5 Dec 2025
Commuters felt that current in-station MRT delay updates are insufficient and prefer wider communication methods like social media. LKYCIC's Dr Samuel Chng shares some insights. [...]
3 Dec 2025
On 27th November 2025, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) convened a regional workshop bringing together urban researchers, policymakers, and emerging city leaders from across Southeast Asia to co-develop new approaches to tackle the amplifying effects of climate change on existing urban issues currently faced by the region’s rapidly growing cities. [...]
3 Dec 2025
Singapore redesigns roads in Silver Zones, using S-shaped layouts, narrower lanes and pedestrian-priority features, to slow traffic naturally and reduce accidents involving elderly pedestrians. LKYCIC's Assistant Prof Samuel Chng was quoted in this article. [...]
2 Dec 2025
Drawing on ten international case studies and empirical research of Singapore’s Rail Corridor, the Adaptive Reuse of Abandoned Rail Infrastructure Playbook discusses six key dimensions of placekeeping in revitalising disused rail infrastructure into inclusive and sustainable places — partnership and governance, policy, design and management, resourcing, programming, and evaluation. [...]
19 Nov 2025
Research Assistant Professor Samuel Chng provided commentary on how commuters’ everyday experience on public transport mattered just as much as resolving delays and disruptions. [...]
18 Nov 2025
Staff Achievement: Ms Sarah Wong, Ms Liu Xiaohan and Mr Li Bayi
Ms Sarah Wong, Ms Liu Xiaohan and Mr Li Bayi’s paper titled “"Understanding the relationships between Nature-based Solutions and Human Active Mobility: Comparative case studies of Urban Parks in Singapore" won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the GeoHB2025: 2nd International Workshop on Geo-spatial Computing for Understanding Human Behavior in Shanghai, China, organised by Tongji University. [...]
17 Nov 2025
German broadcaster Deutschlandfunk interviewed Prof Cheong Koon Hean regarding Singapore’s rainwater management. Listen to the interview here. […]
13 Nov 2025
New journal paper by Suhaila Zainal Shah, Ethel Wee & Samuel Chng
Suhaila, Zainal Shah., Wee, Ethel. & Chng, Samuel. (2025). Driving with Pride: The Professionalisation of Singapore’s Public Bus Driving Industry. Singapore Labour Journal 04(01), 139-155. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2811031525000117 [...]
27 Oct 2025
Research Featured at Agents4Science 2025
Dr Dinithi Nilanga Jayasekara and Dr Qian Huang's paper titled “Simulating Strategic Reasoning: A Digital Twin Approach to AI Advisors in Decision-Making” was spotlighted for presentation at Stanford’s Agents4Science 2025 Conference on 22 Oct 2025 — the world’s first open academic conference where AI serves as both author and reviewer of research papers -- see https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03363-3; and https://agents4science.stanford.edu/. [...]
13 Oct 2025
Building Resilience Together: Citizen Dialogue on Urban Heat and Climate Change
On 5th October 2025, we held a Citizen Dialogue which brought over 100 residents and experts together to discuss how we experience heat in our homes and how we can stay cool, comfortable and resilient in a warming Singapore. The Dialogue is part of the Climate Resilient Citizenry and Staying Cool projects, led by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), in collaboration with the Heat Resilience and Performance Centre at the Yong Yoo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore-ETH Centre. [...]