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.

Humanitarianism and Challenges to Humanitarian Action

Speaker: Dr Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University 5 Oct 2016

Dr Unni Karunakara, a humanitarian worker and a public health professional for two decades, highlighted the challenges faced by humanitarian agencies in providing life-saving assistance to those affected by crises around the globe.

Many seriously ill patients end up living for treatment

Many seriously ill patients end up living for treatment

Speakers: Assoc Prof Alethea Yee, Asst Prof Shirlyn Neo and Asst Prof Gillian Phua from the Lien Centre for Palliative Care at Duke-NUS Medical School 18 Jul 2024