Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore)

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The Institute of Policy Studies (abbreviation: IPS; Chinese: 新加坡政策研究院) is a think tank in Singapore. The institute is dedicated to fostering good governance in Singapore through strategic policy research and discussion. It focuses on Singapore's domestic developments and her external relations. It takes a multi-disciplinary approach in its analysis, with an emphasis on long-term strategic thinking. IPS began operations in 1988. The founding director was Chan Heng Chee.

With Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong as its patron, it is chaired by Professor Tommy Koh with a Board of Governors comprising of Peter Ho Hak Ean, Professor Shih Choon Fong, Patrick Daniel, Fang Ai Lian, Hsieh Tsun-Yan, Lee Tzu Yang, Kishore Mahbubani, Dr. Teh Kok Peng, and Professor Wang Gungwu.

The Deputy Director is Arun Mahizhnan, and the research staff comprises Jeanne Conceicao, Dr. Gillian Koh, Dr. Lai Ah Eng, Tan Tarn How, and Dr. Yap Mui Teng.

The Institute took on its first visiting fellow in documentary filmmaker Tan Pin Pin in 2007.

[edit] Annual conference

The IPS conducts an annual conference under the title Singapore Perspectives. Each year there is a different theme on which the presentation are based. As a conclusion, the findings are published in a book.

Previous conferences were called:

Perspectives on Singapore 2002 (2001)
Singapore Perspectives 2003 - The Challenges and Opportunities of Change (2002)
Singapore Perspectives 2004 - At a Dawn of a New Era (2003)
Singapore Perspectives 2005 - People and Partnerships (2004)
Singapore Perspectives 2006 - Going Glocal: Being Singaporean in a Globalised World (2005)
Singapore Perspectives 2007 - A New Singapore (2006)