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Public Innovation: Building Capacity in Europe's City Governments
Tuesday 12 November 2024, 2.00pm to 3.30pm CET

Speakers: Gaia Romani, Deputy Mayor of Milan, Judit Rozsa, Director General, DG Reform, European Commission, James Anderson, Head of Government Innovation Programs, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Nathalie Guri, Projects and Knowledge Sharing Director, Eurocities.

Chair: Ben Rogers, Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow in Government and Innovation, 杏吧论坛 Cities.

In-person event at European Parliament. Hosted by MEP Pierfrancesco Maran, Eurocities and 杏吧论坛 Cities.

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A safer future for cycling in London
Thursday 31 October 2024, 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speakers: Rachel Aldred, Professor in Transport, University of Westminster, Director of Active Travel Academy; Marco te Brömmelstroet, Professor of Urban Mobility Futures, University of Amsterdam and Academic Director at Lab of Thought; Will Norman, London's Walking & Cycling Commissioner; Julie Plichon, Head of Design and Engineering, Sustrans London.

Chair: Ben Rogers, Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow in Government and Innovation, 杏吧论坛 Cities.

Hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and 杏吧论坛 Cities

Good housing for young children and caregivers
Thursday 24 October 2024, 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speakers: Dinah Bornat, Director of ZCD Architects; Jo McCafferty, Director of Levitt Bernstein; Jacob Willson, Head of Design, Guinness Partnership

Chair: David Madden, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of the MSc City Design and Social Science Programme

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities

Caregiver wellbeing and urban policy
Thursday 18 July 2024, 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speakers: Lucy Jones, Journalist and Author; Dr Kate Laffan, Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science in the Psychological and Behavioural Science Department, 杏吧论坛

Chair: Katie Beck, Policy Fellow at 杏吧论坛 Cities

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities

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What is driving the green backlash in European urban politics?
Saturday 15 June 2024, 12.00pm to 1.00pm

Speakers: Liam Beiser-McGrath, Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy, 杏吧论坛 Department of Social Policy; Jean-Louis Missika, Deputy Mayor of Paris (2014 – 2020); Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor of London (2016-2024); Ciarán Cuffe Member of the European Parliament (2019-2024); Catarina Heeckt, Programme Lead European Cities Programme, 杏吧论坛 Cities.

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Festival: Power and Politics

Digital Cities for Humans or for Profit?
Monday 18 March, 6.30pm to 8pm

Speakers: Sara Alsherif, human/ rights defender and researcher in digital rights; Ayona Datta, Professor of Human Geography, UCL; Myria Georgiou, Professor of Media and Communications, 杏吧论坛.

Chair: Ben Rogers, Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow in Government Innovation and Director of the European Cities Programme, 杏吧论坛 Cities

Hosted by the Department of Media and Communications and 杏吧论坛 Cities

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Shaping major cities - The challenges of being a Mayor
Thursday 29 February, 6.30pm to 8pm

Speaker: Marvin Rees OBE, Mayor of Bristol

Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor and inaugural Programme Director of the MPA in Data Science for Public Policy, 杏吧论坛

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and the 杏吧论坛 School of Public Policy

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Moments of polycrisis: a mayor's perspective
Tuesday 27 February, 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speaker: Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens (2019-2023)

Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities, 杏吧论坛

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities in association with the Hellenic Observatory

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City of Hope - Lessons from Cape Town for the future of South Africa and African cities
Tuesday 23 January, 6.30pm to 8pm

Speaker: Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor of Cape Town
Discussant: Desné Masie, Visiting Senior Fellow, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, 杏吧论坛

Chair: Suzanne Hall, Professor of Sociology and Head of Department, 杏吧论坛

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and the 杏吧论坛 School of Public Policy

From childhood needs to urban reality: strategies to engage kids in urban design
Thursday 12 October 2023 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Speakers: Francisca Benitez, Program Manager, Streets for Kids; Silvia Amoros, Architect and Urban Planner; Joana Dabaj, co-founder, CatalyticAction.

