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.

This health insurance clash is a chance to fix issues in Singapore's healthcare system

Agency Reasoning – A Formula or a Tool?

Agency Reasoning – A Formula or a Tool?

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Francis Reynolds, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Oxford | 17 August 2017

A tale of two cities

A tale of two cities

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Lam Khee Poh, Dean of NUS Design and Environment | 15 August 2017

Age is Unnecessary: Shakespeare and the War between Old and Young

Age is Unnecessary: Shakespeare and the War between Old and Young

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University | 10 August 2017

Preparing business students for a volatile, uncertain world

Preparing business students for a volatile, uncertain world

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Bernard Yeung, Dean, NUS Business School | 31 July 2017

Start-ups, Outer Space and you

Start-ups, Outer Space and you

Speaker: Speaker: Commander Jeffrey Williams, Retired NASA Astronaut | 12 July 2017

Life lessons in law

Life lessons in law

Speaker: Speaker: Mr V.K. Rajah, Former Attorney-General of Singapore and Judge of Appeal | 8 July 2017

Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum | 5 July 2017

The Big Picture on Oceans

The Big Picture on Oceans

Speaker: Speaker: Dr Neo Mei Lin, Research Fellow at NUS Tropical Marine Science Institute | 27 June 2017

Bad numbers in the news: How to spot them, and how to stop them

Bad numbers in the news: How to spot them, and how to stop them

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University | 16 June 2017

Honouring EW Barker

Honouring EW Barker

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore | 30 May 2017