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.

Ageing well is a challenge Singaporeans must take on together

Commentary: The COVID-19 Pandemic

Commentary: The COVID-19 Pandemic

Speaker: Commentator: Bert Hofman | 1 April 2020

COVID-19: Keep clean, to keep well

COVID-19: Keep clean, to keep well

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Wang Linfa | 23 March 2020

Coronavirus: The next three months

Coronavirus: The next three months

Speaker: Experts: Visiting Professor Tikki Pangestu from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Associate Professor Hsu Li Yang, Infectious Diseases Programme Leader at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health | 9 March 2020

Singapore’s Response to COVID-19

Singapore’s Response to COVID-19

Speaker: Moderator: Dr Gillian Koh, Deputy Director (Research) and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies | 25 February 2020

COVID-19 in Singapore – Current Experience

COVID-19 in Singapore – Current Experience

Speaker: Author: Professor John Wong, NUS Senior Vice President (Health Innovation & Translation) | 21 February 2020

Strategic Outlook: ASEAN

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Kishore Mahbubani, NUS Asia Research Institute Distinguished Fellow | 21 January 2020

Singapore’s future political landscape

Singapore’s future political landscape

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance | 20 January 2020

Managing Religious Diversity: The Law of ‘Religious Harmony’

Managing Religious Diversity: The Law of ‘Religious Harmony’

Speaker: Speaker: Associate Professor Jaclyn Neo, NUS Law | 4 December 2019

Materials in the Flatland

Materials in the Flatland

Speaker: Speaker: Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov FRS, Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, NUS Department of Materials Sciences & Engineering | 26 November 2019

Key governance issues of our time

Key governance issues of our time

Speaker: Speaker: Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Education | 22 November 2019