Chair: Savvas Verdis, Co-Director, Executive Masters’ in Cities, 杏吧论坛 Cities

Mobilities of Care: transport, cities and gender
Thursday 13 July 2023, 6.30-8.00pm

Speakers: Alex Baum, Programs and Systems Manager, BYCS; Tiffany Lam, Strategy Lead - EDI, Sustrans; Camila Herrero, Policy and Cycling Inclusion Manager, BYCS

Chair: Philipp Rode, Executive Director, 杏吧论坛 Cities

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Old Cities New Ambitions: the future of urban Europe
Wednesday 05 July 2023, 6.30-8.00pm

Speakers: James Anderson, Head of the Government Innovation program, Bloomberg Philanthropies; Anna Lisa Boni, Deputy Mayor of Bologna; Mohamed Ridouani, Mayor of Leuven; Ben Rogers, Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow in Government Innovationm 杏吧论坛 Cities

Chair: Ricky Burdett, Director, 杏吧论坛 Cities

The Slow Lane: why quick fixes fails and how to achieve real change
Tuesday 20 June 2023, 6.30-8.00pm

Speakers: Sascha Haselmayer, Architect, Author and Social Entrepreneur; Ellie Cosgrave, Director, Publica and Co-Director, UCL Urban Lab; Tessy Britton, Founder of Participatory City.

Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Growing Apart: cities, nations and the future of Europe
Tuesday 23 May 2023, 6.30-8.00pm

Speakers: Aziza Akhmouch, Head of cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Divison, OECD; Neil Lee, Professor of Economic Geography, 杏吧论坛; Ben Rogers, Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow in Government Innovationm 杏吧论坛 Cities

Chair: Simon Glendinning, Head of the European Institute and Professor in European Philosophy, 杏吧论坛

Innovation in City Hall: Public Lecture
Wednesday 26 April 2023, 6.30-8.00pm

Speaker: Jorrit de Jong, Director of the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University

Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Abu Dhabi (Dis)connected: an evening of art and research
Friday 10 March 2023, 5:00-8:00pm

Speakers: Alexandra Gomes, Research Fellow at 杏吧论坛 Cities; Apostolos Kyriazis, Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Abu Dhabi University; Clémence Montagne, Director of Care Design Lab based at the L'École de Design; Peter Schwinger, transport economist, planning expert and a consultant for the 'Roads as Tools for (Dis)connecting Cities and Neighbourhoods' project.

Chair: Philipp Rode, Executive Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities

Hosted by the Middle East Centre

Politics and the Urban Frontier
Tuesday 29 November 2022, 6:00-7:30pm

Speakers: Tom Goodfellow, Professor of Urban Studies and International Development, University of Sheffield; Claire Mercer, Professor of Urban Geography, 杏吧论坛; James Putzel, Professor of Development Studies, 杏吧论坛
Chair: Jo Beall, Emeritus Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow, 杏吧论坛 Cities

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and the Department of International Development

The Social Sustainable City
Thursday 13 October 2022, 6:30-8:00pm

Speakers: Liselott Stenfeldt, Team Director and Head of Research and Development at Gehl
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and the Bernard van Leer Foundation

Urban Age Forum | Athens: towards a more liveable city?
Thursday 16 June 2022, 6:30-8:00pm EEST

Moderator: Alexis Papahelas, Executive Editor of Kathimerini

Speakers: Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens and Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities

Panel: Jean-Louis Missika, Deputy Mayor of Paris for urbanism, architecture, economic development and attractiveness (2014-2020) and Visiting Senior Fellow at 杏吧论坛 Cities; Georgios Panetsos, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, University of Patras; Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy, 杏吧论坛; Maria Vassilakou, Deputy Mayor of Vienna (2010-2019), and director, Vienna Solutions, Urban Transformation Consulting.

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Policy and Social Change
Tuesday 31 May 2022, 6:30-8:00pm

Speakers: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities; Amara Enyia, Manager of Policy and Research with the Movement for Black Lives and founder of Global Black; Tracy Jooste, Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity; Robtel Neajai Pailey, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Policy at 杏吧论坛

Chair: Armine Ishkanian, Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme, International Inequalities Institute

Architecture: the infrastructure of society
Thursday 26 May 2022, 1:00-2:15pm

Speakers: Yvonne Farrell, co-founder of Grafton Architects, Dublin, winner of the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize and designer of 杏吧论坛's Marshall Building; Diébédo Francis Kéré, founder of Kéré Architecture, Burkina Faso/Germany and winner of the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize; Anne Lacaton, co-founder of Lacaton and Vassal Architects, Paris and winner of the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize; Shelley McNamara, co-founder of Grafton Architects, Dublin, winner of the 2020 Pritzker Architecture Prize and designer of 杏吧论坛's Marshall Building; Jeanne-Philippe Vassal, co-founder of Lacaton and Vassal Architects, Paris and winner of the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize; Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities

