Fewer golf courses and country clubs
Speaker: Prof Sing Tien Foo
4 May 2024
The curious case of Singapore’s ‘Eastie’ identity
Speakers: Melvin Tay and Dr Mathew Mathews
2 May 2024
Bring dead spaces beneath flyovers, viaducts back to life
Speaker: Prof Sing Tien Foo, Provost’s Chair Professor from the Dept of Real Estate at NUS Business School
10 Mar 2024
Will a one-off $1,000 or Rolex really motivate employees to work harder or stay put?
Speakers: Professor Sam Yam, Dean's Chair and Associate Professor at NUS Business School, and Ms Tiffany Tan, Project Officer, Nanyang Business School
6 Mar 2024
Chill Parents Make for Cool Kids
Speakers: Research Fellow Dr Chen Luxi and Professor Jean Yeung Wei-Jun
27 Feb 2024
Rethinking climate governance
Speakers: Prof Danny Quah and Dr Samir Saran
16 Feb 2024
Singapore: Asia-Pacific’s renewable energy hub?
Speakers: Mr Quah Say Jye and Mr Tan Kway Guan
12 Jan 2024
Showcase Singapore beyond Orchard Road, Marina Bay
Speaker: Assoc Prof (Practice) Terence Ho
27 Dec 2023
Is ChatGPT just a copycat?
Speaker: Simon Chesterman
24 Oct 2023
The perils of associating with abusive bosses
Speakers: Sam Yam Kai Chin and Yan Liuxin
9 Oct 2023
Further steps for ASEAN’s digital economic integration
Xie Taojun, Liu Jingting and Tan Kway Guan
19 Sep 2023
The sticky manpower problem in a super-aged Singapore
Speaker: Assoc Prof (Practice) Terence Ho
30 Aug 2023
Loneliness is an overlooked public health challenge in ageing Singapore
Speaker: Associate Professor Angelique Chan, Dr Rahul Malhotra, Dr Ad Maulod
11 Jul 2023
Can Singapore banks deliver the green promise?
Speakers: Xie Taojuan, Ammu George
20 Jun 2023
Food and ageing: A hunger for pleasure
Speakers: Ad Maulod, Siti Hazirah Binte Mohamad
14 Jun 2023
Reimagining workfare to uplift low-wage families
Speakers: Dr Ong EeCheng and Assoc Prof Irene Ng
28 Apr 2023
Capturing the community spirit of the Ramadan bazaar
Speakers: Faizal Yahya and Shamsuri Juhari
22 Apr 2023
Here are 3 new 'Cs' for an ageing Singapore
Speakers: Rahul Malhotra and Abhijit Visaria
4 Mar 2023
Looking to 2023: A wishlist for nature in a world on fire
Speakers: Prof Koh Lian Pin and Ms Audrey Tan
21 Feb 2023
CDC vouchers do more than help people cope with rising prices
Speaker: Associate Professor in Practice Terence Ho
10 Jan 2023
The World Cup of diplomacy
Speaker: Professor Kishore Mahbubani
27 Dec 2022
Making universal health coverage a reality for more people in Singapore
Speakers: Ms Nikita Kanumoory Mandyam and Ms Capucine Barcellona
12 Dec 2022
Global headwinds: What lies ahead for Asia?
Speaker: Professor Ramkishen S. Rajan, Bhavya Gupta
9 Nov 2022
The half-life of knowledge
Speakers: Professor Tan Eng Chye
2 Nov 2022
ASEAN and India at 30: The way forward
Speakers: Tommy Koh, Hernaikh Singh and Moe Thuzar
12 Oct 2022
Nimbleness needed to engage citizens
Speakers: Carol Soon, Nandhini Bala Krishnan and Beverly Tan
8 Oct 2022
Accessible and adequate housing key to tackling homelessness
Speakers: Dr Ng Kok Hoe and Ms Jeyda Simren Sekhon Atac
26 Sep 2022
Inflation speed bumps on the road to a net-zero future
Speakers: Ramkishen S Rajan and Bhavya Gupta
23 Sep 2022
Fashion forays in the metaverse
Speaker: Professor David Tan
19 Sep 2022
Commentary: Water leaking through the ceiling in malls could point to issues in Singapore’s built environment
Speakers: Associate Professor Daniel Wong Hwee Boon and Associate Professor Gabriel Kor Meng Chiat
22 Aug 2022
US-China ties most fraught in decades
Speaker: Kevin Rudd, Chan Heng Chee
20 Aug 2022
A lot of swot – good or not?
