No Path. Courtesy of Ella Raidel and Benjamin Seide.

No Path. Courtesy of Ella Raidel and Benjamin Seide. 

Talk & Lecture
 

Tuesday Lecture
20 October 2026
6:30pm – 8:30pm
The Hall, NTU CCA Singapore
Free with registration

About the Climate Transformation: Sustainable Societies Lecture Series 

The series returns for its third cycle in the Academic Year 2026-27. Each session features researchers from the Climate Transformation Programme, alongside contributors from other academic fields, as well as artists, architects, advocates, various government agencies, non-governmental organisations, and other relevant industries.

A Forest That Speaks: Ecology, Immersion and Regeneration in Singapore 

Tuesday, 20 October 2026 · 6:30 - 8:30 PM

What can Singapore’s secondary forests tell us about ecological resilience? This session brings together filmmaker and artist-researcher Ella Raidel, and ecologist Shawn Lum to explore Dover Forest West through both immersive media and forest ecology. Ella Raidel and her interdisciplinary team of students and researchers join ecologist Shawn Lum to explore Singapore’s secondary forests through immersive art and ecological science. Drawing on No Path, a 360° VR project set in Dover Forest West, and Shawn’s research on fragmented and regenerating forests, the session asks how these landscapes persist under urban pressure and how we might better understand and value them. Together, the speakers will consider how artistic and scientific approaches can deepen our understanding of secondary forests. This lecture will be moderated by Assoc Prof Laura Miotto. 

Tuesday Lecture 
20 October 2026
6:30pm – 8:30pm 
The Hall, NTU CCA Singapore 
Free with registration 

Credits

The Climate Transformation: Sustainable Societies Series is organised by members of the Climate Transformation Programme (CTP) Cross-Cutting Theme 1: Sustainable Societies research team.

Sustainable Societies
Principal Investigator, Associate Professor Laura Miotto (NTU ADM)
Principal Investigator, Professor Dr Thomas Schroepfer (SUTD)
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor Ella Raidel (NTU ADM)

This Lecture Series is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 3 grant [MOE-MOET32022-0006] for the Climate Transformation Programme.