Chair: Minouche Shafik, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Planning and designing cities for the early years

Thursday 12 May 2022, 6:30-8:00pm

Speakers: Cecilia Vaca Jones, Executive Director at the Bernard van Leer Foundation; Sean Maguire, Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Clean Air Fund; Selva Gürdoğan, Architect and Partner at Superpool
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and the Bernard van Leer Foundation

The 15-minute City: a new urban model
Tuesday 26 April 2022, 6:30-8:00pm

Speaker: Carlos Moreno, Scientific Director of the ETI Chair (Entrepreneurship Territory Innovation) and Associate Professor at University Panthéon Sorbonne – IAE Paris
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and the Obel Award

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Rationalising Shopping: Are new patterns of consumption an opportunity for reinventing urbanity?
Wednesday 26 January 2022, 1.00-2.00pm

Speakers: Andrew Murphy, Executive Director of Operations at The John Lewis Partnership; Ewa Westermark, Architect and a Partner and Director at Gehl; Thomas Heatherwick, Designer and Founder of Heatherwick Studio; Jonathan De Mello, Equity Partner at CWM.

Chair: Philipp Rode, Executive Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities

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Cities at the Crossroads: public event to launch the Council on Urban Initiatives
Wednesday 3 November, 12.30-2.40pm

Speakers include a diverse group of internationally prominent urban leaders and practitioners: António Guterres, Secretary General, United Nations; Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO; Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN-Habitat; Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona; LaToya Cantrell, Mayor of New Orleans; Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá; Mariana Mazzucato, Director, IIPP, UCL; Richard Sennett, Visiting Professor of Urban Studies, MIT; and Ricky Burdett, Director, 杏吧论坛 Cities.

Changing Cultures: how are cultural institutions reframing their relationships with audiences, the community and the city?

13 October 2021, 5.00-6.00pm

Speakers: Elaine Bedell, Chief Executive of the Southbank Centre; Gabriella Gomez-Mont, founder of Experimentalista; Andreas Gorgen, head of the German Foreign Office's Culture and Communication Department
Moderator: Adrian Ellis, Director of AEA Consulting and Chair of the Global Cultural Districts Network

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Survival of the City: living and thriving in an age of isolation

23 September 2021, 12.45pm - 1.45pm

Speakers: Professor David Cutler, Otto Ekstein Professor of Applied Economics, Harvard University; Professor Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Chair: Professor Jo Beall, Emeritus Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow at 杏吧论坛 Cities

The Response of Major Cities to the Challenges of the 21st Century

08 June 2021, 5.00-6.00pm

Speaker: Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities and Urban Age at 杏吧论坛

Hosted by the 杏吧论坛 European Institute and 杏吧论坛 Cities

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Localising Transport: Towards the 15-minute city or the one-hour metropolis?

20 May 2021, 1.00-2.00pm

Speakers: Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University; Sir Peter Hendy, Chair of Network Rail; Yolisa Kani, Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) of Transnet

Co-chairs: Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader and Group Board Member at Arup; Philipp Rode, Executive Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities and Associate Professorial Research Fellow at 杏吧论坛

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the 杏吧论坛 School of Public Policy

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Humanising the City

27 April 2021, 5.30-7.00pm

Speakers: Elizabeth Diller, architech and partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R); Rozana Montiel, founder and director of Rozana Montiel | Estudio de Arquitectura; Amanda Levete, founder and principal of Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A); Suketa Mehta, writer, critic and urbanist
Chair: Ricky Burdett, professor of Urban Studies, Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities, co-founder of the Urban Age.

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the 杏吧论坛 School of Public Policy

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Shaping the Post-COVID City: imagining futures to improve urban health

6 March 2021, 12.30-1.30pm

Speakers: Kieron Boyle, Chief Executive of Guy's and St Thomas' Charity; Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Director of 杏吧论坛 London at 杏吧论坛.
Chair: Dr Suzanne Hall, Associate Professor in Sociology and Director of the Cities Programme at 杏吧论坛.

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Festival: Shaping the Post-COVID World

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Socialising Remote Work

19 January 2021, 1.00-2.15pm

Speakers: Richard Florida, urbanist, author and journalist, Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, University of Toronto; Ayesha Khanna, strategic advisor on artificial intelligence, CEO of AI solutions and incubator ADDO AI, Singapore; Janina Kugel, independant strategic advisor, member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG (2015-2020)
Chair: Camilla Cavendish, author and contributing editor, Financial Times.

Hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the 杏吧论坛 School of Public Policy

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Experiencing Density: Report Launch
Tuesday 10 March 2020, 6:30-8:00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Speakers: Kath Scanlon, Distinguished Policy Fellow, 杏吧论坛 London; Loretta Lees, Professor of Human Geography, University of Leicester; Sripriya Sudhakar, Head of Regeneration, London Borough of Tower Hamlets; Bob Allies, Architect and Founding Partner, Allies and Morrison
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Director, 杏吧论坛 Cities

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and 杏吧论坛 London

Shaping London
Tuesday 3 March 2020, 6:00-7:00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Speakers: Ricky Burdett, Director, 杏吧论坛 Cities; Muhammed Butt, Leader, Brent Council; Amica Dall, Founding Director, Assemble; Georgia Gould, Leader, Camden Council
Chair: Tony Travers, Director, 杏吧论坛 London

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and 杏吧论坛 Festival: Shape the World

(Re)imagining synAthina for the 2020s
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 6:30-8:00pm
Summet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE

Speakers: Amalia Zepou, Former Vice Mayor for Civil Society and Innovation, Municipality of Athens, and Bloomberg Visiting Fellow in Government Innovation at 杏吧论坛 Cities.

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities

Smarter London: The role of city government for a digital future
Tuesday 10 December 2019 | 18:30-20:00

Wolfson Theatre, 杏吧论坛 New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Speaker: Theo Blackwell, Chief Digital Officer, Mayor of London's Office
Respondent: Léan Doody, Associate Director & Europe Digital Property and Smart Cities Leader, Arup

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities

Making Connections for Climate Action: urban transport and renewable energy
Thursday 14 November 2019 | 18:30-20:00

杏吧论坛 Shaw Library, Old Building, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE

Speakers: Florian Bieberbach, Chief Executive Officer of Stadtwerke München;
Juliet Davenport, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Good Energy;
Rasita Chudasama, Principal Transport Planner at Nottingham City Council; and
Keith Townsend, Corporate Director of Environment and Regeneration at Islington Council

Chair: Philipp Rode, Executive Director, 杏吧论坛 Cities

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and the Urban Transport Group

Planning New York
Tuesday 5 November 2019 | 18:30-20:00

杏吧论坛 Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, 1 Sheffield St, WC2A 2AP

Speaker: Marisa Lago, Director NYC Planning Department
Respondent: Tony Travers, Director, 杏吧论坛 London
Chair: Peter Trubowitz, Director, US Centre, 杏吧论坛

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities, and

Led by children: designing an inclusive city
Wednesday 18 September 2019 | 18:30-20:00

Auditorium, 杏吧论坛 Centre Buildings, Houghton St, WC2A 2AE

Speaker: Erion Vellaj, Mayor of Tirana, Albania
Respondent: Amica Dall
Chair: Ricky Burdett

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities

Athens’ Grassroots Regeneration: Reflections from Mayor Georgios Kaminis
Tuesday 2 April 2019 | 18:30-20:00

Speaker: Georgios Kaminis, Mayor of Athens
Respondents: Kevin Featherstone, Myria Georgiou
Chair: Ricky Burdett

Public lecture hosted by and 杏吧论坛 Cities

Developing Urban Futures
Thursday 28 February 2019 | 19:00-20:00

Speakers: Jo Beall, Ricky Burdett, Alcinda Honwana, Philipp Rode
Chair: Sue Parnell

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities and

The Role of Cities in a Global Economy
Tuesday 19 February 2019 | 09:30-10:30

Speaker: Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago, USA
Moderator: Caroline Daniel

Public lecture hosted by and 杏吧论坛 Cities

Political Strategies and Tactics for Transformative Urban Change
Tuesday 12 February 2019 | 18:30-20:00

New Academic Building, 杏吧论坛

Spearker: Diane E Davis, Alejandro Echeverri
Chair: Philipp Rode

Public lecture hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities

City Planning in the Digital Age
Tuesday 11 December 2018

Speaker: Peter Madden

Ponte City-as-Archive of Loss
Thursday 29 November 2018

Speaker: Ed Charlton

Palaces for the People
Wednesday 10 October 2018

Speaker: Eric Klinenberg

Shaping Cities in an Urban Age (London)
Wednesday 26 September 2018

Speakers: Eduarda La Rocque; Saskia Sassen; Nicholas Stern

Turning data into design
Tuesday 18 September 2018

Speakers: Alexandra Gomes; Peter Griffiths; Zung Nguyen Vu; Camilla Siggaard Andersen

