Urban School of Sciences Po’s Post

Next Monday, CITTA researcher Vinicius Netto will present a lecture at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: Unpacking Urban Dynamics: From the Morphogenesis of Cities to Mobility Segregation. Exploring the multifaceted dynamics of urban environments, the lecture examines two classic topics in urban studies from new perspectives: (1) The Emergence of Cities: How did cities independently arise in different regions of the world?  Borrowing the biological concept of “morphospace”—the “space of possible configurations”—this talk presents urban morphogenesis as a trajectory within morphospace, where evolutionary selection favours spatial arrangements suited to increasingly complex societies. The discussion highlights how spatial properties such as density, permeability, and information are key features to be balanced in the selection and shaping of configurations that will become cities. (2) Social Life in Contemporary Cities: having proposed more than two decades ago a shift in focus from spatial patterns of residential segregation towards the individual's experience of segregation, the author examines “mobility segregation”, highly dynamic networks of movement and action of different groups in daily urban life.

📣Cities with different self-understandings, sustainability with concentric circles instead of pillars, resilience as activity, and many more in the latest interview (208I) with Rudolf Giffinger on the What is The Future for Cities? podcast Find out more in the episode and share it, links 👇

Today, Prof. Adriano Borges Costa presented our conference paper, "Mapping Cities in Public Administration: A Bibliographic Coupling," at the American Society for Public Administration 2024 Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America. ASPA Conference is one of the most reputable and main conferences on Public Administration worldwide. Even sick, he flew to the US to present our paper. Thank you for all your effort, Adriano. Adriano is my postdoctoral supervisor at the Arq.Futuro Cities Lab, Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, São Paulo, Brazil. #WeAreInsper #PublicAdministration #UrbanStudies #Cities #UrbanPlanning #UrbanManagement #UrbanGovernance #ArqFuturo

Finally! One of my PhD papers has been published in Cities. In the paper I examine the correlations between urban spatial structures and the frequency of city-centre visits in four Norwegian cities: https://lnkd.in/dghiraJK

"Deep Symmetry" (Not Just Mirror Symmetry) May Be Essential for Healthy Human Environments. New research suggests there might be a "symmetry deficit disorder" in today's built environments, with significant impacts on health, well-being, and even sustainability. Debates about "contemporary" versus "historicist" architecture might be getting it all wrong, and reflecting a false duality. A discussion topic for the 61st IMCL Conference in Cortona, Italy: https://lnkd.in/gG4-i6tT

🌟 Invited Lecture: Citizen Science and Transformative Research: Defining Justice in Spatial Dimensions I’m thrilled to invite you to my invited online lecture today at the University of Salzburg, part of the course on "Citizen Science and Participation". We'll delve into the crucial intersection of citizen science and transformative transdisciplinary research, focusing on how these approaches can empower communities and foster inclusive democratic processes. Thanks for the invitiation, Eva-Maria Steinbacher and Josef Strobl. During this lecture, we will explore: - The role of citizen science in enhancing democratic participation in urban planning and policy-making (URBANITARIUM - Future Living as a Service, Honorata Grzesikowska et al). - Implications of spatial justice for marginalized communities and how we can address these challenges, based on our brand new guide towards practising justice in transformative and transdicsiplinary research (doing justice collective) - Practical frameworks, including our Spatial Equity Framework, to guide our understanding of spatial injustices (Tatiana Efremenko, Ania Filipowicz et al). - Our award winning Layered City initiative, which emphasizes mapping urban spaces through citizen engagement to create equitable and inclusive urban futures (Layered City, Lovro Koncar-Gamulin, Angelos Chronis Domagoj Krhen, Androniki Pappa, Stasja Fedorova et al). - Finally, we'll dive into the exciting realm of #mobility, exploring how enhanced movability can transform our urban environments into equitable spaces for all! (Community Creates Mobility). I encourage all participants to engage in our interactive segments, where we will collaboratively define and discuss justice perspectives related to spatial dimensions and democracy. 📅 Today    🕐 Join us for free here: [Teams Link](https://lnkd.in/dKqK4j24) I look forward to a dynamic discussion and your valuable insights as we explore how citizen science can shape just and inclusive futures! #CitizenScience #TransdisciplinaryResearch #SpatialJustice #DemocraticEngagement #CommunityEmpowerment #Mobility

