Events

This talk examines Kampong Gelam’s transformation from historic neighbourhood to managed heritage-tourism district, tracing three key phases.

Why do people protect themselves from extreme heat, and why do intentions not always translate into action? This seminar examines urban heat adaptation through the COM-B framework, with particular attention to motivation: risk perceptions, concern, attitudes, intentions and self-efficacy.

Countries need to both mitigate climate change and adapt to it, but limited resources mean one may get prioritised over the other. This research asks why, and finds that mitigation is seen as more desirable (having a more attractive goal, with global benefits), while adaptation is seen as more feasible (being easier to act on, with localised benefits).

This lecture explores how environmental inequalities shape psychological experiences across the Global South, where communities often face the greatest climate risks despite contributing least to the crisis.

This talk examines urban colour not as surface decoration, but as a structured system shaped by nature, culture, and urban development over time.

Nature-based solutions require community stewardship to thrive. Discover key insights on water-sensitive urban design in Singapore, Seoul, and Zurich.

Grounded in extensive organisational practices, this session introduces a structured, human-centric, and skills-first approach to identify how functional tasks can be automated, augmented, or reorganised, and how jobs can be reconstructed into higher-value, future-ready roles.

Explore how digitalisation shapes the everyday lives of older adults in Singapore’s Outram Planning Area, featuring real stories, photographs, and voices from older residents — reflecting their experiences with technology, from the conveniences it brings to the challenges it creates.

This talk traces the historical development and contemporary transformations of the Buddhist community in Singapore. Beginning in the nineteenth century, it examines how waves of migration from China, South Asia, and Southeast Asia produced a diverse Buddhist landscape encompassing Theravāda, Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna traditions in a colonial port city.

Accessibility systems worldwide are evaluated on compliance: does the ramp exist, does the lift work, is the route barrier-free? But compliance and care are not the same thing. This talk draws on fieldwork in Singapore to examine accessibility as a relational problem, not just an infrastructure one, and asks what happens when we apply this lens to AI.