10 Jul 2025
Media Interview on Singapore’s readiness for driverless buses (CNA938, 09.07.2025)
Research Assistant Professor Samuel Chng weighs in on Singapore’s readiness for driverless buses, as Grab rolls out an autonomous shuttle bus service at its one-north office, and ahead of AV trials in Punggol. [...]
9 Jul 2025
Staff Achievement: Dr Suhaila Zainal Shah
LKYCIC is pleased to announce that Dr Suhaila Zainal Shah's co-authored book chapter titled “Bridging Singapore’s Digital Divides: Making Our Smart Nation Smarter”, has been published in World Scientific’s latest commemorative title, Singapore Unveiled—a two-volume set launched in celebration of Singapore’s 60th year of independence. [...]
30 Jun 2025
Staff Achievement: Dr Thijs Willems
LKYCIC is pleased to announce that Dr Thijs Willems et al’s paper titled ” Learning from Deliberate Failure: A Holistic Approach Using the CDIO Framework” won the Best Paper Award at the 21st CDIO International Conference (CDIO 2025), Melbourne, Australia. [...]
30 Jun 2025
New journal papers by Thijs Willems, Qian Huang, Poon King Wang & Vinod Radha
Willems, Thijs., Hotan, Darion Jin., Tang, Jiawen Cheryl., Norhashim, Norakmal Hakim bin., Poon, King Wang., Goh, Zi An Galvyn., & Vinod, Radha. (In press). Assessing employment and labour issues implicated by using AI. In Yaghmaei, E., et al. (forthcoming 2025) Global Perspectives on AI Impact Assessment. Oxford University Press Sockalingam, Nachamma., Liu, Shu Yuan., Huang, Qian., Kaur, Ameek., & Willems, Thijs. (2025). Adaptors’ and Innovators’ Failure Tolerance and Innovative Tendencies in Design-Based Learning. Thinking Skills & Creativity, 57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2025.101832 [...]
30 Jun 2025
While SUTD and other universities say confirmed cases of academic dishonesty involving generative AI remain low, faculty are watching closely for signs of misuse and calling for more creative forms of assessment to uphold academic integrity. SUTD Research Fellow Dr Thijs Willems said more attention needs to be paid to the originality of ideas, the sophistication with which AI is prompted and questioned, and the human judgment used to reshape machine output into something unexpected. [...]
18 Jun 2025
Only 67% of commuters in Singapore could reach the city centre within 45 minutes during peak hours last year, falling short of the 90% target set by the Land Transport Master Plan 2040. To bridge the gap, the government is improving bus services and accelerating the adoption of autonomous vehicles, especially in newer towns like Tengah and Punggol. LKYCIC's Dr Samuel Chng shares his views on this. [...]
22 May 2025
Dr Felicity Chan shares her insights on how urban change is perceived and managed. [...]
22 Apr 2025
Commentary: Take your kids to a park on Earth Day (CNA, 22.04.2025)
This commentary, co-written by LKYCIC's Dr Sarah Chan and Dr Samuel Chng, and NUS’ Dr Yingshan Lau, reflects on the benefits of nature and why it should be made a part of children's everyday lives. [...]
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. (2025). Outdoor thermal comfort and cognition impact pro-environmental behaviours: Evidence from a field experiment in the tropics. Frontiers Psychology,16, 1472852. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1472852 • Du, Yuting., Chng, Samuel., Suhaila, Zainal Shah. & Neo, Harvey. (2025). Looking Back at 25 Years of Participatory Budgeting in Asia: A Systematic Review of Trends, Challenges, and Best Practices. International Journal of Public Administration. doi: 10.1080/01900692.2025.2485247 [...]
3 Apr 2025
LKYCIC Research Assistant Professor Samuel Chng was one of the experts quoted in this article on Grab's entry into Singapore's taxi market. [...]