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Established on 1 September 2012 as one of the research centres of excellence in SUTD, the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) is only one of two institutions in Singapore that carry the name of our founding prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

Tan Yin Xi and Samuel Chng examine whether a “reminiscence bump” can help us understand the enduring popularity of some of Singapore’s National Day songs.

LKYCIC researchers Catherine Chang and Holly Apsley launch Solidground.sg – a resource site for those facing online harassment or abuse in Singapore.

In 2019, Singapore generated 744 million kilograms of food waste. To put it into perspective, that is equivalent to 51,000 double-decker buses. Globally, a whopping 1/3 of all food for human consumption goes to waste every year. Although Singapore is small, Singaporeans have big appetites, and with that, arises the inevitable issue of food waste.

Public spaces are shared spaces where people from all walks of life encounter one another as they go about their daily activities. As a space of encounter, they hold considerable potential as a platform for community building and strengthening social resilience.

We are currently in the midst of an accelerated race towards the “Future of Work,” fueled by the growth of digitalization and automation. In this post, we explore what new work arrangements due to the COVID-19 pandemic have shown about the possible futures of work.

At the end of 2019, many predictions were made about the key trends that would shape business in the next decade. Almost all of the predictions include new technologies and online platforms: 5G, artificial intelligence, e-commerce and digital currencies to name a few. But there is another disruptive force that is frequently mentioned alongside technology: climate change.

The deployment of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in cities is an exciting development and we currently see them being tested in a growing number of trials in many cities around the world. In this post, we share some preliminary findings from a Driverless Mobility Dialogue hosted by the Centre and the Sustainable Urban Mobility Research Laboratory at SUTD.

LKYCIC Research Fellow Sam Chng discusses Singapore’s e-scooter ban on a CNA Podcast.

Digital participation has become a hot topic in recent years, whereby traditional methods of gathering feedback from the public – Town Halls, workshops and meetings – are increasingly being augmented by online tools. In this blog post we explore the potential for existing digital collaboration platforms such as GitHub to support participatory planning.