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.

We have to live with Covid-19 like it’s the flu

We have to live with Covid-19 like it’s the flu

Speaker: Prof Ooi Eng Eong 23 Dec 2023

Like many human viruses that originated in animals, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, has adapted to life in humans. We will thus have to learn to live with it. Thankfully, with vaccination, COVID-19 has transformed from a highly fatal disease to a milder illness with a global case fatality rate below 0.1 per cent versus 2 per cent in 2020, says Prof Ooi Eng Eong, from the Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, and Associate Dean (Early Research Career Development), Office of Academic Medicine, at the Duke-NUS Medical School. Prof Ooi is also a Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at NUS.

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NSmen and mental health: Our soldiers don’t need to suffer in silence

NSmen and mental health: Our soldiers don’t need to suffer in silence

Speakers: Dr Chew Han Ei, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, and Ms Isabelle Tan, Research Assistant, both at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS 20 Mar 2025

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