A series of innovative studies from Flinders University researchers are shedding light on fresh approaches to housing development, urban planning, and sustainable living. These studies apply advanced techniques like machine learning, remote sensing, and inclusive frameworks to tackle complex challenges. Read More: https://lnkd.in/d49xsup8

📣 Call for proposals – Which urban human-nature partnerships do you aim for? 🌍 🌳 🤝🏻 The Leibniz-Junior Research Group "URBNANCE – Urban human-nature resonance for sustainability transformation", together with Markus Egermann and Jessica Böhme, is seeking abstracts for chapters to be considered for inclusion in the book project 📗 Urban human-nature partnerships – From the Anthropocene to the Ecocene   The book aims to re-discover, re-think, and re-sense the soulfulness, intelligence, and relational value of nonhuman nature in cities, its peri-urban borders and urban land teleconnections.   The editorial team welcomes a range of theoretical, empirical and practical studies from all parts of the world (co-)authored by people with diverse backgrounds. Therefore, apart from academic contributions it explicitly invites innovative formats that explore human-nature partnerships beyond intellectual textual explorations, such as artistic, poetic, or performative. 📗🔓 The book will be published open access by Edward Elgar Publishing.   ⏳ Submission deadline: 1 September 2024 More information (PDF-file) 👉 https://lnkd.in/egPqjC4S Online form for the submission of brief chapter proposal 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/erTFZPjR   #HumanNatureResonance #LivableFuture #SustainabilityTransition  

🎙️🌱 Get ready for our fifteenth episode of the URBINARY season! Coexistence in Urban Planning: Insights from Track 5 with Danila Saulino In this episode, we delve into Track 5 of the AESOP Young Academics Network - Conference 2024, titled "Towards coexistence: contested social and spatial landscapes in transformation"., we're joined by Danila Saulino, one of the track coordinators from Politecnico di Milano, who delves an enlightening discussion on the profound impacts of globalization, climate change, and territorial contestation on social and ecological equilibriums, and explore how urban and spatial planning can foster coexistence and bridge gaps in today's complex societies. Assisting her during the conference was Aamina Hashmat, Büşra İnce, providing invaluable support in navigating the discussions surrounding urban-rural divide. A key moment for Track 5 discussion was the keynote speech "Geographies of Ecological Surplus" by Nikos Katsikis (Delft University of Technology). This speech challenged the dominant city-centric view of urbanization, presenting it instead as a re-organization of world ecological value. Through visualizations based on global geospatial datasets, Katsikis highlighted the interconnectedness of settlement spaces with the "other 70%" of the land used for primary production and resource extraction, emphasizing their critical role in supporting urban life and questioning traditional urban metageographies. Moreover, another important moment was the roundtable discussion "Effective planning for Coexistence: new ways to make a difference, now". This roundtable built upon reflections from Track 5 sessions on the dynamics and effects of contested landscapes. Discussants Gloria Pessina (DAStU - Politecnico di Milano) and Nikos Katsikis (TU Delft), alongside guests Chiara Geroldi, Irene Bianchi, and Maryam Karimi (DAStU, Politecnico di Milano), explored the complex geographies of minorities and the role of urban planning in fostering global coexistence. The discussion emphasized the need to move beyond city-centered and human-centered planning models, advocating for a re-organization of ecological value systems and the creation of a horizon of coexistence in the Capitalocene era. https://lnkd.in/dNhhiZUu #EcologicalSurplusKeynote #CoexistencePlanningRoundtable #GlobalPlanningDialogue #ContestedLandscapesDiscussion

❗❗❗ Reminder and new opportunity for idlers and proponents of de-acceleration Martina Artmann and the other colleagues in the editorial team of the book project 📗 "Urban human-nature partnerships – From the Anthropocene to the Ecocene" let you know: 🗨 We are deeply touched by the positive resonance to our book project on urban human-nature partnerships. Already now, we got so many inspiring contributions. Big thanks to all of you submitting your ideas and spreading our call. 🙏 🐌 Since human-nature partnerships are nourished by idleness, de-acceleration and intuition, we decided to extend the deadline for submission by ➡ 30th September ⬅ . 🦋 Besides your academic contributions, we are looking forward to further submissions from non-academics sharing, for instance, arts, spiritual or embodied practices nourishing our material and immaterial entanglement with life in cities and beyond. 🗨 So seize the opportunity and submit your proposal! ⌛ New and final submission deadline: 30 September 2024 #HumanNatureResonance #LivableFuture #SustainabilityTransition More information 👇🏻