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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AI Super Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order

AI Super Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order

Speaker: Speaker: Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, Former President of Google China | 22 November 2018

Circulations, Connections & Networks: Early Globalisation & Cosmopolitan Singapore

Circulations, Connections & Networks: Early Globalisation & Cosmopolitan Singapore

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, 6th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore | 31 October 2018

Higher Education in Singapore

Higher Education in Singapore

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Tan Eng Chye, NUS President | 29 October 2018

Diversities – New and Old

Diversities – New and Old

Speaker: Speakers: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies; Ambassador Tommy Koh, Special Adviser, Institute of Policy Studies | 25 October 2018

Governing Global-City Singapore: Legacies and Futures after Lee Kuan Yew

Governing Global-City Singapore: Legacies and Futures after Lee Kuan Yew

Speaker: Speaker: Associate Professor Tan Kenneth Paul, NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy | 4 October 2018

Times Higher Education World Academic Summit 2018 : In conversation with Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education, Singapore

Times Higher Education World Academic Summit 2018 : In conversation with Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education, Singapore

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education, Singapore | 28 September 2018

The Future of the Separation of Powers

The Future of the Separation of Powers

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Mark Tushnet, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School | 20 September 2018

The United States and South Asia: Assessing the New Dynamics

The United States and South Asia: Assessing the New Dynamics

Speaker: Speaker: Dr S Jaishankar, Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, ISAS; Former Foreign Secretary of India; and India’s Former Ambassador to the United States and China | 14 September 2018

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