What is The Future for Cities?
Episodes
372I_Arman Mirzakhani, architect, urban designer, and researcher
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The future of cities form is how we organise life."Are you interested in the dimensions of urban futures? What do you think about urban exp...
Smart city types: from scratch, reinforced, and social - Arman Mirzakhani (372I trailer 3)
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the dimensions of urban futures? What do you think about urban experimentation? How can we create the future of cities as it dep...
371R_Interrogating urban experiments (research debate)
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in investigating urban experiments? Debate of the article titled Interrogating urban experiments from 2016, by Federico Caprotti an...
Technology for humanity's flurishing - Arman Mirzakhani (372I trailer 2)
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the dimensions of urban futures? What do you think about urban experimentation? How can we create the future of cities as it dep...
Economic vitality as part of the urban dimensions - Arman Mirzakhani (372I trailer 1)
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the dimensions of urban futures? What do you think about urban experimentation? How can we create the future of cities as it dep...
370I_Vít Jedlička, President of Liberland
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The state should be an asset for its citizens, it shouldn't be a burden."Are you interested in how to establish a new country? What do ...
Liberland bringing the best elements of all governance forms - Vít Jedlička (370I trailer 3)
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in how to establish a new country? What do you think about using blockchain and AI technology in government? How can we reconfigure...
369R_Liberland Blockchain Whitepaper (research summary)
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in new forms of governance? Summary of the whitepaper titled Liberland Blockchain Whitepaper, published on the Liberland website.Th...
Direct meritocracy as the base for new governance in Liberland - Vít Jedlička (370I trailer 2)
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in how to establish a new country? What do you think about using blockchain and AI technology in government? How can we reconfigure...
Citizens as stakeholders for a new governance system - Vít Jedlička (370I trailer 1)
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in how to establish a new country? What do you think about using blockchain and AI technology in government? How can we reconfigure...
368I_Josh Rands, Co-Founder and CEO at TerraCity
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Transportation is the movement of people and goods ... allowing people to do what they want."Are you interested in predicting urban transpo...
Making 2nd and 3rd rate consequences clear for decision-making - Josh Rands (368I trailer 3)
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in predicting urban transportation systems and their effects? What do you think about transportation as the movement of people and ...
367R_The fundamental issues and development trends of AI-driven transformations in urban transit and urban space (research debate)
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in AI-driven urban transformations? Debate of the article titled The fundamental issues and development trends of AI-driven transfo...
Transport as innovation in a wider sense - Josh Rands (368I trailer 2)
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in predicting urban transportation systems and their effects? What do you think about transportation as the movement of people and ...
Transport allowing people to live their lives comfortably - Josh Rands (368I trailer 1)
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in predicting urban transportation systems and their effects? What do you think about transportation as the movement of people and ...
366I_Ryan Short, author of ‘The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place’ and co-founder of CivicBrand
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Place isn't optional, we have to have a place. So we have to constantly figure it out."Are you interested in place branding? What do yo...
Engaging the youth in urban functionality - Ryan Short (366I trailer 3)
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in place branding? What do you think about participating in the civic brand at your place? How can we involve the next generation t...
365R_The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place (book summary)
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in place branding? Our summary today works with the book titled The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place from 2025,...
Urban evolution and growth as improvement - Ryan Short (366I trailer 2)
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in place branding? What do you think about participating in the civic brand at your place? How can we involve the next generation t...
Placebranding and the civic brand with the triple bottom line - Ryan Short (366I trailer 1)
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in place branding? What do you think about participating in the civic brand at your place? How can we involve the next generation t...
364I_Brett Ferrin, VP of Sales for North America at Traffic Logix
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"We have an obligation ... to be aware of our surroundings, of the impact we have ... and to keep us all safe."Are you interested in traffic...
Involving the next generation and learning from the past - Brett Ferrin (364I trailer 3)
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in resilience as bouncing forward? What do you think about city sandboxing? How can we increase our adaptive capacity as individual...
363R_Intelligent transportation systems for sustainable smart cities (research debate)
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in urban traffic safety and its effects on urban planning? Debate of the article titled Intelligent transportation systems for sust...
Decision based on emotion vs data - Brett Ferrin (364I trailer 2)
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in resilience as bouncing forward? What do you think about city sandboxing? How can we increase our adaptive capacity as individual...
AI as the ability to analyse data quicker - Brett Ferrin (364I trailer 1)
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in resilience as bouncing forward? What do you think about city sandboxing? How can we increase our adaptive capacity as individual...
362I_Sam Kernaghan, Director for the Resilience Program at the Committee for Sydney
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Resilience is not going back to the original levels... It's not possible. It's actually about going forward."Are you interested in ...
