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Keppel Infrastructure-NUS Low Carbon
Living Laboratory to jump-start smart grid, clean power, renewables and sustainable environmental technology solutions
ComfortDelGro-NUS Smart & Sustainable Mobility Living Lab
to research, test and analyse mobility technologies to generate insights for implementation in mass-market solutions “Recycle Right” Bins to nudge people to recycle right, currently available in the College of Design and Engineering and University Town, and will be rolled out campus-wide
SUSTAINABILITY IN EDUCATION
Sustainability is a multifaceted challenge. It involves policy, supply chain, human capital, research and development, and governance, to name a few. Given its interdisciplinary nature, NUS aims to provide quality education to both its graduate and undergraduate students, equipping them with either a broad understanding or deep appreciation of sustainability issues.
NUS offers nine bachelor’s degree programmes with a sustainability focus, including the Bachelor of Environmental Studies, 12 master’s programmes, as well as over 190 undergraduate and 140 graduate modules with sustainability themes. In continuing education, NUS offers programmes with a 360° view on sustainability and climate change, from graduate certificates and executive certificates to short courses and executive education.
Integrating sustainability and climate action in all of NUS’ activities is aligned with the University’s guiding principles of excellence in teaching, research and innovation, and public service. Collectively, NUS will shape the future of sustainability and climate action in an impactful way.
Visit sustainability.nus.edu.sg to find out more.
Leading Sustainability and Climate Change: Lessons from the Little Green Dot
Bringing together NUS thought leaders and notable guest speakers, this pan-NUS executive programme aims to provide participants with an appreciation of the macro issues on sustainability and climate change, and to deepen their understanding of the sustainability challenges from the perspective of doing business in Asia. Participants can expect to hear from distinguished speakers on the business of sustainability, participate in discussions with other professionals from business organisations and be exposed to sustainable innovations at NUS.
Find out more here: nus.edu/3tgbmVh
This article was contributed by the University Sustainability and Climate Action Council Secretariat and NUS School of Continuing and Lifelong Education.
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INNOVATION AND CHINA’S GLOBAL EMERGENCE
Edited by Professor Erik Baark, Visiting Research Professor at NUS East Asian Institute; Professor Bert Hofman, Director of NUS East Asian Institute and Professor of Practice at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; and Dr Qian Jiwei (Arts and Social Sciences ’11), Senior Research Fellow, NUS East Asian Institute.
China is working hard to shift to an economy driven by innovation and productivity growth. The global implications of this transition will be significant, given the size of China’s economy and the degree of its integration into world trade and global value chains. The degree of scrutiny on the manner and means of transition will likewise be intense, particularly given the rise of technonationalism and a changing strategic calculus around the world. China is attempting to balance the reliance on overseas sources of technology that has served it so well, with efforts to strengthen purely domestic innovation capabilities, not least as a hedge against the risks of a US-led “decoupling”.
In these circumstances, a better understanding of the many different forces of change within China — and the way it responds to outside changes — is essential. The evolution of China’s innovation economy will be one of the key economic stories of the early 21st century, and the world will need China as a source of innovation in the decades ahead. The aim of this book is to help build a better framework for policymakers overseas and in China to find a new equilibrium in negotiating the terms of this engagement.
Richard P. Suttmeier, University of Oregon
Available at NUS Press and other local leading bookstores.
As part of NUS Press’ efforts to put out more open access, free-of-cost content, the publication is also available at epress.nus.edu.sg/innovationandchina.
