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What are some of the key challenges cities in the Global South currently face? How can we plan future cities with well-being in mind in the face of the climate crisis? How can we ensure that the transition towards sustainable urban living is just and inclusive? The newest run of the Rethink the City - New Approaches to Global and Urban Challenges short course addresses some of these questions. If you want to learn more about sustainable urban development, spatial justice and urban resilience, this is your chance to register: : https://lnkd.in/d8S7n2H The course launches this week on edX - and, as always, participation is free. Rethink the City is one of three courses included in Delft University of Technology's Professional Program, alongside Inclusive and Sustainable Cities with Global Housing Design and Building Inclusive Cities: Tackling Urban Inequality and Segregation. #UrbanResilience #SpatialJustice #HousingProvision #SustainabilityTransitions

The SMU Urban Institute is hosting a seminar titled '𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬’ on 5 June 2024 at Singapore Management University. This seminar by Professor Luca Mora, Professor of Urban Innovation at Edinburgh Napier University and Tallinn University of Technology, aims to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the global status of smart city governance, exploring its complexities and challenges. Moreover, viable strategies for enhancing decision-making processes will be presented. The discussion will be informed by the latest academic research and the data collected during the implementation of three global-scale research projects on smart city governance commissioned by the United Nations. Participants will leave with actionable insights into improving local smart city governance frameworks to ensure that urban digital transformations can truly fulfil their potential for increased sustainable development. This seminar will be moderated by Jason Grant Allen, Associate Professor of Law at the SMU Yong Pung How School of Law, Director of the Centre for AI & Data Governance and Urban Fellow (Urban Infrastructure) of the Urban Institute. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain global insights into smart city governance! Register here now: https://bit.ly/3V5o3zk #GlobalInsights #SmartCityGovernance #UrbanDigitalTransformation #Sustainability

Cities need solid research, data, and insights to shape evidence-based policy responses and innovative solutions to the climate crisis. The next chapter of the book that Debra Lam and I co-edited (Empowering Smart Cities through Community-Centred Public Private Partnerships and Innovations) features the research partnership between the City of Melbourne and the University of Melbourne. The Chair in Urban Resilience and Innovation, established under this co-funded and co-designed partnership, brings together the nexus of policy, research and practice to strengthen urban resilience and innovation. It's an example of how both cities and universities can work together to shape policy-relevant research to advance and inform city action on climate change.

💭Writing from above the clouds 🪄 incredibly happy to share that another article from my PhD thesis, co-authored with my amazing promoter Tuna Tasan-Kok, has been published in one of the top journals in urban studies, Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning. Our piece, titled “From Entrepreneurial to Responsive Spatial Governance: Unveiling Innovative Strategies of Self-Organization in Istanbul”, analyzes the key role of institutionalized self-organization within entrepreneurial governance frameworks. Focusing on the transformation initiative in Sarıyer’s Derbent informal neighborhood (gecekondu) in Istanbul, it illustrates how organized community groups can influence urban policy through engagement in policy networks. What we highlight with this part of the thesis is many-fold: * The entrepreneurial state leverages market dynamics (“acting through the market”) to achieve its objectives. * State entrepreneurialism may adopt authoritarian approaches to transform and regenerate informal housing areas. * A flow/progression from unorganized reflections to populist politics and further to institutionalized self-organization. * The emergence of institutionalized self-organizing coalitions advocating for the right to the city. * Institutionalized self-organization empowers citizens as entrepreneurs, facilitating negotiations within policy networks. Please bear with me in my excitement, as I genuinely feel like I am standing much closer to my academic dreams���and sincerely hope these efforts pave the way for my career aspirations. Lastly, I would like to extend my gratitude to the anonymous reviewers, the guest editors, and the editor-in-chief for their constructive feedback, which significantly contributed to the development of our paper 🙏 I also want to thank Derbent’s heros interviewed for this study, whose valuable insights uniqued our research findings and whose struggles and solidarity have inspired us to create innovative pathways to empower civic influence✊ #PhDPublication #ProudMoment #AcademicJourney #Cities #UrbanPolicyandPlanning #UrbanGovernance Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) UvA Maatschappij & Gedrag University of Amsterdam The piece is open access and can be downloaded right here 👇 https://lnkd.in/gt6wv9PW

