Visit by Housing Development Board (HDB) - Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities

Venue

Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Building 3 Level 2, Meeting Room 21
8 Somapah Road

Date

13 January 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Summary

LKYCIC was delighted to host a visit by Housing Development Board (HDB) on 13 January 2026

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Thomas SCHROEPFER | Professor, Architecture and Sustainable Design Pillar (ASD), SUTD
Lynette CHEAH | Adjunct Associate Professor, Engineering Systems and Design Pillar (ESD), SUTD
Belinda YUEN | Research Director
POON King Wang | Director (LKYCIC)
Chief Strategy & Design AI Officer (SUTD)
SUTD-JTC Industrial Infrastructure Innovation (I³) Centre
CHAN Heng Chee | SUTD Honorary Professor (Former Chair)
[Book] A Chance of a Lifetime: Lee Kuan Yew and the Physical Transformation of Singapore
Andy ZHENG | Adjunct Fellow
The impact of China’s new regulations on Uber and DiDi
Innovation opportunities in China’s urban mobility for the next five years
The Making of a Smart Nation
[Book] Dense + Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture
[Book] Asian Port Cities: Uniting Land and Water Worlds
Ageing Urbanism: Seniors and visual arts participation
Asian Port Cities: Uniting Land and Water Worlds
Ageing Urbanism: Maintaining mobility through cycling and transit
Samuel CHNG | Research Assistant Professor
Dense + Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture
A Chance of a Lifetime: Lee Kuan Yew and the Physical Transformation of Singapore
Housing for Older People in Singapore: An Annotated Bibliography
Asian Port Cities: Uniting Land and Water Worlds
Transforming the Urban Landscape
Welcoming LKYCIC Visiting Professor Jane M Jacobs
Living with Technology – Future of Work, Education, and Healthcare
Sustainable Futures
Visual Art Participation and Ageing in Singapore
Urban Form and Non-work Trip Patterns
Design for Active Ageing – Walkability and The Built Environment
An Evaluation of Dementia Friendly Communities Concept in Singapore
Future Urban Typologies
Understanding the Changing Needs of Singapore’s Older Population
Future Transportation
Data Economy
Future Society – Imagining the New Diversity
Future Economy
Applying smart city principles to community engagement
Innovative Planning and Design of Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore
33 Years of National Day Songs and Digital Humanities
Thijs WILLEMS | Research Fellow
How should we refer to people who are aged 65 years or over?
What is Government Innovation? Towards a Structured Typology
How do cities respond and experiment? The case of bike share in Singapore.
Living Digital 2040: Future Of Work, Education And Healthcare
Innovation in Cities: the paradoxical search for urban innovation data in an innovation rich urban setting
Innovation, Government and the Concept of Novelty
NGAI Man Cheung | Associate Professor & Associate Head of Pillar (Education), Information Systems Technology and Design Pillar (ISTD), SUTD
Arts and Culture for Older People in Singapore: An Annotated Bibliography
The Unmet Potential of Singapore’s Common Spaces
Sam Conrad JOYCE | Associate Professor, Architecture & Sustainable Design Pillar (ASD), SUTD
Ageing and the Built Environment in Singapore
Humanising the Smart City: Democratise Understanding Through Smart City Icons Design
Food waste management in Singapore: envisioning the possibilities of a Zero Waste Nation
Harvey NEO | Professorial Research Fellow
Radha VINOD | Research Associate
The Future of the Economy: East-West Perspectives on Pathways Through Disruption
The Data Economy: Implications from Singapore
Towards more participatory governance in Singapore
Mobility and the Liveable Southeast Asian Cities
Urban Health Infrastructures and Urban Resilience in a Post-COVID World
Future of Asian Cities – Citizen Urban Science: Policy & Practice
Staff Achievements: Samuel Chng and Thijs Willems
Singapore’s Multiculturalism: Evolving Diversity
GitHub as a mechanism for public participation?
Planning Singapore The Experimental City
Sixteen Shades of Smart: How Cities Can Shape Their Own Future
Urban Environments for Healthy Ageing A Global Perspective
Jeffrey Kok Hui CHAN | Assistant Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS), SUTD
Innovation in Chinese Cities
Urban Innovation Policy in Asia
History of Innovation: Building Technology “Innovation” in Singapore Housing & Development Board, 1960 – 1995
AI in Health: Urban Intervention
Socio-technical Transition of Singapore Public Housing Building Technology Innovation, 1960 – 1995
Under the ban of e-scooters
Ageing-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore, Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America
What do Singaporeans want from Driverless Mobility?
