What is The Future for Cities?

Are you interested in academia’s role in establishing the better future for cities? What do you think is not academia’s role? How can we improve academic research for the better future for cities? This episode is a panel discussion where I invited back previous interviewees to answer some questions together and let them discuss the different viewpoints. The panellists were Professor Jeni Paay, Pro...

Are you interested in what is the role of academic researchers in establishing the better future of cities? Our summary today works with the article titled Urban futures: systemic or system changing interventions? A literature review using Meadows’ leverage points as analytical framework from 2020 by Corina Angheloiu and Mike Tennant, published in the Cities journal. This is a great preparation to...

Are you interested in how smart city can be more than just top-down or bottom-up? Our summary today works with the article titled Interstitiality in the smart city: more than top-down and bottom-up smartness from 2023 by Ryan Burns and Preston Welker, published in the Urban Studies journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how smart city can...

Are you interested in how focusing on disability needs in technology can enhance the whole user experience? What do you think about smartness meaning simplification? How can we use AI for the better? Interview Damian Hewitt, Head of Smart Cities and Future Mobility at SAGE Group. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, cities as lifestyle centres, agility for technology, collaboration,...

Are you interested in the right to the city? Summary of the article titled Human rights and the city: Including marginalised communities in urban development and smart cities from 2019 by Tina Kempin Reuter, published in the Journal of Human Rights. This is a great preparation to our next interviewee in  episode 147 , Damian Hewitt, where we talk a lot about the need to include the marginalised gr...

Trailer for episode 147I - the interview with Damian Hewitt, Head of Smart Cities and Future Mobility at SAGE Group. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, cities as lifestyle centres, agility for technology, collaboration, urban mobility, and many more. Find out more in the interview ! Music by  Lesfm  from  Pixabay

Are you interested in how to reduce complexity of the smart city business models? Summary of the article titled Smart city and simplicity? Modular business models for smart cities from 2020 by Sari Peratalo, Petri Ahokangas, and Saara Pekkarinen, published on the EU’s Futurium platform. This is a great preparation to our next interviewee in episode 147 , Damian Hewitt, where we talk a lot about th...

Are you interested in renewable technologies? What do you think about thinking inward and using present opportunities? How can we accept problems to improve them? Interview with Morley Muse, cofounder of iSTEM Co and Renewable energy consultant. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, cities accommodating technology, equity, open-mindedness, and many more. So, let’s start with a proper...

Are you interested in how to use microalgae to treat wastewater? Summary of the summary titled Extraction of microalgae as a form of wastewater treatment: Opportunities in biodiesel, biogas, biohydrogen, and volatile fatty acids production from 2023 by our next interviewee in ⁠episode 144 , Morley Muse about their current work. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be...

Are you interested in how to future-proof STEM education? Summary of the article titled Becoming future-proof STEM teachers for enhancing sustainable development: A proposed general framework for a capacity-building programs in future studies from 2022 by Hanaa Ouda Khadri, published in the Prospects Journal. This is a great preparation to our next interviewee in episode 144 , Morley Muse, where w...

Are you interested in the difference between prediction and forecasting? What tools do you think can improve urbanisation? How can we use digital twins better for improvements? Interview with Soheil Sabri, Digital Delivery Lead for Urban Digital Twin at the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration at the University of Melbourne. We will talk about his vision for the future o...

Are you interested in the benefits and challenges of digital twins? Summary of the article titled Creating digital twins to save our cities from 2023 by Soheil Sabri, Stephan Winter and Abbas Rajabifard, published on The University of Melbourne website. This is a great preparation to our next interviewee in episode 141 , Soheil Sabri, where we talk a lot about the digital twin technologies. Since...

Are you interested in the boundaries and directions of urban planning science? Summary of the article titled The landscape and evolution of urban planning science from 2023 by Milad Haghani, Soheil Sabri, Chris De Gruyter, Ali Ardeshiri, Zahra Shahhoseini, Thomas W. Sanchez, and Michele Acuto, published in the Cities journal. This is a great preparation to our next interviewee in episode 141 , Soh...

Are you interested cities as beautiful monsters? What do you think about consciously choosing your city to live? How can be our procrastination regarding climate change a good thing? Interview with Luis Natera, a software developer and geospatial network scientist. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban improvements, car electrification pros and cons, urban choices, and many more...

Are you interested in how walkability and quality of life are connected? Summary of the article titled Quantifying life quality as walkability on urban networks: The case of Budapest from 2019 by Luis Natera, David Deritei, Anna Vancso, and Orsolya Vasarhelyi, presented at the International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications. This is a great preparation to our next interviewee i...

Are you interested in how the legal framework in Australia influences walking? Summary of the article titled An analysis of the legal framework influencing walking in Australia from 2022 by Tracy Nau, Adrian Bauman, William Bellew, Billie Giles-Corti, and Ben J Smith, published in the Public Health Research & Practice journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would...

Are you interested in prosperous cities? What do you think about urban pessimism? How can we be more punk music tragic for the better future of cities? Interview with Paul Satur, research fellow and lecturer at Monash Water Sensitive Cities and co-founder and CEO of Our Future Cities. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban status quos, sustainability, institutional mini-meism, an...

Are you interested in how social inequality influences domestic water and thus broader water sustainability issues? Summary of the article titled Social inequality and water use in Australian cities: the social gradient in domestic water use from 2021 by Paul Satur and Jo Lindsay, published in the Local Environment – The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. This is a great preparat...

Are you interested in how multifunctional urban spaces can contribute to increasing the quality of urban life in dense cities? Summary of the article titled Multifunctional Urban Spaces – a solution to increase the quality of urban life in dense cities from 2020 by Atieh Ghafouri and Christiane Weber, published the Manzar journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would...

Are you interested in inventing the future of cities? What do you think about urban evolution? How can we predict the future of the city? Interview with Michael Batty, Bartlett professor of planning. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, history and future urban evolutions, city as a way of life, the urban machine, and many more. Michael Batty is a British urban planner, geographer an...

Are you interested in how can we create better, more sustainable cities for the future? Summary of the book titled Inventing Future Cities from 2018 by Michael Batty, published by The MIT Press. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Michael Batty as the books present how he thinks about the future of cities. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be int...

Are you interested in how large-scale urban modelling going beyond the usual land use and transport interactions? Summary of the article titled A new framework fro very large-scale urban modelling from 2021 by Michael Batty and Richard Milton, published in the Urban Studies journal. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Michael Batty as he is an expert on urban data management. Sin...

Are you interested in creating your own future? What do you think about urban stability and entrepreneurship? How can we charge into the future?  Interview with Alan Donegan, founder at Rebel Business, Entrepreneur and Finance School. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, people and collaboration, healthy competition with abundance mindset, governments doing less of stupid things...

Are you interested in how cities and entrepreneurship are connected? Summary of the article titled Entrepreneurship in cities from 2021 by Sam Tavassoli, Martin Oschonka, and David B. Audretsch, published in the Research Policy journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how cities influence entrepreneurship and vice versa. This article presen...

Are you interested in how urban futures have changed over time?  Summary of the article titled Urban futures – Idealization, capitalization, securitization from 2022 by Austin Zeiderman and Katherine Dawson, published in the City – Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how our imaginati...