Cities as testing grounds for different solutions - Sam Kernaghan (362I trailer 3)
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in resilience as bouncing forward? What do you think about city sandboxing? How can we increase our adaptive capacity as individual...
361R_Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals: a scrutiny of urban strategies in the 100 Resilient Cities initiative (research debate)
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in resilience as bouncing forward? Debate of the article titled Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals: a scrutiny of urb...
Resilience as bouncing forward instead of backwards - Sam Kernaghan (362I trailer 2)
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in resilience as bouncing forward? What do you think about city sandboxing? How can we increase our adaptive capacity as individual...
How to inform decision-making with data - Sam Kernaghan (362I trailer 1)
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in resilience as bouncing forward? What do you think about city sandboxing? How can we increase our adaptive capacity as individual...
360_Residuality Theory, antifragility, resilience and complex systems - Barry O'Reilly
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Residuality Theory is the idea that a random simulation of stress is more efficient than precision and prediction in a complex environment."...
Antifragility, criticality and resilience with Residuality Theory - Barry O'Reilly (360I trailer 3)
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in creating antifragile systems? What do you think about the utilisation of residuals? How can we pivot smartness from the marketin...
359R_Residuality Theory (research summary)
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in how to create antifragile systems? Summary of the articles titled An introduction to Residuality Theory: Software design heuriti...
Smartness as adaptation instead of marketing slogan - Barry O'Reilly (360I trailer 2)
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in creating antifragile systems? What do you think about the utilisation of residuals? How can we pivot smartness from the marketin...
Residuality Theory for the future of cities - Barry O'Reilly (360I trailer 1)
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in creating antifragile systems? What do you think about the utilisation of residuals? How can we pivot smartness from the marketin...
358B_Looking ahead - What’s in the future for "What is The Future for Cities?" Podcast?
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to What is The Future for Cities? Podcast! In our last episode, we took a moment to reflect on a year of incredible conversations. Now, w...
357B_A year in urban futures: Reflecting on 101 episodes of "What is The Future for Cities?" Podcast
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 4th birthday episode of What is The Future for Cities? Podcast!As we celebrate another year of "What is The Future for Cities?", it’s...
356I_Allan Savory, President at Savory Institute
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"You either address the [root] cause, or in the future must pay the price of violence and suffering the world has never seen before."Are you...
355R_The Foundations of Holistic Management (research summary)
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in holistic resource management? Summary of the book chapter titled The Foundations of Holistic Management from 2023, part of the H...
356I_Trailer_Allan Savory, President at Savory Institute
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the future of agriculture? What do you think about holistic contexts for better urban futures? How can we manage our resources b...
353R_Urban mobility scenarios until the 2030s (research summary)
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the future of urban mobility? Summary of the article titled Urban mobility scenarios until the 2030s from 2021, by Márk Miskolc...
354I_Andrew J. Cary, CEO and Co-Founder of SNAAP Transportation
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"As they say: if we are able to look back 200 years, we should be able to look forward 200 years."Are you interested in new ways to the futu...
354I_Trailer_Andrew J. Cary, CEO and Co-Founder of SNAAP Transportation
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in new ways to the future of urban mobility? What do you think about the scalability of education? How can we #rise&execute for...
352I_Petra Hurtado, Chief Foresight and Knowledge Officer at the American Planning Association
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"If we talk about the future, we need to have the future [a.k.a. the next generation] at the table."Are you interested in upcoming urban tre...
351R_2025 Trend reports for planners (research summary)
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the urban trends on 3 different time scales? Summary of the report titled 2025 Trend reports for planners from 2025, by Petra Hu...
352I_Trailer_Petra Hurtado, Chief Foresight and Knowledge Officer at the American Planning Association
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in upcoming urban trends? What do you think about the need for investigating multiple futures in foresight? How can we utilise diff...
350P_Abundant energy, the future of jobs, regulation and demand - Panel on the urban energy matrix with Alan Pears, Adam Dorr, Ramez Naam ,
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the urban energy matrix? What do you think is how our cities can change with abundant energy? How can we generate the right ener...
Learning from the past for a better future - Mark Nelson (350P trailer 4)
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the urban energy matrix? What do you think is how our cities can change with abundant energy? How can we generate the right ener...
Intelligence as a service in a physical word - Ramez Naam (350P trailer 3)
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the urban energy matrix? What do you think is how our cities can change with abundant energy? How can we generate the right ener...
349R_Superabundant energy – What will we do with it? (research summary)
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the effects of superabundant energy? Summary of the article titled Superabundant energy – What will we do with it? from 2022, ...
Planning for the future without shackling ourselves to the past - Adam Dorr (350P trailer 2)
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the urban energy matrix? What do you think is how our cities can change with abundant energy? How can we generate the right ener...