Transforming industries and workplaces in an era of climate change
Norazrina MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA | Visiting Researcher
NG Chee Khern | Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Manpower
Weiping WU | Professor of Urban Planning and Director of the M.S. Urban Planning Programme, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, USA
Jamie PECK | Canada Research Chair in Urban & Regional Political Economy, Distinguished University Scholar, and Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia Global Professorial Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Rob KITCHIN | Professor and ERC Advanced Investigator in the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis at Maynooth University, Ireland
Designing a Smart Cities Toolkit – Partnership with UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Sustainable Development
COVID-19 and the Future of Work
Politics of Housing: Prospects for right to the city in Jakarta
Rethinking dorms: Next steps for foreign worker housing in Singapore (ST, 26.05.2020)
Coronavirus: Dorm operators expect changes to push up costs by at least 50% (ST, 05.06.2020)
Putting common good ahead of individual freedoms have helped in Asian countries’ fight against Covid-19, says Chan Heng Chee. (ST, 18.06.2020)
Staff Achievement: Thijs Willems
IPS-Nathan Lecture I: Disruption. Democracy Falters. Capitalism Flounders. World Order Unravels (18.06.2020)
US-China rivalry: it’s not a Cold War, but is conflict inevitable or avoidable? (South China Morning Post, 02.07.2020)
IPS-Nathan Lecture II: The US-China Rivalry: Inevitable War or Avoidable War (01.07.2020)
World in transition – the 4 big challenges (ST, 04.07.2020)
美中争锋非冷战冲突必然或可免? (Lianhe Zaobao, 09.07.20)
IPS-Nathan Lecture III: Singapore in a Time of Flux: Optimism from the Jaws of Gloom (15.07.2020)
Media reports of LKYCIC Chair Professor Chan Heng Chee’s third IPS-SR Nathan lecture
Karung guni trade on brink of extinction as scrap industry bears brunt of Covid-19 (Today, 02.08.2020)
Demand for land in Singapore is bad news for golfers (The Economist, 01.08.2020)
Share of accounting tasks done by machines to surge by 80%: study (BT, 26.08.2020)
With real-time supply-demand data insight, PAIR mobile app helped 25% of taxis in Chengdu boost income by more than 8%
Launch of Smart City Index 2020 by IMD and SUTD
Singapore tops world Smart City Index again, lauded for handling of Covid-19 (ST, 17.09.2020)
Socio-spatial Reconfiguration of the City Post-COVID
Commentary: What will it take to make Singapore truly car-lite? (CNA, 04.10.2020)
New 10-year road map to promote technology adoption in Singapore’s legal industry (ST, 02.10.2020)
Building a Sustainable Future, (CNBC Catalyst, 30.11.2020)
Coronavirus: Will our day-to-day ever be the same? (BBC, 09.11.2020)
To curb xenophobia, foster dialogue between students of govt and international schools (Today, 10.11.2020)
S’pore’s longest serving ambassador to US Chan Heng Chee on Joe Biden: ‘Nice, genuine & friendly’ (Mothership, 17.11.2020)
Biden must listen to Asia, avoid dividing region: Singapore’s former US ambassadors (The Straits Times, 23.11.2020)
Staff Achievement: Dr Belinda Yuen
A Guide to Job Redesign in the Age of AI
Leaders should note what the young are saying on social media to foster culture of diversity: Chan Heng Chee (Today, 20.01.2021)
How will Biden administration impact region? (The Straits Times, 25.01.2021)
Chinese privilege not as appropriate to use in S’pore’ says Chan Heng Chee, but minorities face ‘institutional racism’ (Mothership, 19.01.2021)
SUTD appoints ex-HDB CEO as new chairman of research centre for innovative cities ( The Straits Times, 25.01.2021)
US must put its house in order, listen to friends again: Experts (The Straits Times, 30.01.2021)
Dover Forest opens up wider debate on land and housing (The Straits Times, 22.02.2021)
TAN Weng Mooi | Adjunct Senior Fellow of Practice
IPS -Nathan Lecture Series : World in Transition, Singapore’s Future
Facilitating social mixing in public spaces
Singapore hub status intact as remote work sees smaller but more HQs (Business Times, 21.04.2021)
Streets Belong to Those Who Keep Them: Placemaking and Micro Strategies of Place-keeping in Singapore and San Jose, Costa Rica
Dinithi JAYASEKARA | Research Fellow
Waste not, want not: Understanding online public concerns toward food waste reduction in Singapore
Placemaking Special: Read This Important Study On Shaping Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods (Design and Architecture, 27.05.2021)
The future of cities in a postpandemic world (The World, 07.06.2021)
(Oral evidence session): “Supporting our high streets after COVID-19” ( UK House of Commons Select Committee on Housing, Communities and Local Government ,10.06.2021)
CHEONG Koon Hean | Chair
Singapore Tonight (CNA, 18.06.2021)
WCS 2021 Session: Engaging Communities, Building Resilience (CNA, 21.06.2021)
Nanjing Tech Week – ‘Tech-Led Communes’ (22.06.2021)
SolidGround.sg: A new resource for those facing online harassment or abuse
How to get out of a pandemic funk (Business Times, 26.06.2021)
Affordable Housing – Lessons From Singapore and Los Angeles”, Asia Society Southern California (ASSC) and the US-Asia Real Estate Initiative (USAREI) 29.06.2021
Moscow Urban Forum – Keynote speaker “How Do Cities Transform Successfully” 02.07.2021
IBTM Wired Day One Wrap Up: AI Will Play A Critical Role In Events Going Forward (Hospitality Net, 29.06.2021)