How to Educate Professionals to Shape Today’s Digital Cities? 🌐 Scholars Paige Clayton, PhD, (Georgia Institute of Technology) Robert Goodspeed (University of Michigan), Jamaal Green, Allison Lassiter (University of Pennsylvania), Bev Wilson, AICP (University of Virginia), and William Riggs (University of San Francisco) give five approaches to achieve this in their recent #article ! 📊 Their commentary prevails new approaches adopted in planning faculties and supports an innovative #urbanplanning education for the digital age. You can read more about this article via this link: https://lnkd.in/dqTAZvyz #UrbanPlanning #DigitalCities

🌟 Presenting The Playbook: A Decade of Urban Innovation with AMS Institute! This week saw the launch of The Playbook 📘, a practical guide for those interested in developing urban innovation ecosystems with real impact. It outlines seven essential building blocks and reflects on AMS Institute's journey from inception to today, with inspiring project highlights. It was a privilege to work on unravelling the mechanics of a decade of institute building and capturing the unique story of AMS Institute. Blossity revisited the bid book developed for the original design competition by the City of Amsterdam, analysed current practices and conducted deep dives with key stakeholders of AMS Institute. Thank you to everyone who shared their valuable insights! AMS Institute demonstrates how cities can work with communities in living labs to address complex urban challenges and develop distinct talent for sustainable economic growth. It also illustrates how forging true, trusted partnerships with educational institutions leads to more innovative ways of working within and across government, based on scientific rigour and independent of extractive consulting models. Armed with these seven building blocks, it's now up to you to seize the moment and start applying them in your community and your city. 💪🌱 👇 Read The Playbook in full via the link in the first comment. 📫 Drop a line here or email us to learn more about shaping cities where talent sticks. #UrbanInnovation #StickyCities #InnovationEcosystems

Tackling the most pressing urban challenges--from extreme heat to inequity--takes a shared understanding of solutions and how they can be applied across a range of contexts. With UrbanShift's new online #CityAcademy, you can delve into concepts like urban #naturebasedsolutions and #circulareconomy strategies at your own pace, and learn best practices you can bring to your city. These courses, developed by experts from UN Environment Programme World Resources Institute ICLEI and C40 Cities, were created with urban practitioners in the Global South in mind, but are open and applicable to people working in cities worldwide. With expert interviews, presentations, and case studies on eight essential integrated planning themes, these courses create a strong foundation for developing more sustainable, equitable, and livable cities. Explore and enroll in the City Academy courses, offered in six languages, and sign up for updates: https://lnkd.in/e-tqSHuk Global Environment Facility

It’s been intense, I’m not gonna lie. but also one of the projects through which I learned the most! The UrbanShift City Academy courses are so well done, they dive deep into the practical side of each topic, highlighting basic concepts, challenges and potentials of implementation, as well as tips for local and regional governments. As a comms person, working on them has been a proper learning - yet enlightening - journey. And the beauty of it all is that they are divided into short modules that anyone can skip or repeat, depending on your prior knowledge about the topic. For me, it was constant repeat 😅 If you haven’t done it yet, I’d strongly advise you to check them all out and enroll in those you’re most interested in. Upon completion of a course, you’ll also receive a certificate of attendance.

Check out Urban Planning's new #openaccess issue about how technology is changing the way citizens participate in #urban development processes, with potential benefits and risks for ex/inclusion and power dynamics. Congratulations to the Academic Editors Simone Tappert, Asma Mehan, PhD, Pekka Tuominen, Zsuzsanna Varga, and to all the contributors to this important and well-timed issue! #urbanplanning #urbanstudies #urbanism #socialmedia #Facebook #architecture #citymanagement #cityplanning

Emerging global cities? What are they? In an age when Silicon Valley is glorified and major awe-inspiring engineering feats are completed, it is possible to create innovative urban projects in previously peripheral cities. Miami and Singapore are not New York or London. They should not be measured against these global cities. They are a very different type of entity and as such their story deserves to be told. Learning how these cities evolved into their present condition allows for a more nuanced understanding of globality in the context of the capitalist world system. https://lnkd.in/gYhr_uRs #global #pittglobal #cities #urbanstudies