen the social compact between the government and its citizenry, the Forward Singapore exercise marked […]
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.