What is The Future for Cities?

282I_Trailer_Keygan Huckleberry, Emergency Management Officer in Christchurch

14 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in disaster resilience planning? What do you think about 15-minute cities as a tool for disaster resilience? How can we create safe...

280I_Hudson Worsley, co-founder and director of Presync

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"At the theoretical level, the discipline of resilience is very human-centric, and I think the discipline of sustainability is more nature-centric." A...

279R_How ecosystem services drive urban growth: Integrating nature-based solutions (research summary)

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in urban ecosystem services? Summary of the article titled How ecosystem services drive urban growth: Integrating nature-based sol...

280I_Trailer_Hudson Worsley, co-founder and director of Presync

07 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the difference between sustainability and resilience professionals? What will you answer to your grandkids when they ask what yo...

278I_Nadun Hennayaka, founder and CEO of Gaia Project Australia

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"The world is a city on its own, we are not really disconnected." Are you interested in technology which enhances urban food production? Wha...

277R_Future food-production systems: Vertical farming and controlled-environment agriculture (research summary)

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in vertical farming as a future food production system? Summary of the article titled Future food-production systems: Vertical far...

278I_Trailer_Nadun Hennayaka, founder and CEO of Gaia Project Australia

30 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in technology which enhances urban food production? What do you think about the world as a city on its own? How can we be responsib...

276I_Beth McDaniel, President of Reactive Surface Partners at McDaniel and Associates

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"What we can't do is be an ostrich and put our head in the sand and expect [climate change] to go away." Are you interested in carbon ca...

275R_Trends in research and tevelopment for CO2 capture and sequestration (research summary)

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in carbon capture and sequestration? Summary of the article titled Trends in Research and Development for CO2 Capture and Sequestr...

276I_Trailer_Beth McDaniel, President of Reactive Surface Partners at McDaniel and Associates

23 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in carbon capture technologies? What do you think about the opportunities within our collaborations? How can we shake off our boili...

274I_Richard Gill, CEO of RethinkX

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"[In] societal change we need to protect people, not jobs or industries." Are you interested in transformational technologies? What do you t...

273R_Rethinking Humanity (research summary)

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in rethinking humanity and its trajectory? Summary of the report titled Rethinking Humanity – Five foundational sector disruptio...

274I_Trailer_Richard Gill, CEO of RethinkX

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in transformational technologies? What do you think about cities being in competition? How can we embrace change even if it is mess...

272I_Frank Elavsky, accessibility and data interaction researcher

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Our job is to imagine a future that is hopeful." Are you interested in the difference among hope, knowledge and prediction? What do you thi...

271R_Experimentation or projectification of urban change? A critical appraisal and three steps forward (research summary)

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the controversy between experimentation and projectification? Summary of the article titled Experimentation or projectification...

272I_Trailer_Frank Elavsky, accessibility and data interaction researcher

09 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the difference among hope, knowledge and prediction? What do you think about our responsibility in imagining better futures? How...

270I_Lucas Gil Nadolskis, PhD student at the Bionic Vision Lab

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"I think when you say someone is disabled, there is an assumption that that person is not functional - which could not be more wrong!" Are y...

269R_The use of the smart technology for creating an inclusive urban public space (research summary)

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in how smart technology can enhance accessibility? Summary of the article titled The use of the smart technology for creating an in...

270I_Trailer_Lucas Gil Nadolskis, PhD student at the Bionic Vision Lab

02 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the difference between inclusion and integration? What do you think about the disability of people or the environment? How can a...

268I_Dr Tiffany Williams, an action-focused public health professional

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Children are the future, but they are also current." Are you interested in involving the young generation into decision-making? What do you think abo...

267R_Actualising children’s ideas for health-promoting neighbourhoods through impactful co-design: insights from children and adult decision-makers (research summary)

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in involving the next generation in urban decision-making? Summary of the thesis titled Actualising children’s ideas for health-...

268I_Trailer_Dr Tiffany Williams, an action-focused public health professional

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in involving the young generation into decision-making? What do you think about meaningful involvement? How can we differentiate be...

266I_Alison Whitten, the Director of the Systems Lab at Regen Melbourne

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Regeneration is about how we leave things better than the way we found them." Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think a...

265R_Regeneration towards suitability: A decision-making framework for determining urban regeneration mode and strategies (research summary)

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in suitable urban regeneration? Summary of the article titled Regeneration towards suitability: A decision-making framework for de...

266I_Trailer_Alison Whitten, the Director of the Systems Lab at Regen Melbourne

19 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the role of citizens, governments and the designers in urban futures? How can we pla...