Future Cities Briefing : Singapore – Keynote Interview: The pathway to smart nationhood (Financial Times, 07.07.2021)
New website set up to help victims amid 36% increase in sexual abuse involving tech: Aware (Straits Times, 14.07.2021)
Heart of the Matter: E-scooters – what’s happened with rules, riders and pedestrians and what comes next (CNA, 22.07.2021)
2021 Joint International AREUEA/AsRES/GCREC Real Estate Conference (EdgeProp Singapore 22.07.2021)
Designing S’pore’s future: Integrate nature with built environment as climate shifts (The Straits Times, 24.07.2021)
Smart Sustainability Transformation
Experts call for increasing rural area digital connectivity to alleviate poverty (AsiaOne, 28.07.2021)
Striking a Chord: Investigating Singapore’s Beloved National Day Songs
Xin YANG | Research Fellow
Elderly Life Activity-Space: Environmental, Health and Social Factors Determining Senior Life Spaces in the Community
Ahead of National Day on the 9th of August, we ask – why is it important to celebrate – or at least commemorate – the occasion? (CNA 938, 16.08.2021)
2045 – Memories of the Future (BBC, 02.09.2021)
Senior Research Fellow
Money Mind on Smart Cities (CNA, 18.09.2021)
The Smart city of the future (The Business Times, 25.09.2021)
In China, the State is Regulating Children’s Work and Play – To What End? (AsiaGlobal Online, 23.09.2021)
Digitalising our SMEs – benefits, costs and considerations (The Business Times, 29.09.2021)
Francine CHAN Wen Xin | Research Associate
Abhas JHA | Practice Manager, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, South Asia Region, the World Bank
Singapore and the science of cities (The Straits Times, 04.10.2021)
Digitalising our SMEs – Benefits, Costs and Considerations
Staff Achievement: Dr Harvey Neo
Commentary: Will the Tengah New Town be the new eco-friendly standard for HDB? (CNA, 16.10.2021)
Prof Chan Heng Chee shares three pointers with graduates what’s “outside the class” (translation) (Lianhe Zaobao, 31.10.2021)
Singapore is world’s smartest city for the third year: IMD Smart City Index (ST, 02.11.2021)
How to make live-work-play work ( The Business Times, 05.11.2021)
Veteran diplomat who blazed the trail for women recognised at NUS alumni awards (ST, 08.11.2021)
Rifle Range Road to get animal detection system (ST, 16.11.2021)
Cities will endure and adapt beyond pandemic, say forum panellists (ST, 19.11.2021)
Reimagining the Urban Environment (Bloomberg, 18.11.2021)
Some stress may not harm your mental well-being (BT, 27.11.2021)
Staff Achievement: Dr Harvey Neo
Becoming Human – S3E2: Will AI Lighten Our Workload Or Take Our Jobs? (CNA, 30.12.2021)
Commentary: We need more than bike lanes for cycling to gear up in Singapore (CNA, 01.01.2022)
Design trends of 2022 ( ST, 03.01.2022)
10m population not really a ridiculous number for S’pore to plan for: Liu Thai Ker (ST, 11.01.22)
Local agriculture push may not succeed: Researcher ( ST, 18.01.2022)
Leasehold concept in S’pore allows for land to be recycled for future generations, say IPS panellists (ST, 24.01.2022)
TAY Mei Xia | Senior Manager
Human-Wildlife Interactions in a ‘City in Nature’
Opening ceremony of Entrepreneurial and E-Commerce Skills Programme in Indonesia (15.02.2022)
Plan to reclaim island can be updated to also mitigate sea-level rise (ST, 02.03.2022)
The new New World Order (ST, 08.03.2022)
Cities in a Time of Global Emergencies
Commentary: What happens when women have to juggle ‘worry work’ with paid work (CNA, 08.03.2022)
Avoiding scams – need to ‘ownself check ownself’ (BT, 05.03.22)
Ukraine crisis: Of strategic assumptions, economic shocks and a new world order (ST, 12.03.22)
Beef up support so lifelong learning can yield payoffs (BT, 17.03.2022)
Candy MAK Yu Shan | Senior Research Assistant
Panel discussion: Smart and sustainable cities – The Way Forward
An Integrated Socio-Temporal Study of Outdoor Recreation Spaces in Singapore
KONE Experience maps out the sustainable cities of the future (Asiaone, 20.04.2022)
NTUC to set up task force to look at needs of young people entering workforce (ST, 30.04.2022)
EOM Hyunjoo | Visiting Research Fellow
Staff Achievement: Prof Chan Heng Chee
Staff Achievement: Prof Cheong Koon Hean
Staff Achievement: Dr Belinda Yuen
Staff Achievement: Mr Poon King Wang
Staff Achievement: Dr Harvey Neo
Commentary: The ‘Third Space’ gains traction (ST,06.06.2022)
Takeaways from the pandemic (BT, 04.06.2022)
Age-friendly Neighbourhood Post-implementation Toolkit
Age-friendly Neighbourhood Environmental Audit Toolkit
Age-friendly Neighbourhood Planning and Design Guidelines: A Singapore Case Study
WANG Jiaxuan | Senior Research Assistant
Serena LIN Sihua | Associate
NTUC forms task force to better understand work-life aspirations of youth (ST, 23.07.2022)
When positivity becomes toxic (BT, 06.08.2022)
Staff Achievement: Dr Belinda Yuen
Staff Achievement: Prof Cheong Koon Hean
Why a university of the arts now? (ST, 31.08.2022)
CAI Yanjun | Research Fellow
Adapting to post-Covid (BT, 01.10.2022)
Public Lecture on Shaping Cities in an Urban Age by Professor Ricky Burdett
Cities + Water: Singapore (Unravel, 11.10.2022)
Staff Achievement: Dr Samuel Chng
The Climate Conversations: Why is it so hard to recycle? (CNA, 20.10.2022)
Commentary: Mindsets must change before drivers will give up their cars (ST, 29.10.2022)
Soothing training worries, enticing youth to join unions among topics at NTUC labour conference (ST, 22.10.2022)
Sarah WONG I-Mae | Research Assistant
Staff Achievement: Prof Cheong Koon Hean
