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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.

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

Associate Professor Kenneth Paul Tan, at the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, shared his thoughts about how governance in Singapore evolved since independence and what are Singapore’s prospects in a post-Lee Kuan Yew future when the state will have to struggle, in increasingly complex conditions, to maintain its hegemony while securing a pre-eminent position in the global economic order.

Of state and society: Does Singapore have social capital?

Of state and society: Does Singapore have social capital?

Speakers: Dr Georgios Georgiou 19 Apr 2025

Improving carbon credit frameworks to enhance carbon project quality and financing

Improving carbon credit frameworks to enhance carbon project quality and financing

Speakers: Professor Johan Sulaeman, Mr Desmond Tay, Mr Michael Alexander 14 Apr 2025