ABOUT LKYCIC
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.
CENTRE UPDATES
IPS-Nathan Lecture III: Singapore in a Time of Flux: Optimism from the Jaws of Gloom (15 July 2020)
LKYCIC Chair Professor Chan Heng Chee delivered her 3rd IPS-Nathan lecture, titled “Singapore in a Time of Flux: Optimism from the Jaws of Gloom", on 15 July 2020. The lecture was live-streamed on IPS' Facebook page, and was moderated by Mr Bilahari Kausikan, Chairman of Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore.
IPS-Nathan Lecture II: The US-China Rivalry: Inevitable War or Avoidable War (1 July 2020)
Professor Chan Heng Chee's 2nd IPS-Nathan lecture, titled “The US-China Rivalry: Inevitable War or Avoidable War?”, was held on 1 July 2020 and live-streamed on IPS' Facebook page. The lecture was moderated by Professor Joseph Liow, Dean of College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University.
IPS-Nathan Lecture I: Disruption. Democracy Falters. Capitalism Flounders. World Order Unravels (18 June 2020)
In her first lecture as IPS’ 7th S R Nathan Fellow, Professor Chan Heng Chee outlined four big challenges the world faces today — disruption, faltering democracy, floundering capitalism and the unraveling of the world order. The lecture was moderated by Prof Danny Quah, Dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and was live-streamed on IPS' Facebook page on 18 June 2020.
FEATURED EVENTS
20 July 2020: Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk by Joshua David Babcock
Join our Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk with Joshua David Babcock on "Image and the Total Utopia: Scaling Raciolinguistic Belonging in Singapore".
24 July 2020: Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk by Dr Samuel Chng
Join our Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk with Dr Samuel Chng on "The Psychology Behind Climate Change Action".
4 March 2020: Online Information Session on Master of Science in Urban Science, Policy and Planning
Join us for an online presentation and Q&A on the Master of Science in Urban Science, Policy and Planning programme. Applications are now being accepted for the September 2020 intake.