South-east Asia could pay dearly for worsening US-China ties (ST,12.11.2022)
Who cares about polar bears? (CNA, 25.11.2022)
Some greening and sustainable facilities under the Tampines MRT Viaduct have been completed (Lianhe Zaobao, 21.11.2022)
Tensions in Diversity: Spaces for Collective Life in Los Angeles
Nor Zaidah Bte YAZID | Associate
Qian HUANG (Cathy) | Research Fellow
Staff Achievement: Prof Cheong Koon Hean
Forum: Singapore has made moves to harness full potential of AI and ensure responsible use (ST, 16.01.2023)
Ukraine war: Its impact on Asia a year on (ST,20.02.2023)
Podcast interview on “The DNA of Singapore” (The DNA of Cities, 02.02.2023 and 16.02.2023)
Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
Mastery in the Digital Age: Reconceptualizing Expertise, Developing Deep Technical Mastery, and Accelerating Effective Workplace Learning
Designing Singaporeans’ Resilience Task-by-Task
Empowering Singaporean Workers to Transition, and Map Careers Better in the Future of Work through Open Loop Careers
Future of Work – Tasks-Skills Stack, Strategies and Transitions
Cooling Singapore: Field Campaigns
Designing for Adoption of Autonomous Mobility Services
Organising Workers Through Digital Means
Understanding Evolving Career Decisions – Underemployment of Workers
Perception and Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles in Singapore
Predicting Adversarial Behaviours and Their Motivation for Automated Network Defense
Smart Cities Index
The Pursuit of Riding: Unravelling Motorcycle Ownership in Singapore
Raising awareness of job-scam victims’ plight (BT, 12.03.2023)
‘Cognitive dissonance’ and climate change: Why some people stop using plastic straws but buy a new car (CNA, 14.03.2023)
Podcast interview on the book “Tensions in Diversity: Spaces for Collective Life in Los Angeles” by Dr Felicity Chan Hwee-Hwa (New Books Network, 18.03.2023)
Commentary: How can drivers dislodge their entrenched relationship with cars in Singapore? (CNA, 26.03.2023)
Achieving sustainable mobility in Singapore (CNA938, 27.03.2023)
Radio Interview: Rental Health: Solutions, to share about Singapore’s housing strategy (BBC Radio 4, 31.03.2023)
Radio Interview: Why it matters: How can we make our city more liveable? (MoneyFM 89.3, 06.04.2023)
IN FOCUS: Can the supermarket bag charge break Singapore’s plastic addiction? (CNA, 08.04.2023)
OCBC joins in the push to preserve mangroves in Singapore (BT, 12.04.2023)
Future-Ready Society
SUHAILA Zainal Shah | Research Fellow
Yohei KATO | Adjunct Researcher
Between China and the US: New dynamics, new paths, same balance (ST, 01.05.2023)
Changing mindsets to go green (BT, 06.05.2023)
Launch of the Future-Ready Society Knowledge Partnership and Impact Fund
Launch of the Future-Ready Society Impact fund (Channel 5: News Tonight, 10.05.2023)
SM Tharman: Through education and housing policies, Singapore has managed to avoid being divided (Lianhe Zaobao, 11.05.2023)
$6 million fund launched by Tote Board to support evidence-based social solutions (ST, 11.05.2023)
$6 million fund launched to advance social causes in Singapore (Channel 8, 10.05.2023)
Dr Harvey Neo and Dr Justin Lee on enhancing readiness of Singapore’s social ecosystem (CNA, 10.05.2023)
Nearly a third of ethnic quota appeals for HDB flats successful in 2022: Shanmugam (ST,13.06.2023)
Strengthening Urban Resilience in the age of Flux
New book chapter by Galvyn Goh and Poon King Wang
Commentary: Can customers be trusted to pay for their plastic bags at Singapore supermarkets? (CNA,30.06.2023)
Yunjing LI (Jennifer) | Research Fellow
New journal paper by Wang Jiaxuan, Chow Yoong Shin and Biljecki Filip
Human-centric Approach to Design Food Engineering Processes for Upcycling of Food Waste
When there’s wayang in the workplace (BT, 08.07.2023)
Can we rely on foreign maids alone for eldercare? (ST, 09.07.2023)
Flora DU Yuting | Senior Research Assistant
Dolphie BOU | Research Assistant
TAY Yi Xuan | Senior Research Assistant
Jane ZHANG | Deputy Manager
Staff Achievement: Dr Harvey Neo
LIU Xiaohan | Senior Research Assistant
Cities Innovation and Transformation Assessment
New online journal volume about Generational perspectives on urban planning in Singapore by Felicity Chan, Ashley Kwan, Angela Teo and Yiwen Wang
New journal papers by Benjamin Prissé
MUSPP Class of 2023 Master Research Project – An Afternoon Soirée
Multiple media including Straits Times and TODAY reported about the Reinventing Destiny conference to mark Lee Kuan Yew’s 100th birth anniversary.
“Reinventing Destiny” – A Conference on the Occasion of Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s 100th Birth Anniversary
Small state in a turbulent world: A survival guide (ST, 16.08.2023)
MUSPP Class of 2023 Master Research Project – An Afternoon Soirée
The trend must remain Singapore’s friend (ST, 17.08.2023)
How will Singapore adapt as key pillars of growth are threatened? (ST, 21.08.2023)
LKYCIC-SASS Academic and Research Exchange
LKYCIC-SASS Academic and Research Exchange
Work till 75? It may actually make for a more rewarding life (ST, 24.08.2023)
Media Interview on “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones” (Netflix, 30.08.2023)
Staff Achievement: Dr Cai Yanjun
Courtesy call by Ambassador-designate to Turkey, Her Excellency Kok Li Peng
Media Interview on “Human Footprint-The Urban Jungle” (PBS, 02.08.2023)
New journal by Li Yunjing (Jennifer)
As e-bike numbers climb, riders and experts urge better road safety (ST, 07.09.2023)
Congratulations to the Class of 2023 and Welcome the Class of 2024!
