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.

Modelling the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore: Science Fact or Science Fiction

Speaker: Associate Professor Alex Cook 7 May 2020

In a recent session of the “COVID-19: Updates from Singapore” webinar series, Associate Professor Alex Cook, Vice Dean (Research) of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, spoke about how mathematical modelling has emerged as a key discipline in the COVID-19 outbreak and some of the ways in which it is used in Singapore to inform our response to the pandemic.
Universities as ministries for sustainable futures?

Universities as ministries for sustainable futures?

Speaker: Professor Koh Lian Pin 6 Dec 2024