Monthly Archives: September 2016

Philipp Rode presents on cities and the new climate economy in Kuwait

27 September 2016

LSE Cities Executive Director Philipp Rode today gave the talk, Cities and the new climate economy: on the role of urban form and transport at Al-Shaheed Park in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The talk addressed both the key findings of research carried out by the New Climate Economy research project, while also discussing the Resource Urbanisms project, which includes the multi-scale temporal analysis of different types and changes of urban development in Kuwait and Abu Dhabi and two contrasting city types in East Asia, Hong Kong and Singapore. The talk was followed by a workshop entitled “Resource Urbanisms Kuwait.” More information is available here and coverage in the Kuwait Times here.

Lancet series on health with contributions from LSE Cities

26 September 2016

A new Lancet Series on Urban design, transport, and health has launched. This three-part series explores how integrated multisector city planning, including urban design and transport planning, can be used as an important and currently underused force for health and wellbeing within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals in both high-income countries and low-income and middle-income countries. Paper 3, Use of science to guide city planning policy and practice: how to achieve healthy and sustainable future cities includes contributions from Ricky Burdett and Peter Griffiths. Another of the authors, Billie Giles-Corti, will be presenting the paper at LSE on 6 October 2016.

Philipp Rode speaks at the London Design Festival

19 September 2016

Philipp Rode is speaking today at the Victoria and Albert Museum on the future of urban living in a post-growth era. The panel discussion, as part of the London Design Festival’s Future/Liveable Cities day programme, will be hosted by Oke Hauser, Creative Lead Architect and Project Manager of MINI LIVING. It will take the form of an interdisciplinary debate addressing urban living challenges, current trends, and possible solutions with a focus on densification and reactions to these tendencies in the housing sector.

 

New Executive MSc in Cities begins in London

13 September 2016

The new Executive MSc in Cities has commenced in London, with twenty-three students beginning the first week of intense training sessions spread over 12 months. The programme, which is led by Professor Ricky Burdett, Executive Director Philipp Rode, Professor Tony Travers and Dr Savvas Verdis, aims to provide a unique experience of urban governance, design, transport, finance and economic development in global cities with input from LSE faculty and a network of visiting global fellows.

Executive MSc students include planners, architects, entrepreneurs and policymakers, some of whom have received support from the Urban Age Scholarship, made possible through the Urban Age Programme, a joint initiative between LSE Cities and the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft. Others have been assisted by the Bloomberg Scholarship for Public Service.

Session One of the Executive MSc in Cities runs from September 12-16, before Session Two begins on December 12. For more information, visit the programme’s dedicated website.

Super-diverse streets research to be featured in BBC Brexit Special

5 September 2016

A BBC Inside Out ‘Brexit Special’ will tonight feature research from the super-diverse streets project at LSE Cities. The BBC, drawing from the project, spoke to workers on Narborough Road in Leicester and found at least a dozen different languages. The programme will discuss the multiculturalism of the street in the context of the UK referendum on membership of the European Union, highlighting the perspectives of residents and small business owners.  It will air at 19:30 BST on BBC One in the East Midlands or BBC iPlayer.

Theatrum Mundi event explores migration and the politics of urban space

In a recent event organised by Theatrum Mundi, artist Tania Bruguera was in conversation with urban sociologist Saskia Sassen to reflect upon Bruguera’s ongoing research project Immigrant Movement International in the context of her residency at the South London Gallery. The discussion of IMI, which aims to engage different communities in order to examine growing concerns about the political representation and conditions facing immigrants, also inspired an article by Will Jennings in The Quietus addressing “the immigrant, their acceptance and role in society and how their privileged position can be a force for good, change and urban strength.” The podcast of Theatrum Mundi’s event can be found here.