Media Interview on “34km of new cycling paths to be built in Jurong West, Bukit Batok, Clementi, Queenstown” (CNA, 11.09.2023)
Ethel WEE | Senior Research Assistant
Community Wellness Hub Playbook
Smart Sustainability Transformation Playbook
New book by Belinda Yuen, Francine Chan, Kelly Lim, William Siew and Tan Weng Mooi
New book by Belinda Yuen, Francine Chan, Xin Yang and Kelly Lim
New book chapter by Rashed Bhuyan, Belinda Yuen and Darren Ho
Sarah CHAN Hian May | Research Fellow
Rethinking Hybrid Work Design: Insights from Ethnography (Ethos, 11.10.2023)
New journal paper by Assel Mussagulova, Samuel Chng, Galvyn Goh, Cheryl Tang and Dinithi Jayasekara
‘No one has helped us so much before,’ says sole caregiver of ailing husband and son with autism (ST, 14.10.2023)
New journal paper by Yanjun Cai
Residents can have outsized impact on their community through local action: Social workers (ST, 23.10.2023)
New journal papers by Qian Huang
DENG Ruotong | Research Fellow
Leveraging Shared Experience of Urban Heat and Bridging Spatial-Temporal Dissonance: Towards a Climate Resilient Citizenry in Singapore
Media Interview on Future-Ready Society Conference held on 23 October 2023 (CNA938, 01.11.2023)
Visit by Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore
Professor Seng LOKE | Visiting Professor
Biden-Xi summit: A positive step in managing complex US-China ties (ST, 27.11.2023)
Long Island reclamation plan the right solution to meet S’pore’s long-term needs: Experts (ST, 29.11.2023)
Future-Ready Multi-Generational Workers Who Are Flexible and Fluid Across Sectors
Mapping Urban Belonging in Places of Flux: Singapore
Redefining the Finance Function with Job Redesign
Digital Societies
Tackling digital disruption: Industry transformations and workforce resilience
Applied research and point of the view on the workforce disruption with Artificial Intelligence (Banking, insurance, advertising, advanced manufacturing)
Digital and Smart Transformation
Polarising of Job Opportunities: Charting New Pathways and Adopting New Technologies
Opinion: Capturing The Process of Citizens Reshaping Their City (Cambodianess, 14.12.2023)
Workers must take centre stage in Singapore’s Just Transition to green energy (ST,21.12.2023)
New book chapter by Prof Cheong Koon Hean
How workers and firms can hedge bets and widen opportunities (ST, 05.01.2024)
Placekeeping of Rail Corridor
Staff Achievement: Dr Belinda Yuen
Sobah Abbas PETERSEN | Visiting Researcher
Professor Ricky Burdett | Distinguished Fellow and Visiting Professor
New journal paper by Yohei Kato
Inoculating Against Scams
Staff Achievement: Prof Chan Heng Chee
Professor Greg Foliente | Visiting Professor
Nurwidad Binte HASAN | Associate
Media Broadcast on Budget 2024 debate: Patrick Tay on financial support for the involuntarily unemployed (CNA, 27.02.2024)
Media Broadcast on Committee of Supply 2024 debate, Day 1: Chee Hong Tat on sustainability reporting and ease of transacting with Government agencies (CNA, 28.02.2024)
“Singaporean researcher shares the key to planning a city for the future” (The Cambodia China Times, 11.03.2024)
“Making Cities of the Future Better Today” – LKYCIC Lecture in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
“Making Cities of the Future Better Today” – LKYCIC Lecture in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Make Singapore Indoor Stadium part of Sports Hub’s future plans, say heritage advocates (ST, 16.03.2024)
The future of Singapore in Asean 3.0 (ST, 26.03.2024)
Professor Stephen Hamnett | Visiting Professor
Commentary: SG Bike exit offers a lesson on forming habits beyond bike-sharing (CNA, 03.04.2024)
The City Rebooted: Networks, Connectivity and Place Identities in Singapore
Commentary: Does bike-sharing have a future in Singapore? (CNA, 18.04.2024)
Staff and MUSPP Alumni Achievement: Dr Samuel Chng, Dr Sarah Chan, Ms Francine Chan, Ms Cristina Nearing and Ms Angela Teo
“AI x Workers + Making Sense of the Future” – A double seminar for the MOE Ideas Festival
New book edited by Prof Chan Heng Chee and Dr Harvey Neo
Crafting “magical’ spaces in urban planning (Lianhe Zaobao, 27.04.2024)
“Planning for Australian Cities: National Urban Policies and Future Challenges” – a public lecture by Professor Stephen Hamnett
Tampines is Singapore’s most well-connected regional centre, says new book on urbanisation (ST, 01.05.2024)
Set aside space for people to use spontaneously to create ‘magic’ in the city: Chan Heng Chee (ST, 01.05.2024)
Singapore needs to create leisure spaces after 60 years of infrastructure development (Red Ants, 02.05.2024)
Daily Cuts – Is Tampines indeed Singapore’s most well-connected regional centre? (CNA938, 03.05.2024)
Book launch of “The City Rebooted: Networks, Connectivity and Place Identities in Singapore”
Only 15% of people surveyed are aware of S’pore’s net-zero emission target: Study (ST, 15.05.2024)
Older adults more likely to embrace environmental actions with low costs (Lianhe Zaobao, 15.05.2024)