264I_Robert Pradolin, director of Housing All Australians

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Success for me is making an influence on society in a beneficial way." Are you interested in housing as economic infrastructure? What do yo...

263R_Why affordable, social and public housing must be redefined as economic infrastructure (research summary)

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in housing as economic infrastructure? Summary of the article titled Why affordable, social and public housing must be redefined a...

264I_Trailer_Robert Pradolin, director of Housing All Australians

12 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in housing as economic infrastructure? What do you think about the developer sector? How can we be more aware of our effects throug...

262I_Ishara Sahama, human geographer

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"How we come together as people for the betterment of our social lives as well as the quality of our lives living in urban regions?" Are you intereste...

261R_Place and City: Toward a Geography of Engagement (research summary)

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the connection between sense of space and civic engagement? Summary of the article titled Place and City: Toward a Geography of...

262I_Trailer_Ishara Sahama, human geographer

05 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in how you connect to the city and place? What do you think about human geography? How can we build trust within the local communit...

260I_Dr Haydn Read, a specialist practitioner in systems thinking and action

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Pitch it high and don't take your eyes off the prise!" Are you interested in distributed well-being? What do you think about density as...

259R_Lessons from nine urban areas using data to drive local sustainable development (research summary)

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in data-driven local sustainable development? Summary of the article titled Lessons from nine urban areas using data to drive loca...

260I_Trailer_Dr Haydn Read, a specialist practitioner in systems thinking and action

28 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in distributed well-being? What do you think about density as a measurement for affordability? How can we use the why-how-what ques...

258I_Matt Gijselman, Director of Infrastructure Policy Advancement for the APAC Region at Bentley Systems

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"What are cities on the human scale? Are they great places to live, work and play?" Are you interested in translating the city to the human ...

257R_Formal Model for Green Urbanism in Smart Cities (research summary)

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the different stakeholders of public space? Summary of the article titled Formal model for green urbanism in smart cities from ...

258I_Trailer_Matt Gijselman, Director of Infrastructure Policy Advancement for the APAC Region at Bentley Systems

21 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in translating the city to the human scale? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we direct urba...

256I_Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics at Queensland University of Technology

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Science has already fixed climate change. We know what's causing it, we know what to do about it. The fact that there is paralysis is not th...

255R_Participation, co-creation, and public space (research summary)

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the different stakeholders of public space? Summary of the article titled Participation, co-creation, and public space from 201...

256I_Trailer_Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics at Queensland University of Technology

14 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in listening to scientists? What do you think about the urgency of actions after scientific proof? How can we use the planetary ind...

254I_Emil Melles, civil engineer and my father

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in individual steps as strengths for the future of cities? What do you think how we can be brave in political decisions for thinkin...

253B_#3 Birthday episode - last year and the coming one

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What did you learn this year from these episodes? What was the most interesting and important for you? What would you like to learn more about in the ...

252I_Allison Duettmann, the president and CEO of Foresight Institute

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"You are the product of the city you grew up in, but you can accurately shape it and move to different cities." Are you interested in existe...

251R_Existential risk and existential hope: Definitions (research summary)

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in existential hope instead of existential risk? Summary of the article titled Existential risk and existential hope: Definitions ...

252I_Trailer_Alison Duettmann, the president and CEO of Foresight Institute

31 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in existential hope? What do you think how are you influenced by the city around you? How can we use foresight to peak into the fut...

250P_Space cities with Dr Anders Sandberg, Xavier de Kestelier and Thomas Gooch

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in space cities? What do you think about cities versus communities? How can we create great space communities? The panellists, Dr ...

249R_Space colonization: A study of supply and demand (research summary)

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in space colonisation? Summary of the article titled Space colonization: A study of supply and demand from 2011 by Dr. Dana Andrew...

250P_Trailer_Space cities with Dr Anders Sandberg, Xavier de Kestelier and Thomas Gooch

24 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in space cities? What do you think about cities versus communities? How can we create great space communities? Trailer for the pan...

248I_Alejandro Quinto, the Head of Innovation at Yeme Tech

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"There are obviously things that you cannot predict but the more things you consider, the more agile and flexible your city is going to be."...

247R_Data-driven urban management: Mapping the landscape (research summary)

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in data-driven urban management? Summary of the article titled Data-driven urban management: Mapping the landscape from 2020 by Ze...

248I_Trailer_Alejandro Quinto, the Head of Innovation at Yeme Tech

17 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in responsible technology use? What do you think about using data in urban decision-making? How can we be mindful of our biases to ...