Speaker: Kelvin Seah Kah Cheng
10 Aug 2022
When entrepreneurship arises from hardship
Speakers: Ivan Png and Chu Junhong
9 Jun 2022
Retail CBDC offers more flexible monetary policy
Speakers: Xie Taojun and Ammu George
12 May 2022
Contemplating the end of time
Speaker: Dr Abigail Sin
10 May 2022
Maximising value from waste
Speakers: Professor Lawrence Loh and and Quek Qiao Wen
6 May 2022
Strengthening the middle ground
Speaker: Associate Professor (Practice) Terence Ho
3 May 2022
Putting the ‘asylum’ back into mental healthcare
Speaker: Adjunct Professor Chong Siow Ann
27 Apr 2022
Singapore must act decisively to safeguard energy security
Speaker: Professor (Practice) Paul Cheung and Mr Quah Say Jye
27 Apr 2022
Ukraine war: Why India makes an ideal peacemaker
Speaker: Professor Kishore Mahbubani
23 Apr 2022
Healthier SG: Leveraging the workplace
Speakers: Associate Professor Ng Wee Tong, Dr Licia Tan
9 Apr 2022
Realism, rules and empathy all matter in a turbulent world
Speaker: Associate Professor (Practice) Terence Ho
6 Apr 2022
Women on gender equality: Breaking the bias
Speakers: Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar, Mdm Zulaiha Yusuf, Ms Anuprita Bhomick, and Ms Annie An Dongmei
9 Mar 2022
Pay attention to avoid being scammed
Speakers: Associate Professor Irene Y.H. Ng, Ms Ong Qiyan, Ms Evelyn Kok and Ms Sandy Chen
24 Feb 2022
Why is inflation so hard to control?
Speaker: Professor Sumit Agarwal
15 Feb 2022
Looking to 2022: The road ahead for the COVID-19 pandemic
Speakers: Professor Paul Tambyah and Assistant Professor Lionel Lum
10 Feb 2022
Placing Asean on stronger footing in a net-zero future
Speakers: Associate Professor Simon Tay and Ms Meixi Gan
25 Jan 2022
Are we game enough to practise empathy?
Speakers: Dr Kalpana Vignehsa
18 Jan 2022
Printing money for Chinese New Year hongbao is just too costly
Speakers: Professor Lawrence Loh and Ms Yvonne Yock
12 Jan 2022
Why the 4Bs in Singapore healthcare matter
Speaker: Associate Professor Jeremy Lim
11 Jan 2022
In a storm-tossed world, who’s going to steer your ship?
Speakers: Associate Professor in Practice Terence Ho
7 Jan 2022
Rethinking university education
Speaker: Professor Simon Chesterman
6 Jan 2022
Business trends to expect in 2022
Speaker: Associate Professor Goh Puay Guan
1 Jan 2022
A year of obstinate hope
Speaker: Associate Professor (Practice) Terrence Ho
22 Dec 2021
Why the jolt in power prices?
Speaker: Dr David C. Broadstock
17 Dec 2021
Securing our future: A renewed multilateralism
Speakers: Dr Noeleen Heyzer and Professor Chan Heng Chee
10 Dec 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Michael Ryan, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, Associate Professor Sophia Archuleta, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun.
26 Nov 2021
Understanding Singaporean youths’ parenthood goals
Speakers: Dr Mathew Mathews and Ms Fiona Phoa
25 Nov 2021
Dialogue as the way forward for a peaceful Asian Century
Speakers: Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Professor Wang Gungwu, Professor Kanti Bajpai, and Professor Chan Heng Chee
19 Nov 2021
Building back better with trampolines
Speaker: Professor Danny Quah
17 Nov 2021
The AI robot therapist will see you now
Speakers: Adjunct Professor Chong Siow Ann
12 Nov 2021
An evidence-based approach to healthy ageing
Speaker: Associate Professor Ng Tze Pin
9 Nov 2021
Deaths in a world where the coronavirus is endemic
Speakers: Professor Teo Yik Ying and Professor Vernon Lee
6 Nov 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Tom Friedan, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun
29 Oct 2021
Delaying retirement pays off
Speakers: Associate Professor Chia Ngee Choon and Assistant Professor Cynthia Chen
28 Oct 2021
Building healthy and happy cities
Speakers: Professor Lam Khee Poh, Ms Teoh Zsin Woon, Mr Sima Xiao, Mr Curt Garrigan, Mr Brian Yang
21 Oct 2021
Why digital poverty deserves greater attention
Speakers: Associate Professor Irene Ng, Dr Natalie Pang and Professor Lim Sun Sun
15 Oct 2021
ASEAN - More than just a market
Speakers: Associate Professor Sumin Tay, Mr Satya Ramamurthy
6 Oct 2021
Towards an era of a cross-border CBDCs
Speakers: Dr Xie Taojun, Dr Ammu George
5 Oct 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Fernando Rosado Spilki , Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun
24 Sep 2021
ASEAN’s DEFA: An engine for pandemic recovery
Speakers: Dr Xie Taojun, Mr Kevin Chen and Mr Quah Say Jye
15 Sep 2021
Time to rethink use of English-only medicine labels
Speakers: Assistant Professor Rahul Malhotra, Ms Tan Yi Wen and Ms Sumithra Suppiah
15 Sep 2021
Delivery riders need worker benefits too
Speakers: Mr Shazly Zain and Dr Woo Jun Jie
2 Sep 2021
A public policy approach to a green, inclusive and resilient recovery
Speakers: Associate Professor Eduardo Araral, Mr Bruno Carrasco, Dr Tae Yong Jung, and Mr Michael MacDonald.