In conversation with Cheong Koon Hean (MEDICUS, 2024 Issue 2)
Launch of ‘Getting to Net Zero’ Report
Media Interview on achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 (8 World News,15.05.2024)
New HDB flats prevent further entrenchment of Bukit Timah as private home enclave: Experts (ST, 25.05.2024)
The power of parks in urban pockets (ST, 27.05.2024)
Singapore’s pioneer urban planner and URA founder Alan Choe dies at 93 (ST, 28.05.2024)
The power of parks in urban pockets (translation) (Berita Harian, 02.06.2024)
World Cities Summit 2024
World Cities Summit 2024 participation by LKYCIC and SUTD
Trust Experiments – Measuring Trust in AI as Actions, What Raises and Reduces Trust, and What Innovators and Organizations Can Do to Design Future Trusted AI
CHENG Nien Yuan | Assistant Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS), SUTD
Media Interview on HDB’s unveil of Chencharu masterplan with park, bus-only corridor (CNA, 12.06.2024)
Media Interview on Climate Resilient Citizenry on ‘How Do We Beat The Heat’ (CNA, 30.06.2024)
Yio Chu Kang Sport Centre revamp, new Sengkang park among ideas to transform north-east region (ST, 01.07.2024)
ZHENG Kai | Lecturer, Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD), SUTD
Building Child-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore
How to beat the heat in Singapore, without air-conditioning (CNA, 13.07.2024)
LKYCIC – SUTD signs MoU with the Institute of Smart City and Management, University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh
LKYCIC – SUTD signs MoU with the Institute of Smart City and Management, University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh
Khant Min NAING | Research Assistant
No longer an eyesore, but are shared bikes a viable commuting option in Singapore? (ST, 27.07.2024)
Commentary: Is Singapore on track to becoming a future-ready society? (CNA,09.08.2024)
The Big Read: Errant use of PMAs is a real menace, but tackling it is less straightforward than you think (TODAY, 16.08.2024)
Luis JIMENEZ | Senior Research Assistant
Jakarta is sinking in the floods (translation) (ntv.de, 17.08.2024)
North-South Corridor could include iconic public space in Rochor linking 3 cultural districts (ST, 27.08.2024)
Revitalising Reused Railway: Remaking disused rail infrastructure into people places
Our Place, Vibrant Spaces for East Coast
Three Strategies to See If AI Creativity Is Limited or Limitless (Design and Architecture, 06.09.2024)
Strolling around a Singapore town: What makes a neighborhood ideal for walking? (Phys Org, 09.09.2024)
Media Interview on Pope Francis’ visit to multicultural, multi-religious Singapore (CNA, 12.09.2024)
Plans to add new homes and amenities to the Newton area being studied (ST, 21.09.2024)
LKYCIC Researchers Part of a First-of-its-kind, NTUC Labour Alliance Co-laB (LAB)
LKYCIC Researchers Part of a First-of-its-kind, NTUC Labour Alliance Co-laB (LAB)
Keppel Foundation donates $500,000 to SUTD, to be managed by LKYCIC in support of research and education capabilities in sustainability
Media Interview on the Labour Alliance co-laB (LAB) by NTUC (CNA, 27.09.2024)
Staff Achievement: Dr Belinda Yuen
Future-Ready Society Conference 2024 – The Future of Citizen Participation and Collective Intelligence
Future-Ready Society Conference 2024 – The Future of Citizen Participation and Collective Intelligence
Citizens could get more say in town council budgets under new trial (ST, 01.10.2024)
What’s our attitude towards foreigners as population crosses 6m mark? (ST, 01.10.2024)
New journal paper by Li Yunjing
Innovating New Career Development Tools
LI Bayi | Senior Research Assistant
New book chapter by Felicity Chan, Cristina Nearing and Wang Jiaxuan
Media interview on more COEs being introduced from next year (CNA, 29.10.2024)
Daily Cuts – The impact on demand with extra 20,000 COEs (CNA938, 31.10.2024)
Asia and the Trump administration 2.0 (ST, 12.11.2024)
11 Smart Cities
New book by Belinda Yuen, Yanjun Cai, Francine Chan, Xin Yang and Kelly Lim
Interview on Shaping future of work should consider all aspects of life (Urban Redevelopment Authority, 14.11.2024)
Best Paper Award at MobiArch 2024
Staff Achievement: Dr Belinda Yuen
New journal paper by Felicity Chan
COP29 at Baku, Azerbaijan
COP29 at Baku, Azerbaijan
VIASTA!: Changi Simei Viaduct Fiesta
VIASTA!: Changi Simei Viaduct Fiesta
Bus drivers in Singapore aren’t getting any younger. Here is why it’s a big problem (CNA, 13.12.2024)
Blowing hot and cold: How does the weather affect your mood and well-being? (ST, 24.12.2024)
New journal paper by Sarah Chan
Former HDB chief Cheong Koon Hean joins Surbana Jurong’s board (BT, 06.01.2025)
Staff Achievement: Prof Cheong Koon Hean
Staff Achievement: Mr Poon King Wang
Podcast interview on “The Century of Cities” by Professor Cheong Koon Hean and Professor Chan Heng Chee (05.12.2024 and 07.01.2025)