246I_Boyd Cohen, Academic Director of Sustainability at EGADE Business School of Tec de Monterrey

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"We're not going to get where we need to as a spieces unless we embrace and enable abundance!" Are you interested in abundance capitalis...

245R_Urban resilience: Bridging the gap where cities and towns embrace abundance (research summary)

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in urban resilience to create abundance? Summary of the book chapter titled Urban resilience: Bridging the gap where cities and to...

246I_Trailer_Boyd Cohen, Academic Director of Sustainability at EGADE Business School of Tec de Monterrey

10 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in abundance capitalism? What do you think about flourishing versus sustainability? How can we create prosperity and abundance? Tra...

244I_Joe Glesta, co-founder and CEO of Climasens

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Building with climate sensitive design is what needs to happen in cities." Are you interested in urban resilience and climate adaptation? W...

243R_Integrative approaches to urban resilience: Evaluating the efficacy of resilience strategies in mitigating climate change vulnerabilities

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the successful implementation of urban resilience strategies? Summary of the article titled Integrative approaches to urban res...

244I_Trailer_Joe Glesta, co-founder and CEO of Climasens

03 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in urban resilience and climate adaptation? What do you think about ‘sustainability is dead’? How can integrating urban infrast...

242I_Harry Robertson, proactive designer and founder of two businesses

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Optimism is acting without a proper full understanding of how things work." Are you interested in cyclical economies? What do you think abo...

241R_Tackling the plastic problem: A review on perceptions, behaviours, and interventions (research summary)

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in a solution for the plastic problem? Summary of the article titled Tackling the plastic problem: A review on perceptions, behavi...

242I_Trailer_Harry Robertson, proactive designer and founder of two businesses

27 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in cyclical economies? What do you think about plastic as a material? How can we move from the linear to the performance-based econ...

240I_Craig Ehrke, the Chief Executive Officier at Skai Energies

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"We are in a space that any one person can have an impact in some way." Are you interested in rethinking urban planning? What do you think a...

239R_Development of a sustainable hydrogen city concept and initial hydrogen city projects (research summary)

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in utilising hydrogen in our urban lives? Our summary today works with the article titled Development of a sustainable hydrogen ci...

240I_Trailer_Craig Ehrke, the Chief Executive Officier at Skai Energies

20 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in rethinking urban planning? What do you think about our power provided by the modern times for changing cities? How can we create...

238I_Paul Bevan, CEO of Magic Valley

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"In my experience, a lot of change comes from bottom-up, as opposed to the top-down." Are you interested in cultivated meat production? What...

237R_Cultivated meat and consumers – 2023 consumer trends and insights for the cultivated meat industry (research summary)

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in cultivated and lab-grown meat? Our summary today works with the white paper titled Cultivated meat and consumers – 2023 consu...

238I_Trailer_Paul Bevan, CEO of Magic Valley

13 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trailer for the episode 238 - interview with Paul Bevan, CEO of Magic Valley. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the differences in fu...

236I_Katarina Throssell, investment associate at Giant Leap

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"The biggest problems present the biggest opportunities." Are you interested in impact investing? What do you think about circular economy a...

235R_Invigorating impact investment networks: Actor-actant engagement in a smart city environment (research summary)

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in impact investing? Our summary today works with the article titled Invigorating impact investment networks: Actor-actant engagem...

236I_Trailer_Katarina Throssell, investment associate at Giant Leap

06 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in impact investing? What do you think about circular economy as the mindful use of resources we have? How can we evaluate investme...

234I_Tenzin Crouch, roboticist, entrepreneur and explorer

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"The biggest strength for cities is the ability to create the future you want." Are you interested in space robots? What do you think about ...

233R_Platinum group metals extraction from asteroids vs Earth: An overview of the industrial ecosystems, technologies and risks (research summary)

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in a solution for resource scarcity from space? Our summary today works with the article titled Platinum group metals extraction f...

234I_Trailer_Tenzin Crouch, roboticist, entrepreneur and explorer

29 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trailer for episode 234 - interview with Tenzin Crouch, roboticist, entrepreneur and explorer. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, spac...

232I_Katie Skillington, lecturer in Architectural Design at the University of Melbourne

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"The problem is solved through action, not by beating ourselves up about it." Are you interested in the future of cities as Pandora’s box?...

231R_A review of existing policy for reducing embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions of buildings (research summary)

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions of buildings? Our summary today works with the article titled A review of existing...

232I_Trailer_Katie Skillington, lecturer in Architectural Design at the University of Melbourne

22 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the future of cities as Pandora’s box? What do you think about environmentally responsible design instead of sustainable desig...

