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

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 [...]

2 Oct 2024

Citizens could get more say in town council budgets under new trial (ST, 01.10.2024) 

The conference was held on 1 Oct 2024 as part of the Future-Ready Society programme, organised by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities and Institute of Policy Studies, with support of Tote Board. [...]

2 Oct 2024

Future-Ready Society Conference 2024 – The Future of Citizen Participation and Collective Intelligence

The Future-Ready Society Conference 2024 was held on 1 October 2024 as part of the Future-Ready Society programme, organised by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities and Institute of Policy Studies, with support of Tote Board. [...]

1 Oct 2024

New journal paper by Qian Huang, Thijs Willems & Poon King Wang

The application of GPT-4 in grading design university students’ assignment: An exploratory study,doi:10.48550/arXiv.2409.17698 [...]

Featured Events and Visits

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

Future-Ready Society Conference Series: The Future of Citizen Participation and Collective Intelligence

In seeking to broaden and deepen the social compact between the government and its citizenry, the Forward Singapore exercise marked […]

25 Sep 2024

Visit by XDG Labs and Peter Hyland Advisory

LKYCIC was delighted to host a visit by Mr Anupam Yog (XDG Labs) and Mr Peter Hyland (Peter Hyland Advisory) on 25 September 2024. [...]

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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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