Staying Cool: Strengthening the Heat Resilience of Vulnerable Communities
Staff Achievement: Mr Galvyn Goh
Ageing with AI
Signs of social cohesion coming under strain in Singapore: IPS director (ST, 21.01.2025)
Human-AI Creativity
VIASTA!: Changi Simei Viaduct Fiesta
MRT, LRT ridership surpasses pre-Covid-19 levels for first time in 2024 (ST, 01.02.2025)
DesignZ Positive City Lab
DesignZ Future of Innovation Lab
The Modern Mamak
Media Interview on optimising land use and balancing competing needs while creating a quality living environment in Singapore (CNA, 09.02.2025)
askST: How will learning about design AI better prepare me for the workforce? (ST, 19.02.2025)
New journal paper by Sarah Chan
Interview on how Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize is inspiring cities (Cities Today Institute, 27.02.2025)
V-Tetros: Design of Nested Reconfigurable Glass Façade Cleaning Robots for High-Rise Buildings
Gbps Wireless Communications and Applications
CO2 Membranes for High Performance Low Carbon Footprint Building Materials
CO2 Capture Modules – Reduce Carbon Footprint of Underground Spaces
MOU with the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC)
Who bears the heat of climate change? Helping communities deal with rising temperatures (ST, 15.03.2025)
Podcast interview on “Who needs a car when there is a driverless bus at 2am?” (ST, 19.03.2025)
What’s a bus shelter doing in a dementia ward in Singapore? (ST, 25.03.2025)
URA Healthy Cities Urban Lab Exhibition featuring Elderly Life Activity-Space: Environmental, Health and Social Factors Determining Senior Life Spaces in the Community (EASE)
Well-being in the City: Innovating Healthy Living Exhibition
Well-being in the City: Innovating Healthy Living Exhibition
Grab’s entry into taxi market allows it to gain reliable supply of drivers, vehicles: Experts (ST, 03.04.2025)
New journal papers by Samuel Chng, Harvey Neo, Suhaila Zainal Shah, Du Yuting & Ethel Wee
Yat YEN | Research Fellow
Commentary: Take your kids to a park on Earth Day (CNA, 22.04.2025)
Nostalgia in Singapore: Why do we always long for the past and what does that say about us? (CNA,18.05.2025)
67% of public transport commuters can reach the city centre within 45 minutes during peak hours (Lianhe Zaobao, 18.06.2025) (summarised translation)
AI Job Disruption Forecasting — Issue #1: Conventional Job Forecasting vs LLMs-Powered Models
Is AI cheating on the rise? Few cases reported by S’pore universities, but experts warn of risks (ST, 29.06.2025)
New journal papers by Thijs Willems, Qian Huang, Poon King Wang & Vinod Radha
Staff Achievement: Dr Thijs Willems
AI Job Disruption Forecasting — Issue #2: What Jobs Are Really Made Of: A Closer Look at Task-Based Forecasting
Staff Achievement: Dr Suhaila Zainal Shah
Media Interview on Singapore’s readiness for driverless buses (CNA938, 09.07.2025)
Staff Achievement: Prof Chan Heng Chee
Veteran diplomats and tech pioneer receive honorary degrees from NUS (ST, 14.07.2025)
Veteran diplomats and tech pioneer receive honorary degrees from NUS (8 World News, 14.07.2025)
Peter ORTNER | Assistant Professor, Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD), SUTD
Commentary: Fines alone won’t fix Singapore’s poor etiquette on public paths (CNA, 18.07.2025)
Research Assistant/Associate (Urban Psychology Lab)
Research Fellow (Urban Psychology Lab)
(Senior) Research Assistant on Human–AI Collaboration at Work
Research Fellow on Human–AI Collaboration at Work
From Smart to Trusted Mobility: Why Trust in AI Matters for Singapore’s Transport Future
Media Interview on “How Singapore Adapts In A Changing World” (Front Row Podcast, 28.07.2025)
The story of you: What might Singapore look like for those born today? (ST, 02.08.2025)
Dying or thriving? The curious case of Holland Village and One Holland Village’s contrasting fortunes (CNA, 02.08.2025)
NG Shu Tian | Research Fellow
More train rides taken in first half-year, but overall public transport use stays below 2019 levels (ST, 05.08.2025)
Book Launch on “How Singapore Beat the Odds” (Lianhe Zaobao, 06.08.2025)
No coding skills? No problem: More Singaporeans learning how to build custom AI bots (CNA, 08.08.2025)
Can cycling be a preferred transport choice and way of life in Singapore? (CNA, 09.08.2025)
Arisa TERIYAPIROM | Senior Research Assistant
Ji-Eun LEE | Research Fellow
MURAKAMI Jin | Assistant Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS), SUTD
KOH Immanuel | Assistant Professor, Architecture & Sustainable Design Pillar (ASD) and Design & Artificial Intelligence (DAI), SUTD
Proposals sought to develop Changi East Urban District next to T5 (ST, 20.08.2025)
Podcast interview on “What does BlueSG’s pause mean for car-sharing in Singapore?” (CNA, 22.08.2025)
Thijs Willems: Amplifying Human Ingenuity with AI (Lianhe Zaobao, 27.08.2025) (translated)
New journal paper by Qian Huang, Thijs Willems & Poon King Wang
Staff Achievement: Prof Cheong Koon Hean
