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.
Speaker: Asst Prof Elvin Ong 6 Jun 2025
Should Singapore’s voting age be reduced from 21 to 18? Assistant Professor Elvin Ong, from the Department of Political Science at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, weighs in on how reducing the voting age can guard against diverging inter-generational satisfaction in electoral outcomes, promoting youth voices for inclusive policymaking, and cement the political will to make necessary adjustments to political institutions to reflect the political desires and preferences of young Singaporeans.
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Speaker: Dr Samer Elhajjar, Senior Lecturer from the Dept of Marketing at NUS Business School | 24 July 2025
Speaker: Professor C. Raja Mohan, Visiting Research Professor from the Institute of South Asian Studies at NUS | 16 July 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Teo Yik Ying, NUS Vice President (Global Health) and Dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at NUS | 15 July 2025
Speaker: Assoc Prof (Practice) Carol Soon from the Dept of Communications and New Media, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS | 10 July 2025
Speaker: Prof Kwan Ok Lee, Deputy Head of the Dept of Real Estate at NUS Business School | 8 July 2025
Speaker: Dr Chew Han Ei, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies at NUS | 30 June 2025
Speaker: Adjunct Assoc Prof Jeremy Lim from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at NUS; Dr Taufeeq Wahab from NUHS; and Ms Sheryl Ha, an incoming student at Duke-NUS Medical School | 28 June 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Lawrence Loh | 24 June 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Prof Lawrence Loh | 20 June 2025
Speaker: Speaker: Assoc Prof Nitin Pangarkar | 11 June 2025