Cost vs value for long-term investments - Alan Pears (350P trailer 1)
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the urban energy matrix? What do you think is how our cities can change with abundant energy? How can we generate the right ener...
348I_Nicholas Lalla, urbanist and author of the book Reinventing The Heart Land
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Are you engaging the community to build solutions to their problems to build the culture of accountability?"Are you interested in the econo...
347R_The economy forward framework: How midsized cities can achieve inclusive growth in the knowledge economy (research summary)
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in mid-sized cities and their economic contributions? Summary of the article titled The economy forward framework: How midsized cit...
348I_Trailer_Nicholas Lalla, urbanist and author of the book Reinventing The Heart Land
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the economic powers of mid-sized cities? What do you think about cities as urban laboratories? How can we build a culture of acc...
346I_Dr Mina Sartipi, founding director of the Center for Urban Informatics and Progress (CUIP) and Guerry Professor at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga (UTC)
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Smart City should be proactive. That before anything [bad] happens would identify areas that need more attention."Are you interested in the...
345R_What do people want in a smart city? Exploring the stakeholders’ opinions, priorities, and perceived barriers in a medium-sized city in the United States (research summary)
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in stakeholder opinions for smart cities? Summary of the article titled What do people want in a smart city? Exploring the stakehol...
346I_Trailer_Dr Mina Sartipi, founding director of the Center for Urban Informatics and Progress (CUIP) and Guerry Professor at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga (UTC)
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the proactive nature of smart cities? What do you think about the need for infrastructure to create adaptability? How can we uti...
344I_Mark Coates, Vice President of Infrastructure Policy Advancement at Bentley Systems
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"We've got to start making projects shovel-worthy, not shovel-ready."Are you interested in digital transformation? What do you think abo...
343R_Creating sponge cities to tackle surface water flooding (research summary)
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the concept of sponge cities? Summary of the white paper titled Creating sponge cities to tackle surface water flooding from 202...
344I_Trailer_Mark Coates, Vice President of Infrastructure Policy Advancement at Bentley Systems
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in digital transformation? What do you think about the phrase: “we’ve got to start making projects shovel-worthy instead of sho...
342_Keller Easterling, an architect, writer, and the Enid Storm Dwyer Professor of Architecture at Yale University
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"In some ways, maybe what we're all doing now is separations with a spatial apparatus."Are you interested in spatial language? What do y...
341R_Global urban structure growth shows a profound shift from spreading out to building up (research summary)
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in urban expansion shifts across 3 decades? Summary of the article titled Global urban structure growth shows a profound shift from...
342_Trailer_Keller Easterling, an architect, writer, and the Enid Storm Dwyer Professor of Architecture at Yale University
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in spatial language? What do you think about the ever present urbanism concept? How can we leverage space as an opportunity? Interv...
340I_Aaron Stupple, physician and author of The Sovereign Child, and Logan Chipkin, president of Conjecture Institute and junior author of The Sovereign Child
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in how empowered children can change the future of cities? What do you think about the Taking Children Seriously approach? How can ...
339R_The Sovereign Child: A Radically Noncoercive Approach to Parenting (research summary)
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in bringing up the next generation as sovereign individuals for better urban futures? Summary of the book titled The Sovereign Chil...
340I_Trailer_Aaron Stupple, physician and author of The Sovereign Child, and Logan Chipkin, president of Conjecture Institute and junior author of The Sovereign Child
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in how empowered children can change the future of cities? What do you think about the Taking Children Seriously approach? How can ...
338I_Alison Watson, Founder and Chief Executive of Class Of Your Own
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The future of cities will be delivered by that 8-year old. Because that 8-year old is soon 18 and then 28."Are you interested in involving the next g...
337R_Child-friendly cities and communities: opportunities and challenges (research summary)
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the concept of child-friendly cities? Our summary today works with the article titled Child-friendly cities and communities: opp...
338I_Trailer_Alison Watson, Founder and Chief Executive of Class Of Your Own
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in involving the next generation into the building industry? What do you think about the knowledge and behaviour shortage? How can ...
336I_Jon Mills, Director at Urbis
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"We don't have to go back to business-as-usual [approaches] just because that's how we did it 20 years ago. That's not what we have t...
335R_A framework for exploring futures of complex urban energy systems (research summary)
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the energy transformation and its effects on cities?Summary of the article titled A framework for exploring futures of complex u...
336I_Trailer_Jon Mills, Director at Urbis
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in urban evolution? What do you think about the city as a producer instead of consumer? How can we investigate unintended consequen...
334I_James Mant, CEO of Spero AI
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"[Cities] are part of the solution. They shouldn't be part of the problem."Are you interested in design and placemaking as creating the ...
