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.

Open for business, closed in our hearts? Immigration and future of Singapore identity

Capturing atmospheric carbon to power clean, alternative fuels

Capturing atmospheric carbon to power clean, alternative fuels

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Liu Bin, Head of NUS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | 26 February 2019

Sustainable cooling for all

Sustainable cooling for all

Speaker: Speaker: Associate Professor Ernest Chua, NUS Engineering | 26 February 2019

For the Love of Robots

For the Love of Robots

Speaker: Ms Janneke Ritchie, CEO of Orange Gate | 20 February 2019

IPS-Nathan Lecture III - Singapore’s Story: A Port City in Search of Hinterlands

IPS-Nathan Lecture III - Singapore’s Story: A Port City in Search of Hinterlands

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College | 30 January 2019

Singapore and the World

Singapore and the World

Speaker: 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 January 2019

The Domestic Implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor for Pakistan

The Domestic Implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor for Pakistan

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Adeney Katharine, University of Nottingham | 24 January 2019

The Future is Asian

The Future is Asian

Speaker: Dr Parag Khanna, Managing Partner of FutureMap | 16 January 2019

Seeking a better urban future

Seeking a better urban future

Speaker: Speaker: Dr Cheong Koon Hean, the Institute of Policy Studies' 5th S R Nathan Fellow, CEO of the Housing and Development Board | 6 December 2018

AI Super Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order

AI Super Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order

Speaker: Speaker: Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, Former President of Google China | 22 November 2018

Circulations, Connections & Networks: Early Globalisation & Cosmopolitan Singapore

Circulations, Connections & Networks: Early Globalisation & Cosmopolitan Singapore

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore | 31 October 2018