2026 Festival Theme

Explore how people, communities, and systems adapt as technology, work, culture, and society transform the world around us

Last updated 8 August 2026

Overview

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!

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Resilience and Mental Wellbeing

Learn how connection, creativity and compassion help us rebuild, reminding us that healing happens together

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Adapting to Change I: Urban, Social, Cultural

Reimagine how cities respond to time, culture and community through design, heritage and inclusion

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Adapting to Change II: AI & Emerging Technologies

Discover how understanding bias, behaviour and beliefs helps us create technology that supports society

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Regional, Policy and Global Resilience

Explore how foresight and cooperation build systems that can adapt before disruption hits

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Careers, Education and Skills for the Future

Find out how education, leadership and creativity equip us to stay human in an age of automation

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Research & Interdisciplinarity

Learn more about cross-disciplinary exchanges that show how thinking together creates solutions no single discipline could reach alone