Blog
Building Resilience Together: Citizen Dialogue on Urban Heat and Climate Change
On 5th October 2025, we held a Citizen Dialogue which brought over 100 residents and experts together to discuss how we experience heat in our homes and how we can stay cool, comfortable and resilient in a warming Singapore.
From Smart to Trusted Mobility: Why Trust in AI Matters for Singapore’s Transport Future
As Singapore advances toward smarter urban mobility, the next leap isn’t just technological—it’s trust-based. In our latest blog post, we explore how experimental research on trust in AI can inform transport policies that are not only efficient but also inclusive, transparent, and human-centered.
AI Job Disruption Forecasting — Issue #2: What Jobs Are Really Made Of: A Closer Look at Task-Based Forecasting
In this issue, we explore the value of focusing on job tasks rather than job titles when forecasting how work may evolve. We also examine the limitations of this task-based approach and why it may offer only a partial view of the future of work.
AI Job Disruption Forecasting — Issue #1: Conventional Job Forecasting vs LLMs-Powered Models
Traditional job forecasting often requires extensive research cycles that can take two years or more to complete. Much of this analysis depends on prior market data and expert surveys, which may already be outdated by the time the study begins.
Well-being in the City: Innovating Healthy Living Exhibition
Two LKYCIC research projects—designing walkable neighbourhoods and co-creating with the community, were part of the Urban Redevelopment Authority Urban Lab exhibition on Well-being in the City: Innovating Healthy Living launched on 1 April 2025 by Mr Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State for National Development & Digital Development and Information.
VIASTA!: Changi Simei Viaduct Fiesta
Researchers from LKYCIC’s Urban Psychology Lab and DesignZ’s Positive City Lab co-curated VIASTA! 2 held on 30 November 2024 in Changi Simei.
COP29 at Baku, Azerbaijan
Professor Cheong Koon Hean was invited to attend COP 29 at Baku Azerbaijan to deliver a statement at the High-Level Opening on the Multilevel Climate Action of the Ministerial Meeting on Urbanisation and Climate Change.
Future-Ready Society Conference 2024 – The Future of Citizen Participation and Collective Intelligence
The Future-Ready Society Conference 2024 was held on 1 October 2024 as part of the Future-Ready Society programme, organised by the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities and Institute of Policy Studies, with support of Tote Board.
LKYCIC Researchers Part of a First-of-its-kind, NTUC Labour Alliance Co-laB (LAB)
LKYCIC researchers Poon King Wang, Dr Harvey Neo and Dr Samuel Chng are part of a first-of-its-kind labour research community, the NTUC Labour Alliance Co-laB (LAB) launched by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) on 26 September 2024 at the Labour Research Conference 2024.
LKYCIC – SUTD signs MoU with the Institute of Smart City and Management, University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh
The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh (UEH) on 17 July 2024 during the 2nd International Conference on Resilience by Technology and Design to collaborate in interdisciplinary and sustainable urban development research and education.