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
8 Apr 2025
New journal papers by Samuel Chng, Harvey Neo, Suhaila Zainal Shah, Du Yuting & Ethel Wee
• Suhaila, Zainal Shah., Wee, Ethel. & Chng, Samuel. (In press). Driving with Pride: The Professionalisation of Singapore’s Public Bus Driving Industry. Singapore Labour Journal. • Du, Yuting., Chng, Samuel., & Neo, Harvey. (In press). Cross-Sector Collaboration in Urban Mobility: A “Public-Private-People Plus Academia” (3P+) Partnership Model for Sustainable Mobility Governance. International Journal on Smart and Sustainable Cities. • Borzino, Natalia., Chng, Samuel. & Schubert, Renate. (In press). Outdoor thermal comfort and cognition impact pro-environmental behaviours: Evidence from a field experiment in the tropics. Frontiers Psychology. • Du, Yuting., Chng, Samuel., Suhaila, Zainal Shah. & Neo, Harvey. (In press). Looking Back at 25 Years of Participatory Budgeting in Asia: A Systematic Review of Trends, Challenges, and Best Practices. International Journal of Public Administration. [...]
2 Apr 2025
Well-being in the City: Innovating Healthy Living Exhibition
Two LKYCIC research projects—designing walkable neighbourhoods and co-creating with the community, were part of the Urban Redevelopment Authority Urban Lab exhibition on Well-being in the City: Innovating Healthy Living launched on 1 April 2025 by Mr Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State for National Development & Digital Development and Information.
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28 Mar 2025
Discover more about Elderly Life Activity-Space: Environmental, Health and Social Factors Determining Senior Life Spaces in the Community (EASE) at the latest URA Healthy Cities Urban Lab Exhibition "Well-Being in the City: Innovating Healthy Living", 1 Apr– 31 May 2025, URA Centre Atrium. [...]
17 Mar 2025
MOU with the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC)
SUTD signed an MOU with the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) of the Ministry of National Development. In this MOU CLC and SUTD seek to foster deeper collaboration in key areas, including Innovative Cities, Healthy Cities, Regenerative Cities, Mobility and Urban Liveability. SUTD’s cutting-edge research in design, artificial intelligence and technological solutions aligns closely with CLC’s focus on future-oriented urban research. The LKYCIC is a key collaborator in many areas of this research and looks forward to its partnership with CLC. [...]
Featured Events and Visits
22 Apr 2025
Do ageing strata malls deserve a second life? Can its rejuvenation have an impact on the surrounding precinct or its spirit live on even when it gets demolished? [...]
26 Mar 2025
In real behavioural ecologies, adaptive learning requires simultaneous exploration of both motor control (“policy”) and environmental task structure (“world model”), each posing its own form of search complexity. [...]
5 Mar 2025
[2 CPD Points] LKYCIC Trending Thoughts “The Evolving Landscape of Community Spaces in Singapore”
Synopsis As Singapore’s urban fabric continues to evolve, community spaces play an increasingly pivotal role in fostering social integration, inclusivity and […]
25 Feb 2025
LKYCIC Seminar Series: “Light Field Modelling and Applications in Complex Urban Scenarios”
Synopsis Growing concerns on climate change are driving emerging exploration of renewable energy transition, and it has been acknowledged that effectively […]
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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.