Panel 1 — What is Being Young Like Today?

The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) will hold its annual flagship Singapore Perspectives (SP) conference, on 22 and 29 January 2024.

The theme of SP2024 will be “Youth”. Today’s young are coming of age in a period of unprecedented change on many fronts – socio-economic, technological, demographic, even the “nuclear family”. On the one hand, in many societies, including Singapore, the fastest growing segment is no longer the young but the old. On the other, youth itself is being prolonged, as the young today take longer than previous generations did to complete traditional milestones of adulthood, like formal education, stable employment, marriage and home ownership. SP2024 will examine the vast gamut of challenges facing young Singaporeans today, including: How will they fit into Singapore’s ageing society? How will they adapt to the evolving expectations around work? How will family norms change as more young people delay or reject marriage and parenthood altogether?

There will be a total of three online forums held on 22 January 2024, followed by an in-person conference on 29 January 2024.


0:10​​ min
Opening Address
Dr Kalpana Vignehsa
Senior Research Fellow
Institute of Policy Studies

3:37​​ min
Moderator
Dr Dilum Wewalaarachchi
Research Fellow
Policy Lab
Institute of Policy Studies

6:56​​ min
Speaker
Mr Tan Lin Teck
Deputy Chief Executive
National Youth Council
and
Senior Director, Youth Division
Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

24:35​​ min
Speaker
Associate Professor Vincent Chua
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
National University of Singapore

42:05​​ min
Speaker
Dr Kwan Jin Yao
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
College of Education and Human Development
University of Delaware
and
Research Fellow
The Majurity Trust

57:22​​ min
Question-and-Answer Session

#SP2024Youth

To find out more about the event:
https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/ips/events/...

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