31 Aug 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Thierno Balde, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun
27 Aug 2021
The United States’ foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific
Speakers: Ms Kamala Harris, Professor Chan Heng Chee
24 Aug 2021
An inspiring nation
Speaker: Mr Ravi Menon
28 Jul 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Brian McCloskey, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun
23 Jul 2021
An inclusive society
Speaker: Mr Ravi Menon
22 Jul 2021
The phenomenon of digital religion
Speaker: Associate Professor Jaclyn Neo
19 Jul 2021
Reinventing education in the 21st century
Speakers: Professor Bernard Tan and Dr Dujeepa Samarasekera
15 Jul 2021
An innovative economy
Speaker: Mr Ravi Menon
14 Jul 2021
The case for carbon import taxes
Speakers: Associate Professor Ed Araral and Visiting Professor Vinod Thomas
8 Jul 2021
The four horsemen
Speaker: Mr Ravi Menon
7 Jul 2021
Paving the way for a future-ready workforce
Speakers: Miriam Jacqueline Green, Erik Hertzman, McRhon Banderlipe
7 Jul 2021
When can we travel again?
Speaker: Assistant Professor Reuben Ng
29 Jun 2021
Strategy in a complex world
Speakers: Dr Adrian Kuah and Mr Terence Poon
25 Jun 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, Associate Professor David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun
25 Jun 2021
US-Singapore relations at 55: Our shared past and future
Speakers: Professor Chan Heng Chee, Mr Rafik Mansour and Professor Danny Quah
17 Jun 2021
Shoring up Singapore’s STEM workforce
Speaker: Assistant Professor Andy Tay
15 Jun 2021
Inaccurate public understanding of COVID-19 vaccination efficacy has implications for vaccination rates
Speakers: Assistant Professor Clarence Tam, Assistant Professor Hannah Clapham and Assistant Professor Yung Chee Fu
10 Jun 2021
Singapore should get ready with a carbon border tax
Speakers: Associate Professor Eduardo Araral and Visiting Professor Vinod Thomas
3 Jun 2021
Reset: Men, women, violence
Speaker: Ms Corinna Lim
24 May 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Professor Teo Yik Ying and Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang
19 May 2021
The caring economy
Speaker: Ms Corinna Lim
14 May 2021
The role of leadership in the public service
Speaker: Assistant Professor Taha Hameduddin
10 May 2021
Engaging and interactive tools to share knowledge
Speaker: Associate Professor Erle Lim
5 May 2021
Training children to support their friends can reduce school bullying
Speakers: Assistant Professor Cheung Hoi Shan and Assistant Professor Lee Jungup
3 May 2021
Her story: The road to equality
Speaker: Ms Corinna Lim
29 Apr 2021
COVID-19 vaccines explained
Speaker: Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang
21 Apr 2021
Good sunshine day, good shopping day?
