Events

The Political Economy of International Financial Crises

In this lecture, we will explore how political actors and dynamics—such as special interest lobbying, legislative bargaining, and two-party electoral competition — can affect phenomena in finance.

How to Make AI Apocalypse Immune: Insights from Soviet Artificial Intelligence

This talk, building on a larger book project on the history of Soviet artificial intelligence, advances thoughts on how to avoid the many problems of future-looking imagination of artificial…

7th Annual Wee Kim Wee Soka International Seminar on Global Peace and Understanding

The SOKA International Seminar is an annual event focused on the Big Questions explored by Singapore Management University’s Core Curriculum, with the aim of advancing the frontiers of our queries…

Building Strategic Awareness and Decision-making Competence for an Epoch of Disruptive Change – Training our Minds based on New Findings in Neuroscience

Today’s fundamental questions of wealth and poverty and the ongoing tectonic changes in the world require a radically new, integrative mindset and heightened strategic awareness. We cannot tackle the…

Ethical Issues in an Age of Technology

This lecture features a panel of 3 speakers who shall touch on AI ethical principles, data privacy principles, as well as the question of ethics with regards to the design of law respectively in…

大陆是飘浮的岛屿：新加坡、1990年代与王安忆南来寻根之旅的启发 | Geography Lessons: Singapore, the 1990s and Wang Anyi’s Root-Seeking Journey to the South

本讲座通过回顾王安忆的新马书写，反思新加坡于1990年代在华人世界里的特殊地位，并展望蕞尔之岛如何能够再以海纳百川的气度，重新成为华人多元文化的主场。This talk engages with Wang Anyi’s writings on the Singapore-Malaysian region, in order to reflect on Singapore’s unique…

Wealth and Poverty Through the Lens of the Current Situation in Ukraine

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. One of the largest states on the planet has questioned the rights of sovereignty and territorial integrity of its…

Between Pragmatism and Populism? A Conversation on the Past, Present, and Limitations of Singapore's Immigration Policy

This talk will sketch a brief history of immigration, from the founding of modern Singapore through the present day, focusing on the economic, social, and political motivations that shaped changes in…

AI Past, Present and Now and Stories from the Trenches

In this two-part lecture, Laurence Liew will cover a brief history of AI past, the current AI landscape and AI in the next 25 years.

Crafting a Sticky Story in Seconds

From time immemorial, humans have told stories to entertain, educate and influence. Good storytellers are able to spark instantaneous engagement with their audience.

8th Annual SMU-Ikeda Peace and Harmony Lecture - A Broader Mind, A Bigger Heart

The world is fracturing, opening up new fault lines between countries and within human communities. At such a time, it is important that we see the world from the perspective of others and not…

Everyday Consequences of Class Inequality

The contemporary global context is one of intense wealth, income inequality and narrowing social mobility. Class privilege or disadvantage and their reproduction shape people’s wellbeing in profound…