Drawing on forecasting data previously unavailable to the public, the European Metromonitor features an interactive map, offering users the chance to browse data visualisations showing how the financial crisis has affected European cities.

The European Metromonitor, currently in Beta mode, will be developed in the coming months to include expert commentaries and city-level case studies. The website will also allow public, private and third sector stakeholders to interact with the platform to share their local perspectives on the impact of the current economic recession.

To browse the European Metromonitor and the interactive map, visit http://labs.lsecities.net/eumm/home/

Time is an enduring concept in architecture and the city. In fact, Lewis Mumford wrote that the city makes time visible. Time is made visible as the context and condition of performance. Music, for example, exists only through time. Recently, there has been a reemergence of the notion of the temporary, or pop-up, as a more flexible, more variable, and more ‘democratic’ space for culture in the city. Some of this is due to neoliberal changes meaning that funding and space constraints align with increased social burden on the arts and cultural practices to be more nimble, more engaged, and yet much more precarious. While the large, costly and bureaucratically heavy legacy cultural organizations and institutions still pr. What does this shift mean for architecture? How does the temporal play out in a practice obsessed with legacy? Can temporary structures, performances or events in the city translate into legacies of knowledge and relationship? Can the temporary leave a trace?

A challenger to South Africa’s ruling party, the chief executive of Unilever and a Booker Prize-winning novelist are among the figures from the worlds of politics, business, the arts and academia who will be debating issues including mass migration, the flow of capital, environmental challenges and global governance at Global Citizenship, the inaugural Zamyn Cultural Forum in London this May and June: www.zamynforum.org.

The series of eight free public events at Tate Modern will feature the South African activist and founder of the party political platform Agang, Mamphela Ramphele, business leader Paul Polman and renowned writer Ben Okri, as well as such leading thinkers as the UN under-secretary-general Baroness Amos, former foreign secretary David Miliband, South African cabinet minister Trevor Manuel, UN special envoy and former president of Ireland Mary Robinson, minister for universities and science David Willetts, and sociologist Richard Sennett.

In partnership with Accenture, Africa Progress Panel, Barclays, Penguin Books, SOAS, University of London and Tate.

Contributors: Richard Sennett, Andrew Todd, Peter Gregson, Gry Worre Hallberg, Silas Harrebye, Edwin Heathcote, Hana Loftus, Markus Miessen, Nick Ryan.

This award, convened by the Prince of Asturias Foundation honours contributions to the encouraging and promoting the scientific, cultural and humanistic values that form part of mankind’s universal heritage, and is given in the Arts, Communication and Humanities, Literature, Sports, Social Sciences, Technical and Scientific Research, International Cooperation and Concord. The jury commended Sassen’s contributions to the study of globalization and urban studies, in particular highlighting her work on the concept of global cities.

For full details, see the announcement on the Columbia website.

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As part of the programme of accompanying events, Richard Sennett will be joining Charles Correa in conversation with Joseph Rykwer to discuss the continuing relevance and value of symbols as an element of contemporary design. To book a ticket, click here.

http://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/lehrbereiche/stadtsoz/think_drink/SoSe%2013

Suzi also led a class seminar at Humboldt on ‘Invisible Infrastructure: Land subdivision and power’.