Speaker: Professor Sumit Agarwal
13 Apr 2021
A time for Japan to blossom
Speaker: Associate Professor Simon Tay
8 Apr 2021
Looking to 2021: The pandemic’s impact on society
Speaker: Associate Professor Irene Ng
31 Mar 2021
ASEAN's role in Myanmar's military coup
Speaker: Assistant Professor Yongwook Ryu
24 Mar 2021
Celebrating women with empowering conversations
Speakers: Mr K Shanmugam, Mrs Josephine Teo
15 Mar 2021
Individually rational, collectively insane
Speaker: Professor Duan Jin-Chuan
11 Mar 2021
GameStop and the gamification of retail speculation
Speaker: Assistant Professor Ben Charoenwong
1 Mar 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speaker: Dr Peter Karim Ben Embarek
26 Feb 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speaker: Associate Professor Kenneth Mak
29 Jan 2021
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
Speakers: Associate Prof David Allen, Professor Dale Fisher and Dr Louisa Sun
24 Dec 2020
Singaporeans vs the pandemic
Speaker: Professor Koh Lian Pin
3 Dec 2020
COVID-19 vaccines: Priorities, processes and practicalities
Speaker: Associate Professor Benjamin Ong Kian Chung
1 Dec 2020
Sustainability and the environment: Challenges and opportunities for Asia
Speakers: Prof Benjamin Cashore, Assoc Prof Leong Ching,Prof Vinod Thomas & Asst Prof Marina Kaneti
24 Nov 2020
COVID-19, science and politics
Speaker: Dr Edison Liu
23 Nov 2020
The rise of sovereign digital currencies
Speaker: Professor Ramkishen S. Rajan
18 Nov 2020
The Belt and Road Initiative after the pandemic: A private virtual roundtable
Speakers: Hon. Daniel Russel, Dr Selina Ho, and Professor Min Ye
18 Nov 2020
Conserve the building, save the planet
Speaker: Associate Professor Chang Jiat Hwee
12 Nov 2020
Digitisation in Japan: from doldrums to a new dawn
Speaker: Associate Professor Wiwattanakantang Yupana
10 Nov 2020
From Research to Governance: Insights from Singapore’s Policy Landscape
Speakers: Assistant Professor Tan Poh Ling, Dr Ng Kok Hoe, Assistant Professor Joelle Fong and Assistant Professor Reuben Ng
3 Nov 2020
Changing climate risk to opportunity
Speakers: Associate Professor Simon Tay, and Ms Gan Meixi,
29 Oct 2020
Interest rates—low, lower, higher
Speaker: Professor Sumit Agarwal
21 Oct 2020
How to support start-ups by older PMETs
Speaker: Professor Wong Poh Kam and Ms Ho Yuen Ping
8 Oct 2020
For people to trust AI, build fairness into it
Speaker: Professor David De Cremer
29 Sep 2020
After the pandemic: Reimagining education
Speakers: Mr Lawrence Wong and Mr Brajesh Panth
25 Sep 2020
Weathering labour market challenges in a global recession
Speaker: Assistant Professor Sanjana Goswami
14 Sep 2020
The UN at 75: An assessment
Speaker: Professor Tommy Koh
12 Sep 2020
Universities need to tear down subject silos
Speaker: NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye
10 Sep 2020
The geopolitics of semiconductors
Speaker: Mr Bilahari Kausikan
29 Aug 2020
A Time for CSR to Shine
Speaker: Dr Zhang Weina
24 Aug 2020
IPS Online Forum on Senior Care in the Age of Pandemics
Speakers: Ms Pang Sze-Yunn, Professor Helen Sanderson, Mr Karthik Tirupathi, and Dr Ng Wai Chong
29 Jul 2020
Pioneering the ‘quantum internet’ in space
Speaker: Professor Artur Ekert and Associate Professor Alexander Ling
13 Jul 2020
Leadership: An intervention for COVID-19 and beyond
Speaker: Associate Professor Audrey Chia
4 Jun 2020
Bouncing Back from COVID-19
Speaker: Dr Cheong Koon Hean
3 Jun 2020
Beyond good healthcare: Designing healthy cities
Speaker: Professor Lam Khee Poh and Dr Loke Wai Chiong
22 May 2020
The economy after COVID-19
Speaker: Professor Andrew K. Rose
29 Apr 2020
Global health governance in the time of COVID-19
Speakers: Professor S Jayakumar, Professor Gian Luca Burci, Professor Tikki Elka Pangestu, Professor Anthony Anghie, Dr Ayelet Berman and Dr Nilüfer Oral
29 Apr 2020
The Geopolitics of COVID-19
Spearker: Professor Kishore Mahbubani
26 Apr 2020
Coronavirus: Global leaders need to coordinate exit from lockdowns
Speaker: Professor Teo Yik Ying and Professor David L. Heymann
15 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Lessons learned? What comes next?