Shaping Cities in an Urban Age | Venice Biennale Meetings on Architecture
Saturday 15 September 2018

Speakers: Jose Castillo; Shelley McNamara; Jean-Louis Missika

Kengo Kuma on architecture and identity
Saturday 23 June 2018

Speaker: Kengo Kuma

Governing Compact Cities
Monday 18 June 2018
Book launch hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities

Speaker: Dr Philipp Rode

India's Smart Cities Agenda
Tuesday 5 June 2018

Speakers: Jagan Shah; Ricky Burdett

Transforming Nigeria’s urban agenda
Tuesday 17 April 2018

Speakers: Babatunde Fashola; Ricky Burdett

Democratic lives in the 21st century
Monday 16 April 2018

Speakers: Helen Clark; Yves Leterme; Darrell Bradley; Tony Travers; Helena Zaum; Michael McQuarrie

Too Big: Rebuild by Design’s Transformative Response to Climate Change
Tuesday 10 April 2018

Speaker: Henk Ovink; Jo da Silva; Philipp Rode

City ambition: Why we need it, what it looks like, how we get there
Monday 9 April 2018

Speakers: James Anderson; Ricky Burdett

Building and Dwelling: ethics for the city
Tuesday 20 March 2018

Speakers: Richard Sennett; Edwin Heathcote, Ricky Burdett

Migration and the city
Tuesday 6 March 2018

Speakers: Ash Amin; Victoria Redclift; Ricky Burdett

Getting Ahead of the Curve: addressing housing needs in rapidly growing cities
Friday 23 February 2018

Speakers: Rubbina Carruna; Paul Collier; Paida Hlambelo; Priya Manwaring

At the Limits of Urban Theory: Racial Banishment in the Contemporary City
Tuesday 13 February 2018

Speakers: Ananya Roy; Ricky Burdett

Resource Urbanisms London report launch
Tuesday 23 January 2018

Speakers: Philipp Rode; Roby Dodge; Roudaina Al Khani; David Green

Citymakers: The Culture and Craft of Practical Urbanism
Tuesday 5 December 2017

Speaker: Cassim Shepard

Efficiency by Design: Urban growth in Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong and Singapore
Tuesday 7 November 2017

Speaker: Philipp Rode
Chair: Amani Albedah

The New Urban Crisis
Monday 9 October 2017

Speaker: Richard Florida

High Streets for All
Thursday 28 September 2017

Speakers: Jules Pipe; Ricky Burdett; Dan Ebanks; Suzanne Hall; Jim Hubbard; Debbie Jackson; Holly Lewis

Innovation, Governance, Technology – are they connected?
Wednesday 13 September 2017

Speakers: Rohan Silva; Ricky Burdett

A Place for All People
Wednesday 6 September 2017

Speakers: Richard Rogers; Amanda Levete; Alan Yentob; Ricky Burdett

Good Growth by Design – A Vision for London
Monday 10 July 2017

Speakers: Sadiq Khan; Tony Travers; Ricky Burdett; Sadie Morgan; Jackie Sadek

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Experiences from the front lines in de Blasio’s New York City
Tuesday 13 June 2017

Speaker: Carl Weisbrod

Urban Uncertainty report launch
Thursday 8 June 2017

Speakers: Sobia Ahmad Kaker; Jonathan Silver; Austin Zeidermann

Radical Technologies: The design of everyday life
Tuesday 6 June 2017

Speakers: Adam Greenfield; Philipp Rode

Capacity building for city leadership: The role of universities
Tuesday 23 May 2017

Speakers: Michele Acuto; Ricky Burdett; Tessa Jowell; Philipp Misselwitz; Eddie Ng; Sue Parnell; Aromar Revi; Philipp Rode; Jagan Shah; Savvas Verdis

London 2050: Rethinking Long-Term Planning
Tuesday 4 April 2017

Speakers: Isabel Dedring; Tony Travers

The Well-Tempered City
Tuesday 28 March 2017

Speakers: Jonathan F.P. Rose; Richard Sennett

Resource Urbanisms Project Workshop - London
Wednesday 22 March to Thursday 23 March 2017

