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Burdett to discuss ‘Beijing Taxi’ UK premiere in context of London Olympics

Ricky Burdett will join a panel to discuss the UK premiere of the documentary ‘Beijing Taxi’ at 6:30pm on 23 May at the Curzon Soho in London. The film, which received the New York Magazine’s critic’s pick, takes an intimate and … Continue reading

Mining data on London’s tube

The era of “big data” has transformed the way businesses gather information about customers, the way governments assess the needs of citizens, and led to new areas of scientific research. In a news report by Deutsche Welle, Philipp Rode comments … Continue reading

Cities and the Green Economy

On 11-12 May Philipp Rode, Executive Director of LSE Cities, presented the preliminary results of the LSE Cities/ICLEI survey “Cities and the Green Economy” in Bonn, at the conference Green Urban Economy: New drivers for a sustainable urban development. For … Continue reading