Thought Leadership

Some of the world’s leaders, and leading thinkers from NUS and overseas, regularly gather and add to the rich diversity of thoughts and ideas on our campuses, in Singapore and across the globe.
Here’s what they had to share.

As focus shifts to high COE prices, remember goal of car-lite society

As focus shifts to high COE prices, remember goal of car-lite society

Speaker: Assoc Prof Raymond Ong 7 May 2023

Singapore’s car-lite vision announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in 2014 consists of a three-pronged approach: expanding the public transport system, providing alternative modes of transport and cutting dependence on private cars. With the shift in focus on recent public discussion to high COE prices, Assoc Prof Raymond Ong from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NUS College of Design and Engineering has prompted us to remember our collective desire to move towards a car-lite society.

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If Singapore decides to invest in nuclear energy, floating power plants deserve a closer look

If Singapore decides to invest in nuclear energy, floating power plants deserve a closer look

Speaker: Dr Stefan Huebner, Senior Research Fellow from the Asia Research Institute at NUS 14 Mar 2025

Will new electoral boundaries affect voting patterns in GE2025?

Will new electoral boundaries affect voting patterns in GE2025?

Dr Teo Kay Key, Research Fellow at IPS Social Lab at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS 14 Mar 2025

Many of us use screens for stress relief, but it's actually making us worse

Many of us use screens for stress relief, but it's actually making us worse

Dr Samer Elhajjar, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Marketing at NUS Business School 6 Mar 2025

To raise the birth rate, the middle ground is fertile ground

To raise the birth rate, the middle ground is fertile ground

Dr Kalpana Vignehsa, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS 3 Mar 2025

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