2026 Festival Theme

Reimagining Resilience: Flourishing in a Changing World

The Ideas Festival is a month-long showcase of the latest insights and contributions from social science and humanities researchers in Singapore. Our theme for 2026 is Reimagining Resilience: Flourishing in a Changing World, which explores how people, communities, and systems can adapt and thrive amid profound technological, cultural, and societal change.

Resilience is a topic that matters to every field in the social sciences and humanities. To help break down our full range of events, we've grouped them into six helpful categories, each focused on different questions and aspects of resilience.

Explore all our events on the events calendar!

Event Categories

Resilience and Mental Wellbeing

Adapting to Change I: Urban, Social, Cultural

Adapting to Change II: AI & Emerging Technologies

Regional, Policy and Global Resilience

Careers, Education and Skills for the Future

Research & Interdisciplinarity