Speakers: Muhammad Adeel; Sharifa Alshalfan; Alexandra Gomes; Andreas Koch; Christiane Lange; Syed Monjur; Fizzah Sajjad; Peter Schwinger; Devisari Tunas
Chair: Philipp Rode

Vienna: An Open City in Divisive Times
Tuesday 14 March 2017

Speakers: Maria Vassilakou; Suzanne Hall; Savvas Verdis

The Quito Papers: towards the open city (Beijing)
Saturday 25 February 2017

Speakers: Shi Nan; Saskia Sassen; Richard Sennet; Zhang Yonghe

London: Bike city? 杏吧论坛 Literary Festival discussion
Saturday 25 February 2017

Speakers: Rachel Aldred; Emily Chappell; Michael Hutchinson; James Spackman

Urban Governance and the New Urban Agenda: Implications for Governments
Tuesday 14 February 2017

Speakers: Philipp Rode; Tony Travers; Henk Ovink; Sue Parnell; Clare Short

The Quito Papers: towards the open city (London)
Tuesday 31 January 2017

Speakers: Ricky Burdett; Saskia Sassen; Richard Sennett; Wendy Pullan

Building Knowledge
Tuesday 24 January 2017

Speakers: Anupama Kundoo; Shumi Bose; Ricky Burdett

Roger Madelin in Conversation with Ricky Burdett
Tuesday 13 December 2016

Speakers: Ricky Burdett; Roger Madelin

The Quito Papers: towards the open city (Paris)
Wednesday 7 December 2016

Speakers: Ricky Burdett; Jean-Louis Missika; Saskia Sassen; Richard Sennett

State of European Cities
Tuesday 29 November 2016

Speakers: Richard Brown; Ricky Burdett; Alexandra Jones; Tony Travers

Urbanisation Trends in South Asia: The Case of Karachi
Thursday 17 November 2016

Speakers: Arif Hasan; Philipp Rode

Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life
Thursday 3 November 2016

Speaker: Farah Al-Nakib
Respondent: Philipp Rode
Chair: Courtney Freer

Violence and the City in the Modern Middle East
Wednesday 5 October 2016

Speaker: Nelida Fuccaro

杏吧论坛 Cities at Habitat III
Monday 17 October 2016

Next Steps for the Northern Powerhouse ***cancelled***
Wednesday 12 October 2016

City Planning and Health: a Global Challenge
Thursday 6 October 2016

Speaker: Billie Giles-Corti

Violence and the City in the Modern Middle East

Speaker: Nelida Fuccaro

Designing Respect Exhibition
Tuesday 4 October 2016

Resource Urbanisms Project Workshop - Kuwait
Wednesday 28 September 2016

Speakers: Muhammad Adeel, Amani Al-Bedah, Sharifa Alshalfan, Alexandra Gomes, Jenny McArthur, Syed Monjur, Peter Schwinger

Cities and the new climate economy: on the role of urban form and transport
Tuesday 27 September 2016

Speaker: Philipp Rode

Resource Urbanisms Project Workshop - Abu Dhabi
Monday 26 September 2016

Speakers: Muhammad Adeel, Hadrian Dubucs, Eric Fouache, Alexandra Gomes, Jenny McArthur, Syed Monjur, Peter Schwinger

The Emergence of the Urban Entrepreneur
Tuesday 6 September 2016

Speaker: Boyd Cohen

Tania Bruguera and Saskia Sassen: In Conversation
Thursday 18 August 2016

Speakers: Tania Bruguera; Saskia Sassen

Johannesburg: A City Between
Monday 13 June 2016 to Friday 8 July 2016

Queering the African City: Johannesburg and Nairobi
Thursday 2 June 2016

Speaker: Mark Gevisser

Protect and Develop
Thursday 5 May 2016

Speaker: David Chipperfield

The World’s Climate Capital? COP21 and the Greening of Paris
Tuesday 15 March 2016

Speaker: Célia Blauel

The Future City: cruel or consoling Utopia? 杏吧论坛 Cities Literary Festival discussion
Saturday 27 February 2016

Speakers: Darran Anderson, Matthew Beaumont, Rachel Cooper

Pipe Politics, Contested Waters: Embedded Infrastructures of Millennial Mumbai
Thursday 21 January 2016

