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. This is the
Researchers from LKYCIC’s Urban Psychology Lab and DesignZ’s Positive City Lab co-curated VIASTA! 2 held on 30 November 2024 in Changi Simei.
Professor Cheong Koon Hean was invited to attend COP 29 at Baku Azerbaijan to deliver a statement at the High-Level Opening on the Multilevel Climate Action of the Ministerial Meeting on Urbanisation and Climate Change.
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.
LKYCIC researchers Poon King Wang, Dr Harvey Neo and Dr Samuel Chng are part of a first-of-its-kind labour research community, the NTUC Labour Alliance Co-laB (LAB) launched by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) on 26 September 2024 at the Labour Research Conference 2024.
The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh (UEH) on 17 July 2024 during the 2nd International Conference on Resilience by Technology and Design to collaborate in interdisciplinary and sustainable urban development research and education.
At the Opening Plenary of the recently-concluded World Cities Summit 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, spoke about how the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) at SUTD was undertaking research on ageing urbanism – to better understand older residents’ needs, and work with partners to develop innovative designs and solutions to meet these needs.
The ‘Getting to Net Zero’ Report was jointly launched on 15 May 2024 by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) at the National University of Singapore, and the Environmental Behavioural Sciences and Economics Research Unit (EBERU) of the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.
The Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) launched its latest book “The City Rebooted: Networks, Connectivity and Place Identities in Singapore”, edited by Prof Chan Heng Chee, SUTD Honorary Professor, and Dr Harvey Neo, Professorial Research Fellow at LKYCIC. The book launch was held on 26 April 2024 in the Living Room at the Arts House.
On 25 April 2025, the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) hosted Professor Stephen Hamnett for a public lecture titled “Planning for Australian Cities: Nation Urban Policies and Future Challenges”.
