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
18 Sep 2024
Media Interview on Pope Francis’ visit to multicultural, multi-religious Singapore (CNA, 12.09.2024)
CNA covered Pope Francis' visit to multicultural, multi-religious Singapore, with an interview featuring Professor Chan Heng Chee from the 3:23 mark. [...]
11 Sep 2024
Design and Architecture featured a commentary by SUTD Chief Strategy Officer Mr Poon King Wang on three strategies to assess whether AI creativity is limited or limitless.
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27 Aug 2024
Jakarta is sinking in the floods (translation) (ntv.de, 17.08.2024)
German news network NTV interviewed Dr Rafael Martinez regarding the urban challenges faced by Jakarta. [...]
9 Aug 2024
Commentary: Is Singapore on track to becoming a future-ready society? (CNA,09.08.2024)
Channel NewsAsia published a commentary piece by LKYCIC's Dr Suhaila Zainal Shah, Dr Samuel Chng and Dr Harvey Neo, on whether Singapore is on track to becoming a future-ready society. [...]
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 […]
1 Oct 2024
In seeking to broaden and deepen the social compact between the government and its citizenry, the Forward Singapore exercise marked […]
10 Sep 2024
Collective intelligence is created when people collaborate, often with the aid of technology, to gather and utilise diverse information, ideas […]
2 Sep 2024
LKYCIC was delighted to host a visit by VinUniversity on 2 September 2024 led by Assoc Prof Phan Thi Thuc Anh, Associate Vice Provost. [...]
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.