Speakers: Professor Teo Yik Ying, Professor Tikki Pangestu, Associate Professor Joanne Yoong, Associate Professor James Crabtree
15 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Analysing governments’ economic policy responses
Professor Bert Hofman, Professor Sumit Agarwal, Professor Bernard Yeung, Professor Sun Bae Kim, and Professor Joseph Cherian
2 Apr 2020
Conversation on 2020 Pandemic – The View from Asia
Speakers: Professor Qiang Fu, Professor Sun Bae Kim, Associate Professor Johan Sulaeman and Professor Sumit Agarwal, Professor Joseph Cherian, and Professor Bernard Yeung
2 Apr 2020
Commentary: The COVID-19 Pandemic
Commentator: Bert Hofman
1 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Keep clean, to keep well
Speaker: Professor Wang Linfa
23 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: The next three months
Experts: Visiting Professor Tikki Pangestu from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, Infectious Diseases Programme Leader at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
9 Mar 2020
Singapore’s Response to COVID-19
Moderator: Dr Gillian Koh, Deputy Director (Research) and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies
25 Feb 2020
COVID-19 in Singapore – Current Experience
Author: Professor John Wong, NUS Senior Vice President (Health Innovation & Translation)
21 Feb 2020
Strategic Outlook: ASEAN
Speaker: Professor Kishore Mahbubani, NUS Asia Research Institute Distinguished Fellow
21 Jan 2020
Singapore’s future political landscape
Speaker: Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
20 Jan 2020
Managing Religious Diversity: The Law of ‘Religious Harmony’
Speaker: Associate Professor Jaclyn Neo, NUS Law
4 Dec 2019
Materials in the Flatland
Speaker: Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov FRS, Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, NUS Department of Materials Sciences & Engineering
26 Nov 2019
Key governance issues of our time
Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education
22 Nov 2019
Governance for the future
Speaker: Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Republic of Indonesia
20 Nov 2019
Homeless in Singapore: Results from a Nationwide Street Count
Speaker: Assistant Professor Ng Kok Hoe, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
8 Nov 2019
Cannabis Policy: The Example of Canada
Speaker: Professor Jürgen Rehm, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada; and Inaugural Chair of Addiction Policy at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
8 Oct 2019
Advancing Health through Innovation: Perspectives from an Entrepreneurial Scientist
Speaker: Professor Lim Chwee Teck, Director of the NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology
3 Oct 2019
Singapore’s past, a guide to the future
Speaker: Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance
30 Sep 2019
Understanding AI technology
Interviewee: Professor Chen Tsuhan, NUS Deputy President (Research and Technology) and Chief Scientist of AI Singapore
26 Sep 2019
New World Disorder
Speaker: Ambassador Richard Armitage, President of Armitage International and former United States Deputy Secretary of State
11 Sep 2019
Understanding China and Hong Kong
Professor Wang Gungwu, NUS University Professor
7 Sep 2019
Generation Unlimited: The calling of our time
Ms Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF
23 Aug 2019
Improving social and economic outcomes in Asia
Speaker: Mr Jin Liqun, President, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
16 Aug 2019
Advancing health through innovation
Professor Lim Chwee Teck, Director, NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology
10 Aug 2019
Servant Leadership
Speaker: Professor Tan Eng Chye, NUS President
5 Aug 2019
We, the Robots?
Professor Simon Chesterman, Dean, NUS Law
30 Jul 2019
The lower immunity behind the current dengue outbreak
Associate Professor Alex R Cook, Vice Dean (Research), Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
24 Jul 2019
How can scientists become role models
President’s Assistant Professor Benjamin Tee, NUS Engineering
1 Jul 2019
AI and the Future of Healthcare Transformation
Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, University Professor and Singapore’s Chief Health Scientist
1 Jul 2019
A deep dive on AI in Singapore
Professor Ho Teck Hua, NUS Senior Deputy President and Provost
20 Apr 2019
How the West can adapt to a rising Asia
Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, NUS Asia Research Institute
18 Apr 2019
Before Nation and Beyond: Places, Histories and Identities
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore
9 Apr 2019
Who is responsible for the ethical implications of AI?
Speaker: Professor Leong Tze Yun, NUS Computing
4 Apr 2019
U@live: Education – Still a Social Leveller?
Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education
27 Mar 2019
The Future of Global Order
Professor Danny Quah, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
25 Mar 2019
Sustainable cooling for all
Speaker: Associate Professor Ernest Chua, NUS Engineering
26 Feb 2019
Capturing atmospheric carbon to power clean, alternative fuels
Speaker: Professor Liu Bin, Head of NUS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
26 Feb 2019
Net-zero energy buildings for sustainability and well-being
Speaker: Professor Lam Khee Poh, Dean, NUS Design and Environment
26 Feb 2019
For the Love of Robots
Ms Janneke Ritchie, CEO of Orange Gate
20 Feb 2019
IPS-Nathan Lecture III - Singapore’s Story: A Port City in Search of Hinterlands
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College
30 Jan 2019
Singapore and the World
Speakers: Professor Wang Gungwu, Chairman Board of Trustees ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute; Mr Yeo George, Visiting Scholar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore
28 Jan 2019
The Future is Asian
Dr Parag Khanna, Managing Partner of FutureMap
16 Jan 2019
Seeking a better urban future
Speaker: Dr Cheong Koon Hean, the Institute of Policy Studies' 5th S R Nathan Fellow, CEO of the Housing and Development Board
6 Dec 2018
AI Super Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order
Speaker: Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, Former President of Google China
22 Nov 2018
Circulations, Connections & Networks: Early Globalisation & Cosmopolitan Singapore
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore
31 Oct 2018
Higher Education in Singapore
Speaker: Professor Tan Eng Chye, NUS President
29 Oct 2018
Diversities – New and Old
Speakers: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies; Ambassador Tommy Koh, Special Adviser, Institute of Policy Studies
25 Oct 2018
Governing Global-City Singapore: Legacies and Futures after Lee Kuan Yew
Speaker: Associate Professor Tan Kenneth Paul, NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
4 Oct 2018
The Future of the Separation of Powers
Speaker: Professor Mark Tushnet, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
20 Sep 2018
The United States and South Asia: Assessing the New Dynamics
Speaker: Dr S Jaishankar, Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS; Former Foreign Secretary of India; and India’s Former Ambassador to the United States and China
14 Sep 2018
IPS-Nathan Lecture I - The long and short of Singapore history: cycles, pivots and continuities
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College
12 Sep 2018
Transition in Afghanistan: Past Challenges, Future Prospects
Speaker: Professor William Maley, Professor of Diplomacy, ANU college of Asia and the Pacific, Australia
12 Sep 2018
The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age
Speaker: Associate Professor James Crabtree, Associate Professor of Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
21 Aug 2018
Regional Integration: What Lessons from Europe?
