CGL’s research focus over the next two years includes the areas of Leadership and Strategy, Managing in Complexity and Social Policy.
Leadership and Strategy
Leadership research at the Centre studies the actions of public sector leaders in turning around their organisations and examines the approaches used by different leaders to generate key leadership principles, practices and lessons. Its purpose is to create a better understanding of the profile of a Singapore public sector leader within the context of the country’s principles of governance.
Managing in Complexity
Successful policy innovation is rarely the result of superior foresight or accurate prediction. More often, it is the result of learning by doing, constant experimentation and flexible adaptation. Together with our fellow researchers in the Centre for Public Economics, we explore how governments, leaders and individuals can better make sense of and react in a world of great complexity and uncertainty, manage their organisations to anticipate future challenges, and build up the tools to manage this complexity.
Social Policy
In partnership with relevant agencies, the Centre conducts research into emerging issues in social policy such as social insurance, social marketing, and social cohesion — studying Singapore’s experience and policy options in these areas, and conducting comparative analyses of how our approach differs from other countries.
Research Methodology
The Centre’s strength is in qualitative research, in particular, fieldwork that has a strong concentration on one-on-one interviews with policy makers and government leaders. Its researchers are skilled in interview techniques which forms an integral part of the research analysis and interpretation. The Centre is constantly building relationships with local public agencies. Their support of the Centre’s objectives and aspirations have informed the Centre’s research priorities and helped researchers gain access to in-depth information that are pertinent to the Centre’s research agenda. |