Limin Hee

Biography: Limin Hee is Director of Research at Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), a nexus and knowledge centre for liveable and sustainable cities, where she focuses on research strategies, content development and international collaborations. Under her leadership, CLC Research spearheads forward-looking studies that consider how cities can prepare for the future and thrive in the face of driving forces such as resource shifts, the push for net-zero cities, ageing societies, and new ways of live-work-play. She is also the project lead for collaborative research projects to promote thoughtful planning and design to enhance liveability in cities, and on how cities can make the necessary urban transformation towards decarbonisation, as well as enabling new work-live-play models. She played similar leading research roles at the National University of Singapore School of Design and Environment, as well as at the Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities and the Asia Research Institute. Her individual research focuses on urban liveability and sustainability and their agenda for architecture, urbanism and public space. She has been the recipient of several accolades and her work on cities has been widely published, including in international refereed journals and architectural reviews. Her recent books include A City in Blue and Green: A Singapore Story (Springer: 2019 - forthcoming), Constructing Singapore Public Space (Springer: 2016) and Future Asian Space (NUS Press: 2012). She co-authored a chapter titled, :From a Smart to a Learning City: The Singapore Model for ASEAN and India” in ASEAN and India – the Way Forward (2022). She obtained her Doctor of Design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where she has been invited to speak as a notable alumnus. She obtained her Master of Arts (Architecture) as well as her professional degree in Architecture, for which she received top honours, from the National University of Singapore. Key recent contributions: CREATE Symposium keynote WEF Agenda Contributor; Nobel Week Dialogue Speaker; Eco-mobility World Festival Keynote; Temasek Ecosperity Panellist; Convenor: Science of Cities Symposium