Speaker: Dr. Enrico Letta, Former Italian Prime Minister and Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PISA)
17 Aug 2018
Learning from Singapore’s Journey to Greater Water Security
Speaker: Mr TAN Gee Paw, Special Advisor to Chairman, PUB
17 Aug 2018
Forum on Religious Harmony 2018
Speaker: Mr Wong Kan Seng, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister for Home Affairs
3 Jul 2018
Kevin Rudd: U.S. - China Relations, North Korea & the Future of the Global Order
Speaker: Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia and President of the Asia Society Policy Institute
26 Jun 2018
Data Protection Law in Singapore: Privacy and Sovereignty in an Interconnected World
Speaker: Simon Chesterman, Dean and Professor National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
6 Jun 2018
Future Warfare and Humanitarian Implications
Speaker: Dr Hugo Slim, Head of Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross
24 Apr 2018
Addressing the societal implications of an AI-Powered World
Speakers: Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Ministry of Education; Mr Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft
6 Apr 2018
Costa Rica and its Relations with Asia: Thoughts and Opportunities
Speakers: HE Iris Manzanares, Ambassador of Costa Rica to Singapore
27 Mar 2018
Kazakhstan and China's Belt and Road Initiative: Implications for the Region
Speaker: Amb Dr Usen Suleimen, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Singapore
26 Mar 2018
What Makes A City Successful? Lessons from Inspiring Cities.
Speaker: Dr Cheong Koon Hean, 5th IPS Nathan Fellow
26 Mar 2018
Discrimination and rights as critical dimensions of public policy
Speaker: Dr. Hasheem Mannan, Associate Professor at the University College Dublin
26 Mar 2018
The Future of Public Health: Leadership Perspectives from East & West
Speaker: Professor Sten H. Vermund, Dean, Yale School of Public Health
19 Mar 2018
India at 70
Speakers: Mr. Rahul Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress Party; Member of India's Parliament; Prof Danny Quah, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS; Ms. Pallavi Rachel George, Graduate Student, Master in Public Policy (2016/2018), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
8 Mar 2018
Singapore in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Speakers: Professor Ho Teck Hua, NUS Senior Deputy President and Provost; Mr Tan Kok Yam, Deputy Secretary of Singapore’s Smart Nation and Digital Government Office; Mr Lim Kok Kiang, Assistant Managing Director of Singapore Economic Development Board; Professor Daniel Hastings, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology CEO
13 Feb 2018
University alliances in research
Speaker: Professor Tan Eng Chye, NUS President
6 Feb 2018
Water & Food Security Challenges and the Role of Think Tanks
Speakers: Mr Eli Weiss, Senior Agriculture Economist, The World Bank; Dr Liong Shie-Yui, Deputy Director, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore; Dr Cecilia Tortajada, Senior Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
30 Jan 2018
Importance of ageing with vigour
Speaker: Mr Teo Chee Hean, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister
22 Jan 2018
Solving issues together
Speaker: Mr Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s Minister for Finance
22 Jan 2018
Communicating risk in a complex world
Speaker: Mr Peter Ho, NUS Trustee and Senior Advisor, Centre for Strategic Futures
17 Jan 2018
The Indian Civil Service: Has it delivered?