333R_Place and Place-making in cities: A global perspective (research summary)
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in place and place-making? Summary of the article titled Place and Place-making in cities: A global perspective from 2010, by John ...
334I_Trailer_James Mant, CEO of Spero AI
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in design and placemaking as creating the city? What do you think about changing our behaviour for better urban futures? How can we...
332I_Kirsty Braybon, principal of Braybon Advisory and Nuclear Law Lecturer at the University of Adelaide
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"[Resilience, sustainability and sovereignty] is building economies in cities and communities that have longevity."Are you interested in nuc...
331R_Investigating the potential of nuclear energy in achieving a carbon-free energy future
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in nuclear energy’s role in a carbon-free future? Our summary today works with the article titled Investigating the potential of ...
332I_Trailer_Kirsty Braybon, Principal of Braybon Advisory and Nuclear Law Lecturer at the University of Adelaide
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in nuclear power and its effects on the economy? What do you think about economic longevity as resilience? How can we balance regul...
330I_Thomas W. Sanchez, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"There seems to be an innate optimism that you have to have as a planner. Why else would you come to a profession where you're trying to look...
329R_Artificial intelligence and the local government: A five-decade scientometric analysis on the evolution, state-of-the-art, and emerging trends (research summary)
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our summary today works with the article titled Artificial intelligence and the local government: A five-decade scientometric analysis on the evolutio...
330I_Trailer_Thomas W. Sanchez, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the innate optimism planners have? What do you think about language as technology? How can we learn from the past for better urb...
328I_Howard Bloom, author and founder of the Howard Bloom Institute
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"So that audacity to reach for the skies has been built into us ever since life reached the land."Are you interested in technological innova...
327R_Cities through the ages: One thing or many? (research summary)
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in urban evolution across time? Our summary today works with the article titled Cities through the ages: One thing or many? from 20...
328I_Trailer_Howard Bloom, author and founder of the Howard Bloom Institute
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in technological innovation like writing? What do you think about cities as the guiding light for humanity? How can we utilise tech...
326I_Sarah Bridges, Technical Director at Aurecon and Director of Precinct Planning within the AJM Joint Venture
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The city is a collision of people and ideas."Are you interested in the benefits of investing in public transport? What do you think about d...
325R_Economic and social impacts of public transport investments: A scoping literature review (research summary)
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the benefits of public transport? Summary of the book chapter titled Economic and social impacts of public transport investments...
326I_Trailer_Sarah Bridges, Technical Director at Aurecon and Director of Precinct Planning within the AJM Joint Venture
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the benefits of investing in public transport? What do you think about design by democracy? How can we create heterogenous citie...
324I_Fin Moorhouse, Research Fellow at Forethought
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"What are uses of land that the market won't provide but are still worthwhile?" Are you interested in the urban aspects not supported by...
323R_Planning ahead for better neighborhoods: Long run evidence from Tanzania (research summary)
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in long term planning for better neighbourhoods? Our summary today works with the article titled Planning ahead for better neighbor...
324I_Trailer_Fin Moorhouse, Research Fellow at Forethought
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the urban aspects not supported by market, like parks and beauty? What do you think about AI evolution? How can we retrofit the ...
322I_Mat Santamouris, Scientia Professor at the University of New South Whales
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The whole interaction between the developing and developed cities and countries are really dynamic."Are you interested in the difference be...
321R_Synergies and exacerbations – effects of warmer weather and climate change (research summary)
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the effects of urban heat islands? Summary of the book chapter titled Synergies and exacerbations – effects of warmer weather ...
322I_Trailer_Mat Santamouris, Scientia Professor at the University of New South Whales
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the difference between cities in the developing and developed countries? What do you think about solutions for the right problem...
320I_Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"We live in an age where the expansion of possibility is actually greater than the latency of restrain."Are you interested in reinventing ou...
319R_Intelligent urbanism with artificial intelligence in shaping tomorrow’s smart cities: current developments, trends, and future directions (research summary)
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in artificial intelligence advancing cities? Summary of the article titled Intelligent urbanism with artificial intelligence in sha...
320I_Trailer_Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in reinventing ourselves for better futures? What do you think about light cities? How can we create conscious urban evolution? Tra...
318I_Mark Lutter, Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"One of the biggest strengths is the past of cities."Are you interested in the connection of economics and cities? What do you think about s...
317R_Building resilient cities: The role of charter cities in promoting resilient urban development (research summary)
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested charter cities? Summary of the article titled Building resilient cities: The role of charter cities in promoting resilient urban de...
318I_Trailer_Mark Lutter, Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the connection of economics and cities? What do you think about superstar cities and their agglomeration? How can we utilise cit...