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.

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Transition in Afghanistan: Past Challenges, Future Prospects

Transition in Afghanistan: Past Challenges, Future Prospects

Speaker: Speaker: Professor William Maley, Professor of Diplomacy, ANU college of Asia and the Pacific, Australia | 12 September 2018

IPS-Nathan Lecture I - The long and short of Singapore history: cycles, pivots and continuities

IPS-Nathan Lecture I - The long and short of Singapore history: cycles, pivots and continuities

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College | 12 September 2018

The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age

The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age

Speaker: Speaker: Associate Professor James Crabtree, Associate Professor of Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy | 21 August 2018

Regional Integration: What Lessons from Europe?

Regional Integration: What Lessons from Europe?

Speaker: Speaker: Dr. Enrico Letta, Former Italian Prime Minister and Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PISA) | 17 August 2018

Learning from Singapore’s Journey to Greater Water Security

Learning from Singapore’s Journey to Greater Water Security

Speaker: Speaker: Mr TAN Gee Paw, Special Advisor to Chairman, PUB | 17 August 2018

Forum on Religious Harmony 2018

Forum on Religious Harmony 2018

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Wong Kan Seng, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Minister for Home Affairs | 3 July 2018

Kevin Rudd: U.S. - China Relations, North Korea & the Future of the Global Order

Kevin Rudd: U.S. - China Relations, North Korea & the Future of the Global Order

Speaker: Speaker: Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia and President of the Asia Society Policy Institute | 26 June 2018

Data Protection Law in Singapore: Privacy and Sovereignty in an Interconnected World

Data Protection Law in Singapore: Privacy and Sovereignty in an Interconnected World

Speaker: Speaker: Simon Chesterman, Dean and Professor National University of Singapore Faculty of Law | 6 June 2018

Inaugural Singapore Social Work Practice Research Conference 2018Theme: The range and process of practice research

Inaugural Singapore Social Work Practice Research Conference 2018Theme: The range and process of practice research

Speaker: Speaker: Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Senior Parliamentary Secretary | 5 June 2018

Future Warfare and Humanitarian Implications

Future Warfare and Humanitarian Implications

Speaker: Speaker: Dr Hugo Slim, Head of Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross | 24 April 2018