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Five years of groundbreaking interdisciplinary research and international collaboration at the Future Cities Lab are now summarised in the book “Future Cities Laboratory Global”.

In Singapore, the flagship Future Health Technologies programme is entering its second phase. In an interview, Programme Director Nici Wenderoth talks about the team's accomplishments in the first five years and their goals for the next five years. 

Hélène Chartier, director of urban planning and design at C40 Cities, visited ETH Zurich on 22 / 23 April 2026. 

15 years of science transformed into impact: a Swiss-Singapore
partnership brought to life in a special exhibition at ETH Zurich.

by Joshua VARGAS, Programme Coordinator (Communications & Research) FCL Global Singapore 

The impact of FRS’ research on resilience persists beyond its conclusion

Researchers explore how traffic disruptions can put unexpected strain on the power grid, and how EV charging at workplaces and offices can be a compelling solution for greater grid stability amid increasing solar penetration.

Martin Raubal, Kezhi Mao, and Johanna Wörle explore how AI gaze-tracking, and public sentiment analysis are changing how cities manage urban mobility crises.

Eleni Chatzi and Jimmy Peng unpack the often-invisible cyber-physical systems that underpin our cities and explore how we can design, monitor, and manage them to stay ahead of disruption.

A collaborative study by researchers from Future Resilient Systems (FRS) at the Singapore-ETH Centre and Changi Airport Group has developed a new data-driven approach to assess the Skytrain’s reliability and improve it by optimising some of its maintenance regimes.