The ‘smart city’ concept is no paradigm shift. But with the potential for real-time data to both transform governance and perpetuate social inequalities, the technology-centred projects associated with it warrant critical examination.
Read MoreSai Villafuerte speaks to Mexican photographer, Arturo Soto, about his debut photobook In the Heat and what it means to negotiate our place in a city.
Read MoreLuciano Mateo Rodriguez Carrington chats with Dr. Andreza de Souza Santos from the University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society on the importance of collaboration in addressing urban migration issues in Brazil.
Read MoreIn Vancouver, Canada, a non-profit organisation called frida&frank aims to empower citizens to be placemakers by helping them imagine new roles for the city’s public spaces: rainy-day oases.
Read MoreIn the Global South, informal transport systems are digitising and becoming more integrated with rapidly growing formal systems. In the North, cities are expanding microtransit in an effort to scale back inefficient formal systems. We may be witnessing a convergence of North and South models of urban mobility.
Read MoreInnovations like solar energy, drone-delivered medical supplies, and cashless bus routes promise to improve quality of life in Rwanda.
Read MoreOn 15 November 2017, the Oxford Urbanists and the International Growth Centre’s (IGC) Cities that Work initiative co-hosted a panel discussion on the ‘Future of Informal Transport in Rapidly Growing Cities’ to discuss evidence for improved policy.
Read MoreA discussion between Sir Paul Collier, Dr. Tim Schwanen, and Dr. Clemence Cavoli focused on informal transport systems: their strengths and weaknesses, their role in optimal city design, and pertinent government regulation.
Read MoreThe Moscow municipal government provides an annual platform for international discussion of urban challenges and innovation.
Read MoreOn 9 June 2017, the Oxford Urbanists held a debate titled Informal Settlements and the Role of Land Rights, in partnership with the International Growth Centre's Cities That Work program. Dr. Andreza de Souza Santos, a discussant, provides written replies to some of the questions discussed.
Read MoreOn May 15, 2017, the Oxford Urbanists held a debate titled Justice, Equity, and Transportation in Latin American Cities, in partnership with the Oxford University Latin America Society. Dr. Nihan Akyelken, a participant, reflects on the discussion.
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