Cognitio Perspectives

Mr Edwin Tong, who is the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law was the guest speaker at a student dialogue titled ‘Revisiting the Social Compact in Multicultural Singapore: Local Exigencies and Global Influences’, moderated by Ms Winnie Tan, who is the President of Residential College 4 (RC4)’s 10th College Students’ Committee.

On November 7, “Perspectives” hosted government officers Mingjing Lim from the Ministry of Finance and Jian Wei Heng from the National Climate Change Secretariat. Their talk provided a snapshot of Singapore’s approach to environmental goals and healthcare improvements, examining the practicalities and hurdles in adopting complexity science within the civil service.

On 17 Oct 2023, we were inspired by a panel of RC4 alumni- Lawrence Xiao, Ryan Chong, Danish Lukawski, Lexdan Lim and a special guest Jerrick Tee from Action Community for Entrepreneurship. Our distinguished panel members are all successful founders of various start-ups.

The STEER-Himalaya Forum brought together previous cohorts of the RC4 STEER Himalaya program, fresh candidates, experts from the region and the Associate Vice President of NUS-GRO. The RC4 STEER team demonstrated how fieldwork and Systems Thinking can be blended to co-create knowledge targeting mutual learning among students, educators, and community development practitioners.

On 22nd August 2023, RC4 alumnus, Ryan Tan, engaged students and fellows on the topic of “taking interdisciplinary beyond the classroom”. He connected his experiences from Singapore to his first year in the Graduate Program on Engineering and Policy at TU Delft in the Netherlands to demonstrate how interdisciplinary thinking can be used to reflect on life, create social purpose, and explore policy issues.

Prof Tan Tin Wee put Singapore on the world map. He was inducted into the inaugural Internet Hall of Fame in 2012 for being a global pioneer of the Internet and for inventing multilingual domain names which is now a global Internet standard called IDN.

On 6 February 2023, Residential College 4 residents have a chance to learn from Prof. Prahlad Vadakkepat on his deep knowledge in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics. He provided insightful perspectives on his view for those who would like to pursue AI-related jobs and the role of AI and robotics in the future.

Master’s Bubble Tea Night: Becoming a City of Good – An Invitation to Dream Together 16th August 2022 Residential College 4 residents were delighted to have Ms. Melissa Kwee, CEO of National Volunteer…

Mrs. Wee Geok Hua is part of the nationwide Age Well Everyday (AWE) Programme and a teacher of Mindful Awareness Practise. She is an inspirational person to those who attended the Perspectives session on 23rd August 2022.