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.

Singapore's multibillion-dollar events industry has a hidden cost

Singapore's multibillion-dollar events industry has a hidden cost

Speaker: Assoc Prof Zhang Weina and Mr Yannis Yuan 6 Nov 2025

As Singapore celebrates its success as a global host for international events like the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix, a harder question looms: Can this growth remain sustainable? Associate Prof Zhang Weina from NUS Business School, who is also Deputy Director of the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute, and Mr Yannis Yuan, Research Associate from the same institute at NUS, weigh in on the significant invisible environmental costs of hosting such events, the necessity of measuring emissions, and the importance of collective will from policymakers, venue operators and organisers to make sustainability part of how success is defined.

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Singapore's multibillion-dollar events industry has a hidden cost

Singapore's multibillion-dollar events industry has a hidden cost

Speaker: Speaker: Assoc Prof Zhang Weina and Mr Yannis Yuan | 6 November 2025

Singlish is so much more than ‘broken English’

Singlish is so much more than ‘broken English’

Speaker: Speaker: Dr Daniel Chan | 6 November 2025

Cashless but confusing: Can Singapore fix its digital payments system?

Cashless but confusing: Can Singapore fix its digital payments system?

Speaker: Speaker: Asst Prof Daniel Rabetti | 3 November 2025

Chatbots could be first responder for mental health issues, but with limits

Chatbots could be first responder for mental health issues, but with limits

Speaker: Speaker: Asst Prof Nur Hani Zainal | 28 October 2025

Conversations on kids’ screen time focus too much on quantity

Conversations on kids’ screen time focus too much on quantity

Speaker: Speaker: By Dr Chew Han Ei, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Governance and Economy Cluster at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS; and Prof Lim Sun Sun, Vice President for Partnerships and Engagement and Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication and Technology at the College of Integrative Studies at SMU | 27 October 2025

AI in healthcare a game changer for Singapore, if we get the rules right first

AI in healthcare a game changer for Singapore, if we get the rules right first

Speaker: Speaker: By Assoc Prof Liu Nan from the Centre for Quantitative Medicine and Director of the Duke-NUS AI + Medical Sciences Initiative at Duke-NUS Medical School; and Ms Jasmine Ong from SingHealth | 14 October 2025

Hidden power of a smooth career start

Hidden power of a smooth career start

Speaker: Speaker: By Dr Chew Han Ei, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Governance and Economy,  from the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS; and Assoc Prof Vincent Chua from the Dept of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS | 14 October 2025

Neighbour disputes: What more can we do for parties to come to the table?

Neighbour disputes: What more can we do for parties to come to the table?

Speaker: Speaker: By Mr Nicholas Thomas, Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS | 13 October 2025

The best example leaders can set is well-being

The best example leaders can set is well-being

Speaker: Speaker: By Asst Prof Reuben Ng from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS and Lead Scientist at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk at NUS | 8 October 2025

Vietnam-Singapore carbon credit pact: A defining test for Asean green finance

Vietnam-Singapore carbon credit pact: A defining test for Asean green finance

Speaker: Speaker: Nguyen Tran Bao Phuong, Research Fellow, and Tran Thi Ngoc My, Asia Competitiveness Institute, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy | 7 October 2025