What are the governance frameworks and forms of state management capacity that the Singapore government has drawn upon in its response to the current COVID-19 pandemic? What new ways of working has the government adopted to address the multi-dimensional challenges that the crisis has thrown up? Have these been effective? Which of these physical, fiscal, operational and political capacities, and governance policies and practices, should the government retain, modify or develop further for its long-term ability to manage acute as well as creeping crises the country might face in the future?
Please join us at this IPS Research Seminar for a discussion of these questions with Associate Professor (Practice) Terence Ho, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP); Dr Woo Jun Jie, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), LKYSPP; and special guest Ms Sumiko Tan, Executive Editor, The Straits Times, all of whom have written about the subject at hand. Their biographical profiles and descriptions of their books can be found below.
The seminar, with its focus on drawing out research-based insights — including fresh material from interviews with people managing the COVID crisis — will invite participants to offer new lines of enquiry for researchers in the domains of politics and governance in Singapore.
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