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Exploring what makes society resilient to deception by fake news
Insights and Commentaries
17 August 2021
IPUR organised two workshops on 11 and 13 August via zoom following a pilot study conducted by Dr Catherine Wong, Research Fellow at the institute. The workshop explored her study...
Art Meets Science: Tackling Data and Perceptions
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11 August 2021
Buet-Golfouse from the University College London presented a conceptual model which enables the usage of both human intelligence and AI to derive an optimal result. This model utilises the traditional...
The role of insurance in enhancing societal resilience
Insights and Commentaries
22 January 2021
The toll of floods on lives and livelihoods has become more severe as global warming worsens, land use changes, and economic density increases in sensitive regions. Based on Swiss Re...
AI and the technology paradox: Learning from Japan’s COVID-19 response
Insights and Commentaries
11 December 2020
By Prof Heng Yee-Kuang Advanced technology has and will continue to quickly transform the way many industries and individuals go about their work. We see many countries looking to adopt...
Digital inequality a risk to digital literacy
Insights and Commentaries
23 November 2020
At the risk of sounding cliched, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely upended every domain in our lives. With stay-at-home restrictions imposed in about 70% of the countries, to varying extent,...
What can we learn about our risk behaviour as we step into a new normal?
Insights and Commentaries
09 July 2020
As Singapore enters a transition period and gradually lifts the safety measures to minimise the spread of COVID-19, we can look back at the numbers and consider the government’s response...