Speaker: Mr Vinod Rai, Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, NUS; and 11th Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
16 Jan 2018
Coercion in the New Nuclear Age
Speaker: Dr Toby Dalton, Co-Director of the Nuclear Policy Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
10 Jan 2018
Asia’s growing impact on global higher education
Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, former NUS President
28 Dec 2017
Siri goes to Medical School
Speaker: Dr Jeffry Mann, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
28 Nov 2017
ASEAN Economic Integration: Myth or Reality
Speaker: Tan Sri Datuk Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta. Maria, Senior Policy Fellow, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
27 Nov 2017
Balancing Internet democracy with Greater Accountability
Speaker: Mr Dan Shefet, President of the Association for Accountability and Internet Democracy
22 Nov 2017
Birds, Humans and our Sustainable Future
Speaker: Ms Patricia Zurita, CEO of Birdlife International
3 Nov 2017
The Powerful Lenses of Leadership
Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS President
3 Nov 2017
Breaking new frontiers globally in scientific engineering
Speaker: Mr Peter Ho, NUS Engineering alumnus and CEO of HOPE Technik
25 Oct 2017
Finance Science, Technology and Financial Innovation and their Impact on the Economy
Speaker: Professor Robert C. Merton, School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management
25 Oct 2017
The Accidental Nation
Speaker: Mr Lim Siong Guan, Professor (Practice) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
20 Sep 2017
What makes a good leader?
Speaker: Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong
20 Sep 2017
Future of Higher Education in the Digital World
Speaker: Professor Diana Laurillard, Professor of Learning with Digital Technologies, University College London
12 Sep 2017
Shuffles towards the fourth prime minister
Speaker: Dr Gillian Koh, Deputy Director (Research) at Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS
7 Sep 2017
The Economics of Business Contracts
Speaker: Professor Michael Klausner, Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business and Professor of Law at Stanford Law School
31 Aug 2017
Agency Reasoning – A Formula or a Tool?
Speaker: Professor Francis Reynolds, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Oxford
17 Aug 2017
The Great Powers in Southeast Asia and the Fall and Rise of China
Speaker: Professor Wang Gungwu, Chairman of NUS East Asian Institute
17 Aug 2017
A tale of two cities
Speaker: Professor Lam Khee Poh, Dean of NUS Design and Environment
15 Aug 2017
Age is Unnecessary: Shakespeare and the War between Old and Young
Speaker: Professor Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University
10 Aug 2017
Preparing business students for a volatile, uncertain world
Speaker: Professor Bernard Yeung, Dean, NUS Business School
31 Jul 2017
Start-ups, Outer Space and you
Speaker: Commander Jeffrey Williams, Retired NASA Astronaut
12 Jul 2017
Life lessons in law
Speaker: Mr V.K. Rajah, Former Attorney-General of Singapore and Judge of Appeal
8 Jul 2017
Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Speaker: Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
5 Jul 2017
The Big Picture on Oceans
Speaker: Dr Neo Mei Lin, Research Fellow at NUS Tropical Marine Science Institute
27 Jun 2017
Bad numbers in the news: How to spot them, and how to stop them
Speaker: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University
16 Jun 2017
Honouring EW Barker
Speaker: Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
30 May 2017
Low carbon economy after the Paris Climate Agreement
Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore
9 May 2017
Revolutionary approaches in Science Education
Speaker: Professor Carl Wieman, Nobel Laureate and Physicist, Stanford University
28 Apr 2017
Relevance of Liberal Arts Education for Asian Development
Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President-designate of Yale-NUS College
26 Apr 2017
Future-ready Asia
Speakers: Dr Beh Swan Gin, Economic Development Board Chairman; Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; Prof Brian Kennedy, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
21 Apr 2017
Risk & Resilience, Imagination & Innovation
Speaker: Mr Peter Ho, NUS Trustee and Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures
19 Apr 2017
US-China Relations and the Evolving Order in Asia
Speaker: Professor David Shambaugh, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
12 Apr 2017
New era, new opportunities
Speaker: His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
7 Apr 2017
The Black Elephant Challenge for Governments
Speaker: Mr Peter Ho, NUS Trustee and Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures
5 Apr 2017
China-India-US Relations under the Trump Administration
Speakers: Major General Zhu Chenghu, Dean of China’s National Defense University; Ambassador Shyam Saran, India’s former Foreign Secretary
10 Mar 2017
South Asia and the world
Speaker: Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs
3 Mar 2017
Deconstructing populism
Speakers: Mr Jonathan Darby, Acting Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in Singapore; Frank Lavin, former US Ambassador; Assoc Prof Tan Ern Ser, NUS Arts and Social Sciences
28 Feb 2017
World Order in the Age of Trump
Speaker: Prof Amitav Acharya, Boeing Company Chair in International Relations, Schwarzman Scholars Program, Tsinghua University
1 Feb 2017
Looking ahead
Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) & Second Minister for Defence, Singapore
23 Jan 2017
Putting families first
Speakers: Professor Mary C Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology at Harvard University; Mrs Josephine Teo, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State
19 Jan 2017
The Challenges Ahead – Europe and the World
Speaker: Mr Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine
16 Jan 2017
Has the game changed?
