Marking the launch of a new book on Mumbai, São Paulo and İstanbul – the outcome of the Urban Age research programme at LSE – the event will explore how social and environmental equity are determined by the spatial and political organisation of some of the world's most complex cities. See the book's page.
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Ricky Burdett is Professor of Urban Studies and Director of LSE Cities.
Gareth Jones is a Senior Lecturer at the London School of Economics, an Associate Fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Americas at University College London, and co-editor of the Journal of Latin American Studies.
Saskia Sassen is the Lynd Professor of Sociology and a member of The Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. She has written extensively on topics such as globalisation and urbanisation.
Richard Sennett is professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge, NYU and emeritus professor at LSE.
Deyan Sudjic is the Director of the Design Museum in London. Sudjic was formerly the design and architecture critic at The Observer and has published several books on the subjects of design, architecture, and cities.