Professor Cheong Koon Hean and Mr Liew Mun Leong honoured with NUS’s highest accolade, the Outstanding Service Award (Lianhe Zaobao, 12.09.2025) (summarised translation)
Commentary: With COE prices at another record high, alternatives to car ownership make more sense (CNA, 18.09.2025)
CNA938 Rewind – One of the autonomous shuttles hitting the roads of Punggol looks like something straight of the Jetsons (CNA938, 22.09.2025)
15 train breakdowns in 3 months: Can another task force fix problems? | The Usual Place podcast (ST, 25.09.2025)
Discover children playgrounds in Punggol and Sengkang
Building Resilience Together: Citizen Dialogue on Urban Heat and Climate Change
Building Resilience Together: Citizen Dialogue on Urban Heat and Climate Change
LI Baorong | Senior Research Assistant
Research Featured at Agents4Science 2025
Loud banging, shouting and music: More Singaporeans find themselves trapped by noisy neighbours (CNA, 31.10.2025)
HDB family with Mercedes E200, Audi A4, Alfa Romeo, Toyota MR; 2,000 such homes own at least 3 cars (ST, 08.11.2025)
New journal paper by Suhaila Zainal Shah, Ethel Wee & Samuel Chng
Puthearath CHAN | Research Fellow
Media Interview on “Singapore’s concrete canals are turning into green oases” (Deutschlandfunk, 13.11.2025)
Staff Achievement: Ms Sarah Wong, Ms Liu Xiaohan and Mr Li Bayi
Commentary: Keep MRT trains reliable but please improve the commuting experience too (ST, 19.11.2025)
Many South-east Asians support climate action, but hesitant about policies that can raise costs (ST, 28.11.2025)
Governance, data gaps and unpredictable returns limiting climate adaptation investment in Asia’s cities: experts (Eco-Business, 28.11.2025)
Adaptive Reuse of Abandoned Rail Infrastructure Playbook
New book by Belinda Yuen, Yohei Kato, Francine Chan, Cristina Maria Nearing, Luis Jimenez & Felipe Waldeck
By redesigning roads into winding S-shaped layouts, accidents involving elderly pedestrians reduced by 80% (Dong-A Ilbo, 01.12.2025)
LKYCIC Convenes Regional Workshop Ahead of Release of Landmark Five-Year Study in Collaboration with ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute on Southeast Asian Attitudes Toward Climate Change
LKYCIC Convenes Regional Workshop Ahead of Release of Landmark Five-Year Study in Collaboration with ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute on Southeast Asian Attitudes Toward Climate Change
MRT passengers say info on minor delays will reach them too late with new ‘localised’ alerts (ST, 05.12.2025)
New journal paper by Belinda Yuen & Xin Yang
Podcast interview on “Can Singapore ever stop being a ‘Fine City’? The psychology of etiquette on public transport” (ST, 10.12.2025)
Oyunbileg BAZAR | Research Assistant
Singapore’s landscape is constantly evolving. Here are some changes to come. (ST, 21.12.2025)
80,000 new homes and counting (SPH e-paper, 21.12.2025)
Youth Outdoor Recreation Space Playbook
New book by Belinda Yuen, Xin Yang, Francine Chan, Luis Jimenez, Cristina Maria Nearing, Jiaxuan Wang
New journal paper by Francine Chan & Belinda Yuen
All the ways AI did not live up to the hype in 2025 – and what’s next in 2026 (ST, 02.01.2026)
New journal paper by Bayi Li, Sarah Wong & Samuel Chng
New journal paper by Samuel Chng
As traditional work models evolve, more local youth embrace diverse career paths (Lianhe Zaobao, 11.01.2026) (summarised translation)
Commentary: Changi’s new Terminal 5 will stress-test Singapore’s land transport (ST, 21.01.2026)
Jose Paolo Tambagan BOQUIREN | Senior Research Assistant
Commentary: Changi’s new Terminal 5 will stress-test Singapore’s land transport (Berita Harian, 22.01.2026) (translated)
Just Transitions on the Road: Preparing Singapore’s Transport Workforce for an Autonomous Future
Inside Punggol’s Autonomous Shuttle Trial: A First-Hand Look from LKYCIC
Inside Punggol’s Autonomous Shuttle Trial: A First-Hand Look from LKYCIC
Benchmarking Healthy Precinct Framework: An International Comparative Analysis of Singapore
The Scam Radar – Measuring Scam Susceptibility Through a Novel Assessment Tool
From Smart Nation to Wise Nation: Bridging the Last Digital Mile for Seniors (Lianhe Zaobao, 28.01.2026) (translated)
More rides on MRT in 2025 as LRT use fell; bus ride numbers still below pre-Covid-19 levels (Lianhe Zaobao, 30.01.2026)(translated)
New journal paper by Samuel Chng
From frosted glass walls to anti-ball game void deck barriers, designing public spaces is a tough balancing act (CNA, 30.01.2026)
More rides on MRT in 2025 as LRT use fell; bus ride numbers still below pre-Covid-19 levels (ST, 30.01.2026)
Commentary: The real purpose of the 10-cent deposit on your beverage container (ST, 02.02.2026)
MND, SUTD launch S$30 million Built Environment AI Centre of Excellence (BT, 05.02.2026)
Research Assistant/Associate (Sociospatial Analytics)
Activating Outdoor Recreation Space— People Connection Playbook
New book by Belinda Yuen, Francine Chan, Yohei Kato, Jiaxuan Wang & Luis Jimenez