The Urban Age Electric City Conference

London, 6 – 7 December 2012

In 2012, the Urban Age programme by LSE Cities at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society will focus on a critical reflection of urbanising smart, green technology.

May

15

The Architecture of the Olympics - Event Summary

Key protagonists and architects explain their vision of London's Olympic venues

In a sold out event, some of the key protagonists and architects of London's Olympic park and facilities shared their vision and rationales for delivering a long-term legacy in East London.

Jun

12

City, Street and Citizen: The measure of the ordinary

Suzanne Hall, LSE Cities with Caroline Knowles, CUCR and chair Claire Alexander

This book launch offers an account of the lived realities of allegiance, participation and belonging from the base of a multi-ethnic street in south London

LSE Cities

LSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, education and outreach activities in London and abroad. Its mission is to study how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focussing on how the design of cities impacts on society, culture and the environment. Through research, conferences, teaching and projects, the centre aims to shape new thinking and practice on how to make cities fairer and more sustainable for the next generation of urban dwellers, who will make up some 70 per cent of the global population by 2050.
Watch David Harvey's talk on his latest book 'Rebel Cities'

On 10 May, David Harvey gave a lecture at the LSE discussing the urbanisation of class struggle

Cities, Health and Well-being

New research from the Urban Age Hong Kong conference

Metropolitan health and well-being, global urban footprints, intra-urban analysis of health and social indicators in Hong Kong, and qualitative research with residents of four dense neighbourhoods.

May

10

Rebel Cities: The Urbanisation of Class Struggle

David Harvey, Professor, Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Co-organised with the Department of Geography and the Environment, this book launch poses the key question of how to mobilise and organise a whole city around a movement for revolutionary change

Living in the Endless City

Edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic

Living in the Endless City depicts an authoritative survey of cities of today and the prospects for our urban future of tomorrow. 36 contributors from across Europe, South America, China, Africa and the U.S. set the agenda for the city - detailing its successes as well as its failures.
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News

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 →