Monthly Archives: September 2018

Podcast: Launch of Shaping Cities in an Urban Age in London

28 September 2018

A podcast for the London launch event for Shaping Cities in an Urban Age is now available. Ricky Burdett, who co-edited the third instalment of the series, launched the publication on 26 September 2018 at the London School of Economics alongside contributors Eduarda La Rocque, Saskia Sassen, and Nicholas Stern. Based on a the 15-year Urban Age research programme, the book contains 37 essays by leading policy makers, practitioners and scholars, offering new perspectives on the dynamics of urban change. La Rocque’s Rio Pact video, which she shared during her talk, is also available.

 

 

 

Three new research notes on Governing Infrastructure Interfaces

27 September 2018

Three research notes linked to Governing Infrastructure Interfaces, a research project focusing on transport and sanitation infrastructure in Ethiopia’s two largest cities (Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa), have been published. The project is investigating the relationship between development goals and the contribution made by new infrastructure. The papers focus on how anthropology (Marco Di Nunzio), transport studies (Philipp Rode) and political science and public administration (Nuno F. da Cruz) view urban infrastructure.

Ricky Burdett to launch Shaping Cities in an Urban Age in London

26 September 2018

Ricky Burdett, Director of LSE Cities and Urban Age, will launch Shaping Cities in an Urban Age at the London School of Economics and Political Science on 26 September 2018. Ricky Burdett, who co-edited the third instalment of the series, will launch the book alongside contributors Eduarda La Rocque, Saskia Sassen, and Nicholas Stern. Based on a the 15-year Urban Age research programme, the book contains 37 essays by leading policy makers, practitioners and scholars, offering new perspectives on the dynamics of urban change. The event will also be livestreamed.

Tim White wins ESRC PhD scholarship to research on ‘co-living’

21 September 2018

Tim White, a Researcher at LSE Cities, has been awarded an ESRC Scholarship to pursue his PhD project on the Cities Programme at the LSE. The project will examine a pivotal response to the intensifying housing crises facing major global cities: the proliferation of corporatised ‘co-living’ spaces. Rather than supply individualised housing units, co-living companies offer ‘high-quality’ communal spaces, flexible rental contracts, and extensive, all-inclusive services as a trade-off for small, private units. Championing ‘sharing economy’ philosophy, the schemes aim to attract young creative professionals. White’s project will trace the emergence of this rapidly expanding form of co-housing and seek to understand its socioeconomic implications for urban areas. This will involve in-depth research in various case-study cities across Western Europe and North America. White has been exploring how residents experience life in different forms of high-density housing in London as part of the Experiencing Density research project at LSE Cities.

Shaping Cities in an Urban Age book launched at Venice Biennale

18 September 2018

The global book launch for Shaping Cities in an Urban Age took place at the 2018 International Architecture Biennale on 15 September 2018. Ricky Burdett, who edited the third and final instalment of the series, launched the book alongside contributors José Castillo and Jean-Louis Missika. Shelley McNamara, one the curators of the Biennale, joined them on stage. Based on a the 15-year Urban Age research programme, the book contains 37 essays by leading policy makers, practitioners and scholars, offering new perspectives on the dynamics of urban change.

 

Ricky Burdett talks on Designing Equitable Cities in Goa

7 September 2018

Ricky Burdett, Director of LSE Cities and Urban Age, delivered the Charles Correa Memorial Lecture at the Designing Equitable Cities conference in Goa, India on 6 September 2018. Burdett drew insights from soon-to-be-released Shaping Cities in an Urban Age and shared how London’ s 2012 Olympics was used to solicit bids strategically targeting social integration, economic development and environmental regeneration. According to Burdett, design is only one of the challenges: “You can’t make equitable cities if mayors don’t agree and jurisdiction, issues of land and power do not line up.”