In this Episode #14 Jerome Glenn, the Executive Director of the Millennium Project, shares with us some of the trends and influences that are shaping the future of urbanisation.Jerome mentions that

The city of Turku has ambitious targets, it aims to become carbon neutral by 2029. On this episode, we had the pleasure to speak with Minna Arve, the Mayor of the City of Turku. During our conversat

EP.12 - Urban Density, the 15-Minute City and the Transformation of Proximities: What are the real challenges for cities in the future horizon 2030, 2040, 2050?In this episode, we speak with Profe

EP. 11 From Smart City to Intelligent Communities-The Espoo Story:How can the structure of the city shape its future? In this episode, we have invitedPivi Sutinen, the Director of the City as

EP.10CITIES EMPOWERED BY SYSTEMATIC FUTURES THINKING:Sirkka Heinonen is a Professor of Futures Studies at theUniversity of Turkuand a member of theClub of Rome.She has a long trajectory in t

EP.09THE CIVIC CITY IN A NOMADIC WORLD:Charles Landry is an international authority on the use of imagination and creativity in urban change.He created the concept of theCreative Cityin the la

EP.09 – THE CIVIC CITY IN A NOMADIC WORLD: Charles Landry is an international authority on the use of imagination and creativity in urban change.  He created the concept of the Creative City in the late 1980s to help people and cities think,

In this episode we speak with Dr. Benjamin Thompson, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Sydney to discuss the financing strategies and economic viability of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) in the context of urban settings.

What is a city without values? In this episode of the podcast we speak with Gotzone Sagardui, the Deputy Mayor of the City Bilbao to find out how Bilbao is planning to attain high levels of social progress and what is the next transformation the city w...

Marja Mesimäki is an environmental sociologist at the University of Helsinki. Her research focuses on issues concerning values, meanings and the experiential dimension of urban green roofs.  In this podcast, we discuss Marja’s latest work,