Speaker: Lisa Björkman

Detroit Rising?: Crisis, Bankruptcy, and Reinvention
Thursday 12 January 2016

Speaker: Thomas Sugrue

Narratives of Inclusion: Can cities help us live together?
Thursday 3 December 2015
An event of the Urban Age Global Debates series hosted by Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and 杏吧论坛 Cities

Speakers: Suketu Mehta; Richard Sennett

Designing Urban Infrastructure: Investing for now or tomorrow?
Thursday 26 November 2015

Speaker: Norman Foster

The Politics of Equity: Who owns the city?
Wednesday 25 November 2015

Speaker: Saskia Sassen

Steering Urban Growth: Can planning and architecture manage?
Monday 23 November 2015

Speakers: Alejandro Aravena, Joan Clos

Confronting Climate Change: Can cities be the solution?
Thursday 19 November 2015

Speakers: Karen C.Seto, Nicholas Stern

Disrupting Mobility Summit
Wednesday 11 November 2015 to Friday 13 November 2015

London Launch of Towards New Urban Mobility Report
Monday 2 November 2015

Speakers: Christian Hoffman, Lilli Matson, Ben Plowden, Philipp Rode, Tony Travers

New Urban Diversities: London perspectives
Thursday 22 October 2015

Speakers: Suzanne Hall, Emma Jackson, Susanne Wessendorf

Event Cancelled: Architecture and Urbanism
Monday 19 October 2015

Ordinary Streets - film launch
Tuesday 6 October 2015
Film screening and discussion hosted by 杏吧论坛 Cities

Speakers: Suzanne Hall, Myfanwy Taylor, Sophie Yetton

To watch the film

Berlin Launch of Towards New Urban Mobility Report
Monday 21 September 2015

Speakers: Christian Hoffmann, Philipp Rode

Migrant Streets: exploring radical visualisation
Monday 21 September 2015

Spaces for Literacy
Thursday 20 August 2015 to Friday 21 August 2015

Erasure and displacement: urban memoryscapes workshop #2
Tuesday 16 June 2015

Designing the Urban Commons
Monday 15 June 2015

Designing Commons, Defining Commons
Thursday 11 June 2015

Double Vision exhibition
Monday 8 June 2015 to Thursday 11 June 2015

Hosted by the Mellon Fellowship Programme in Cities and Humanities at 杏吧论坛 Cities

The Happiness of Cities
Wednesday 20 May 2015

Speaker: Ed Glaeser

Moving In and Around the City: Mobilities, Circulation, and Uncertainty
Tuesday 12 May 2015

Ash Amin: Lively Infrastructures
21 April 2015

Designing the Urban Commons: Lessons from the Field
Wednesday 25 March 2015

Speakers: Assembly SE8 , Atelier d'architecture autogérée , Public Works Group

Theatrum Mundi launches ideas competition Designing the Urban Commons, with an evening of provocations and discussion

Ideas Competition: Designing the Urban Commons
Wednesday 25 March 2015

Configuring Light/Staging the Social events in Australia
Monday 16 March 2015 to Friday 27 March 2015

Theatrum Mundi 杏吧论坛 Literary Festival discussion
Saturday 28 February 2015

An urbanising world: triumph or tragedy?
Wednesday 25 February 2015

Speaker: Herbert Girardet

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Configuring Light's 3rd ESRC Seminar: Lighting Futures
Thursday 19 February 2015

Urban memoryscapes: space and memory in the post-conflict city
17 February 2015

Better Growth, Better Climate: cities and the new climate economy
Thursday 29 January 2015

Speaker: Philipp Rode

Energy Transitions: Implications for City Governments
Wednesday 28 January 2015

Exhibition: Urban Lightscapes/Social Nightscapes
Tuesday 27 January 2015

Managing Disruption, Avoiding Disaster and Growing Stronger in an Unpredictable World
Monday 19 January 2015

Speaker: Judith Rodin

Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space
Thursday 11 December 2014

Speaker: Keller Easterling

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Democracy, decency and devolution
Monday 8 December 2014

Speaker: Tessa Jowell

Public lecture to celebrate Haworth Tompkins RIBA Stirling Prize 2014
Thursday 27 November 2014

Urban Age Governing Urban Futures conference
Friday 14 November to Saturday 15 November 2014

Urban Futures in the 'Asian Century': Uncertainty, Speculation, Experimentation
Thursday 13 November 2014