230I_Ryan Jeffery, Director at Passionate About OSS

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"We are becoming more and more e-centric." Are you interested in telecommunication technologies changing basically everything? What do you i...

229R_Beyond smart: How ICT is enabling sustainable cities of the future (research summary)

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in how information systems help sustainability? Our summary today works with the article titled Beyond smart: How ICT is enabling ...

230I_Trailer_Ryan Jeffery, Director at Passionate About OSS

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in telecommunication technologies changing basically everything? What do you include in the term infrastructure? How can we serve p...

228I_Dominique Hes, regenerative development thinker, educator, author and researcher

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Everyone and everything has a contribution to make" Are you interested in the city as a social construct? What do you think about the magic...

227R_Regenerative development and transitions thinking (research summary)

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in regenerative development? Our summary today works with the chapter titled Regenerative development and transitions thinking fro...

228I_Trailer_Dominique Hes, regenerative development thinker, educator, author and researcher

08 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trailer for episode 228 - interview with Dr Dominique Hes, regenerative development thinker, educator, author and researcher. We talk about her vision...

226I_Bruce Marshall, the Coordinator Economic Development and Smart Cities at Maribyrnong City Council

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Councils are the curators of cities." Are you interested in councils as the curators of cities? What do you think about the requirements of...

225R_Positioning place-making as a social process: A systematic literature review (research summary)

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in place-making processes? Our summary today works with the article titled Positioning place-making as a social process: A systema...

226I_Trailer_Bruce Marshall, the Coordinator Economic Development and Smart Cities at Maribyrnong City Council

01 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trailer for episode 226 - interview with Bruce Marshall, the Coordinator Economic Development & Smart Cities at Maribyrnong City Council. We will ...

224I_Julian O’Shea, researcher, content creator and designer

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"If you don't create a culture for making the things, then you lose out on everyone that engages with the things." Are you interested in...

223R_Creativity, cities and innovation (research summary)

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the connection between creative industries and cities? Summary of the article titled Creativity, cities and innovation from 201...

224I_Trailer_Julian O’Shea, researcher, content creator and designer

25 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trailer for episode 224 - interview with Julian O’Shea, researcher, content creator and designer. We will talk about his vision for the future of ci...

222I_Adam Dorr, the Director of Research at RethinkX

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"What must accompany our technological progress and advancement is also advancements in our wisdom." Are you interested in a research and ev...

221R_Rethinking the future: The path to freedom (research summary)

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in rethinking the future? Summary of the article titled Rethinking the future: The path to freedom from 2020 by James Arbib and To...

222I_Trailer_Adam Dorr, the Director of Research at RethinkX

18 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in a research and evidence-based brighter future vision? What do you think about technological disruptions? How can we harness the ...

220I_Simon Burt, the co-founder of LB Agtech – the Location Based Agricultural Technology company

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"It's not just what will happen, it's what needs to happen." Are you interested in bees and their contribution to cities? What do yo...

219R_Why bees are critical for achieving sustainable development? (research summary)

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in why bees matter for cities? Summary of the article titled Why bees are critical for achieving sustainable development? from 202...

220I_Trailer_Simon Burt, the co-founder of LB Agtech – the Location Based Agricultural Technology company

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trailer for episode 220 - interview with Simon Burt, the co-founder of LB Agtech – the Location Based Agricultural Technology company. We will talk ...

218I_Jane Bunn, founder and CEO of Jane’s Weather

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"We need to actually able to see what's happening to be able to enhance forecasting for that location." Are you interested in weather sy...

217R_Climate change and health in cities: impacts of heat and air pollution and potential co-benefits from mitigation and adaptation (research summary)

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in how weather impacts our urban live? Summary of the article titled Climate change and health in cities: impacts of heat and air ...

218I_Trailer_Jane Bunn, founder and CEO of Jane’s Weather

04 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trailer for episode 218 - interview with Jane Bunn, founder and CEO of Jane’s Weather. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, a met...

216I_Sara Stace, urban shaper, strategic thinker and innovator of cities

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"What is my role in mitigating the climate impact?" Are you interested in the donut economy of cities? What do you think about the city as t...

215R_The Doughnut for Urban Development – A Manual (research summary)

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in translating doughnut economics to urban development? Summary of the manual titled The Doughnut for Urban Development – A Manu...

216I_Trailer_Sara Stace, urban shaper, strategic thinker and innovator of cities

27 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trailer for episode 216 - interview with Sara Stace, urban shaper, strategic thinker and innovator of cities. We talk about her vision for the future ...

214I_Anders Sandberg, Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"How do we make our future civilisation community focused?" Are you interested in space cities? What do you think about people as the urban ...