Events

Inaugural GRASFI Asia Conference

This new annual conference series has a focus on sustainable finance and investment research relevant to Asia. The consistently above global average economic growth and leadership in sustainable finance and investment innovation in Asia is bringing capital providers to this region in larger numbers and with more long term commitment. As the capital looks for destinations here, the academic community must play a critical role in providing knowledge about the quality and impact of capital allocation choices. GRASFI Asia seeks to bring academic insights and thought leadership on sustainable finance and investment, from Asia and about Asia.
 

Reflections on Design, Ethics and Inclusion

Humanising Technology

We created technology to enrich and enhance our lives, but have we ever paused to reflect on whether we are still in the driver’s seat, or if the very tools we built are now subtly steering us?

Join Professor Sun Sun Lim at the launch of Humanising Technology: Reflections on Design, Ethics and Inclusion, a collection of 50 of her opinion editorials that interrogate the multifaceted social impacts of technology. Drawing from over two decades of research and public engagement, she offers insights into how technology intersects with human values and societal norms. It is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding how we can navigate the digital age responsibly, ensuring that technological progress aligns with and enhances our shared humanity.

The session will feature a fireside chat moderated by Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at SMU’s College of Integrative Studies Dr Aidan M. Wong.

12th NTHU-UNSW-SMU Symposium on Sustainable Finance and Economics

Join us for the final instalment of this year’s NTHU-UNSW-SMU Symposium on Sustainable Finance and Economics, a quarterly virtual platform where leading scholars from Asia and beyond share cutting-edge research on sustainability, climate change, corporate social responsibility, environmental protection, and social welfare and growth. This 12th edition features Nobel Laureate Philippe Aghion (Collège de France & LSE) as keynote speaker. Aghion was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his joint work with Peter Howitt in transforming the notion of creative destruction into a rigorous analytical framework that explains how innovation drives sustained economic growth.