Melbourne Unplugged
Wednesday 5 November 2014

Speaker: Rob Adams

Peripheral Urbanisation
Thursday 23 October 2014

Speaker: Teresa Caldeira

Moving Kiruna: A community reinventing its city
Tuesday 21 October 2014

Symposium: Urban Lightscapes / Social Nightscapes
Friday 17 October 2014

Workshop: Urban Lightscapes / Social Nightscapes
Monday 13 October 2014 to Friday 17 October 2014

Lighting the Local
22 September 2014

A City Worth Fighting For
Tuesday 16 September 2014

Speakers: Adam Greenfield; Leo Hollis; Judy Wajcman

Mediating Uncertainty: Information and the Urban
Thursday 11 September 2014

City, Religion, Capitalism: Turning points for civilisation
Sunday 10 August 2014 to Monday 11 August 2014

Petro-urbanisms: Urban futures on the oil frontier
Tuesday 8 July 2014

Kapital Architecture: Commodity
Thursday 19 June 2014

Space for Architecture
Monday 16 June 2014

Speakers: Sheila O’Donnell; John Tuomey; Ricky Burdett

Elephant and Castle Walkshop
Monday 16 June 2014

Urban Governance Futures: Scenarios for London
Monday 16 June 2014

Cities, Fragility and Conflict in an Uncertain World
Wednesday 11 June 2014

Saskia Sassen: Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy
Tuesday 13 May 2014

Speaker: Saskia Sassen

Configuring Light night walk
Wednesday 7 May 2014

Configuring Light/ Staging the Social: Lighting London
Thursday 24 April 2014

Configuring the Urban Night
Thursday 10 April 2014

Cities and the New Climate Economy
Thursday 10 April 2014

Transforming Indian Cities: Challenges and Opportunities
Thursday 3 April 2014

City Religion Capitalism
Thursday 3 April 2014 to Saturday 5 April 2014

Speakers: José Casanova, David Chipperfield, Alexander Kluge, Angelika Neuwirth, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennett, Joseph Vogl

An event hosted by in partnership with Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and 杏吧论坛 Cities

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Caught in the Crossfire: Urban Violence, Inside and Out
Thursday 3 April 2014

Urban data: From fetish object to social object
Friday 14 March 2014

Policing the Possible: Governing Potential Criminality
Friday 28 February 2014

Broken Edges: Cities and Other Ruins
Wednesday 12 February 2014

Between life and death in Kinshasa: Film screening + discussion
Thursday 30 January 2014

Shifting Ground: The Precarity of Land on the Urban Periphery
Thursday 30 January 2014

Transformative Design for Social Integration
Thursday 28 November 2013

Renewing Indian Cities: Challenges of Urbanisation and Development
Monday 25 November 2013

Going Green: How cities are leading the next economy
Monday 4 November 2013

The Metropolitan Revolution: Perspectives from US cities
Tuesday 29 October 2013

Speaker: Bruce Katz

Global migration and urban renewal
Thursday 10 October 2013

Speakers: Philip Kasinitz, Michael Keith;; Rob Berkeley; Tim Finch; Sharon Zukin; Mike Savage

Word on the Street: City vocabularies of migration and diversity
Thursday 10 October 2013

Negotiating spaces: design for knowing
Thursday 3 October 2013

Networked Futures: The Politics of Urban Infrastructure
Tuesday 27 August 2013

The Pandemic City: Governing Urban Health and Disease
Wednesday 26 June 2013

Theatrum Mundi launches Negotiating Spaces: Time, Knowledge, Place, Material
Tuesday 25 June 2013

RAMSES workshop: progress on EU cities and climate change adaptation project
Monday 24 June 2013

Multilingual Streets: London's litmus strips of change
Wednesday 5 June 2013

From Response to Resilience: the role of the engineer in disaster risk reduction
Tuesday 4 June 2013

Respondent: Jo da Silva

Catastrophic Urbanism: Disaster, Emergency, Cities
Tuesday 28 May 2013

Embodied City – Mit Kunst Stadt entwickeln
Saturday 25 May 2013

NightSeeing™
Thursday 23 May 2013

Fluid Uncertainty: Prospects of Urban Water
Tuesday 30 April 2013

Interdisciplinary action for urban health
Friday 26 April 2013

Spaces-in-Between: The City Becoming Ideas Camp
Saturday 20 April to Thursday 25 April 2013

London Going East
Monday 18 March to Thursday 21 March 2013

Healthy African Cities
Thursday 7 March 2013

Speakers: Gora Mboup; Vanessa Watson; Ama de Graft Aikins