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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Universities as ministries for sustainable futures?

Universities as ministries for sustainable futures?

Speaker: Professor Koh Lian Pin 6 Dec 2024

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