Speaker: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore
7 Jan 2017
Cultural Transfers in History
Speaker: Professor Wang Gungwu, Chairman, NUS East Asian Institute
6 Jan 2017
Perspectives on the Pacific Century
Speaker: The Honourable Kirk Wagar, United States Ambassador to Singapore
3 Jan 2017
Democracy
Speaker: Mr Tshering Tobgay, His Honorable Prime Minister of Bhutan
29 Nov 2016
Driving Singapore’s War on Diabetes
Speaker: Professor Paul Zimmet, Monash University’s Professor of Diabetes and Honorary President of the International Diabetes Foundation
24 Nov 2016
Geopolitics & Pakistan’s Position in the World
Speaker: Mr Shaukat Aziz, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
18 Nov 2016
New Frontiers in International Regulatory Science
Speaker: Professor Guido Rasi, Executive Director of European Medicines Agency
25 Oct 2016
India in the World of the 21st Century
Speaker: Dr Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
7 Oct 2016
Humanitarianism and Challenges to Humanitarian Action
Speaker: Dr Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
5 Oct 2016
A Cloud for Global Good
Speaker: Ms Toni Townes-Whitley, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft
4 Oct 2016
No limits to being better
Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore
28 Sep 2016
Be a global citizen
Speaker: Dr Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
30 Aug 2016
Value of Humanities and Social Sciences
Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education (Higher Education and Skills) & Second Minister for Defence, Singapore
30 Aug 2016
Creating a Distinctive Singapore: Our next 50 years
Speaker: Mr Lawrence Wong, Singapore's Minister for National Development
11 Aug 2016
On globalisation and the Indian diaspora
Speaker: Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
18 Jul 2016
Opportunities of Convergence
Speaker: Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
18 Jul 2016
From adversities to opportunities
Speaker: Madam Halimah Yacob, Singapore Speaker of Parliament and NUS Honorary Doctor of Laws Graduate
7 Jul 2016
Humanist’s Heart, Scientist’s Mind and Artist’s Eyes – Stories behind my Planning Journey
Speaker: Dr Liu Thai Ker, Former CEO of the Housing & Development Board and Chief Planner of the Urban Redevelopment Authority
20 Apr 2016
Fireside Chat at InnovFest unBound 2016: Bringing Angry Birds Alive
Speaker: Mr Peter Vesterbacka, Chief Marketing Officer of Rovio Entertainment
16 Mar 2016
Judges as moral arbiters
Speaker: The Honourable Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
16 Mar 2016
Translation of the genetic code to proteins: the cell workers
Speaker: Prof Ada Yonath, Nobel Peace Winner for Chemistry (2009)
16 Mar 2016
What's Happening to the World?
Speaker: Mr Robert B. Zoellick, Former President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and White House Deputy Chief of Staff
16 Mar 2016
Conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Speaker: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, Singapore
16 Mar 2016
Forging A Strong Partnership to Enhance Prosperity of Asia
Speaker: His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China
16 Mar 2016
Perspectives on Indonesia's Policy Challenges
Speaker: Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Former President of Indonesia
16 Mar 2016
My Hyflux Journey: Daring to Dream Big
Speaker: Ms Olivia Lum, Executive Chairman and Group CEO of Hyflux Ltd
16 Mar 2016
Global Leadership needed in the Era of Fourth Industrial Revolution
Speaker: Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum
16 Mar 2016
Rooting out the 'rot of corruption' in U.K.
Speaker: His Excellency David Cameron, Prime Minister of UK
16 Mar 2016
Governance and Economic Outlook of the Monetary Union in the Eurozone
Speaker: Prof Pier Carlo Padoan, Minister of Economy and Finance, Italy
16 Mar 2016
Capturing the Value of Prevention
Speaker: Prof John Ioannidis, C. F. Rehnborg Professor in Disease Prevention at Stanford University
16 Mar 2016
Leading Change through the United Nations: A Personal Journey
Speaker: Dr Noeleen Heyzer, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
16 Mar 2016
Global Threats to the Global City
Speaker: Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS President
16 Mar 2016
Clean energy, climate and the Artic
Speaker: His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
16 Mar 2016
Global Equity and Security - Towards a Peaceful and Humane World
Speaker: Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, 2005 Nobel Laureate for Peace, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and former Vice President of Egypt
16 Mar 2016
Has the European Experiment Failed?
Speaker: Prof Romano Prodi, Former Prime Minister of Italy
16 Mar 2016
Facing Public Health Challenges in the Post-2015 Era: Need for a New Paradigm
Speaker: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization
16 Mar 2016
The Future of Opportunity: Innovation, Talent and Work in the Next 50 Years
Speaker: Dr Byron Auguste, Managing Director of Opportunity@Work and former Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council
16 Mar 2016
Public Health School moves to new home
Speaker: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization
16 Mar 2016
Asian Economic Outlook and the Role of Asian Development Bank
Speaker: Mr Takehiko Nakao, President of the Asian Development Bank and former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance of Japan
16 Mar 2016
Conversation with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Speaker: Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
16 Mar 2016