Fellowships

City Network for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Fellowships

Research Fellowship

The City Network for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Research Fellowship is a new initiative to support member cities for joint research, aimed at co-creating transformative knowledge to shape the next generation of urban knowledge and innovation and encouraging mutual learning. This reflects the spirit and collaborative nature of the Network.

The topics of Mobility and Housing were jointly selected by the Network cities as the focus of the inaugural Research Fellowship cycle.

Cities exploring Housing will examine how housing systems can function as social infrastructure, remain resilient amidst climate change, along with the policy and planning levers needed to enable this.

Cities exploring Mobility will focus on practical strategies to accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility, and new models of collaboration to deliver transformative mobility projects.

Members of the Network will continue to convene collective discussion to shape the conversations and topics for future Research Fellowship cycles as part of the Network’s Research Fellowship Publication Series.

Urban Leaders Fellowship

The Urban Leaders Fellowship is a biennial immersive learning programme open to all Prize Network cities to gain firsthand insights in the host cities’ transformative strategies and initiatives and to learn from one another. Featuring site visits, workshops and discussions, the first edition was hosted by Bilbao in April 2026, with city leaders joining from Antwerp, Cape Town, Hamburg, Taipei, Toronto, Vienna and Singapore.

URA at the inaugural edition of Urban Leaders Fellowship in Bilbao with the Bilbao City Council team and city representatives from Antwerp, Cape Town, Hamburg, Taipei, Toronto, Vienna and Singapore. © Urban Redevelopment Authority