Are you interested in how the legal framework in Australia influences walking? Summary of the article titled An analysis of the legal framework influencing walking in Australia from 2022 by Tracy Nau, Adrian Bauman, William Bellew, Billie Giles-Corti, and Ben J Smith, published in the Public Health Research & Practice journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how one potential urban mobility method, walking is influenced by legal frame...
Jun 05, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in prosperous cities? What do you think about urban pessimism? How can we be more punk music tragic for the better future of cities? Interview with Paul Satur, research fellow and lecturer at Monash Water Sensitive Cities and co-founder and CEO of Our Future Cities. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban status quos, sustainability, institutional mini-meism, and many more. Dr. Paul Satur is the Co-Fonder and CEO of not for profit Our Future Cities (OFC). OFC ...
May 31, 2023•51 min•Ep 135•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how social inequality influences domestic water and thus broader water sustainability issues? Summary of the article titled Social inequality and water use in Australian cities: the social gradient in domestic water use from 2021 by Paul Satur and Jo Lindsay, published in the Local Environment – The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. This is a great preparation to our next interviewee, Paul Satur who deeply cares about water use and social inequality. Sinc...
May 29, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how multifunctional urban spaces can contribute to increasing the quality of urban life in dense cities? Summary of the article titled Multifunctional Urban Spaces – a solution to increase the quality of urban life in dense cities from 2020 by Atieh Ghafouri and Christiane Weber, published the Manzar journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how urban spaces can be designed and managed to promote social inclusion, com...
May 22, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in inventing the future of cities? What do you think about urban evolution? How can we predict the future of the city? Interview with Michael Batty, Bartlett professor of planning. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, history and future urban evolutions, city as a way of life, the urban machine, and many more. Michael Batty is a British urban planner, geographer and spatial data scientist, and Bartlett Professor of Planning in The Bartlett at University College L...
May 17, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how can we create better, more sustainable cities for the future? Summary of the book titled Inventing Future Cities from 2018 by Michael Batty, published by The MIT Press. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Michael Batty as the books present how he thinks about the future of cities. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how interdisciplinary collaboration and technologies can transform urban life. The b...
May 15, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how large-scale urban modelling going beyond the usual land use and transport interactions? Summary of the article titled A new framework fro very large-scale urban modelling from 2021 by Michael Batty and Richard Milton, published in the Urban Studies journal. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Michael Batty as he is an expert on urban data management. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the urban...
May 08, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in creating your own future? What do you think about urban stability and entrepreneurship? How can we charge into the future? Interview with Alan Donegan, founder at Rebel Business, Entrepreneur and Finance School. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, people and collaboration, healthy competition with abundance mindset, governments doing less of stupid things, and many more. Alan founded Rebel Business School in 2012 with Simon Paine after they thought ther...
May 03, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how cities and entrepreneurship are connected? Summary of the article titled Entrepreneurship in cities from 2021 by Sam Tavassoli, Martin Oschonka, and David B. Audretsch, published in the Research Policy journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how cities influence entrepreneurship and vice versa. This article presents which are the best performing cities in terms of knowledge spillovers and economic performance. A...
May 01, 2023•11 min•Ep 128•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how urban futures have changed over time? Summary of the article titled Urban futures – Idealization, capitalization, securitization from 2022 by Austin Zeiderman and Katherine Dawson, published in the City – Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how our imagination has changed regarding our cities’ futures. This article presents insights into forms of urban fut...
Apr 24, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in beauty as a sustainability element? What do you think about people being pragmatic for change and transformation? How can we create successful cities? Interview with Corey Gray, engineer and director of the Smart Cities Council by Everyone. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, successful cities in the past and future, human pragmatism in regards to climate change, smartness vs intelligence, and many more. Since 1992 Corey Gray, a qualified Illumina...
Apr 19, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in aesthetics for sustainable progress? Summary of the article titled Aesthetics of Sustainability: a transdisciplinary sensibility for transformative practices from 2011 by Sacha Kagan, published in the Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how transdisciplinary and complex approaches can inform aesthetics of sustainability. This article presents aesthetics ...
Apr 17, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in whether smart city is a utopia or a neoliberal ideology? Our summary today works with the article titled Smart cities: Utopia or neoliberal ideology from 2017 by Giuseppe Grossi and Daniela Pianezzi, published in the Cities journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see an investigation into the smart city concept’s values and ideas. This article presents that smart city is a neoliberal ideology and not a utopi...
Apr 10, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in sustainable urban transport and development? What do you think about urban sustainability in Australia versus the world? How can we lead by example? Interview with Alex Louey, the managing director and co-founder of AppsCore Digital. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban sprawl, urban mobility, responsibilities, and many more. As one of Appscore’s founding partners, Alex leads a team of more than 150 Australian-based digital experts. Even with 300 product...
Apr 05, 2023•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how urban sprawl affects sustainable urban development? Summary of the article titled Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data from 2021 by Zhenfeng Shao, Neema S. Sumari, Aleksei Portnov, Fanan Ujoh, Walter Musakwa and Paulo J. Mandela, published in the Geo-Spatial information Science journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how u...
Apr 03, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in smart cities as a functional instrument to influence public debate and policy? Our summary today works with the article titled Smart City appropriation by local actors: An instrument in the making from 2019 by Jonathan Desdemoustier, Nathalie Crutzen, Mario Cools, and Jacques Teller, published in the Cities journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the different urban actors understand and appropriate ...
Mar 27, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in sustainable and renewable technologies? What do you think about urban sustainability and its implementation? How can we create even better future for the next generations than we have? Stay tuned for the answers from Matt Ferrell! Interview with Matt Ferrell, YouTube creator specialising in sustainable and renewable technologies. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, being stuck on Earth, sustainable solutions and their availability, human pessimism and how to ...
Mar 22, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in why we have pessimistic and optimistic views on climate change? Summary of the article titled Pessimism and optimism in the debate on climate change: A critical analysis from 2021 by Anders Nordgren, published in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how our attitudes can influence this debate. This article presents why such attitudes, concerns and opportunities...
Mar 20, 2023•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in ICT solutions to reduce urban energy use? Our summary today works with the article titled Smart sustainable cities – Exploring ICT solutions for reduced energy use in cities from 2014 by Anna Kramers, Mattias Höjer, Nina Lövenhagen and Josefin Wangel, published in the Environmental Modelling and Software journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how ICT – information and communication technology – can help...
Mar 13, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in small footprint living? What do you think about the effects of good neighbour relationships? How can we create more compassionate designs? Stay tuned for the answers from Colin Chee! Interview with Colin Chee, the creative director of the Never Too Small Youtube channel. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, compassionate design, needed urban conversations, people as the urban strengths, and many more. Colin Chee is the creative director of Never Too Small, a Y...
Mar 08, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in small footprint living? Our summary today works with the article titled Small is beautiful? Stories of carbon footprints, socio-demographic trends and small households in Denmark from 2021 by Tullia Jack and Diana Ivanova, published in the Energy Research & Social Science journal. This episode is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Colin Chee in episode 117 talking about small foot print living with its advantages and disadvantages. Plus, sin...
Mar 06, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in post-anthropocentric cities after smart ones? Our summary today works with the article titled Towards Post-Anthropocentric Cities: Reconceptualising smart cities to evade urban ecocide from 2019 by Tan Yigitcanlar, Marcus Foth, and Md Kamruzzaman, published in the Journal of Urban Technology. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to change current smart city approaches to evade a most likely urban ecocide. ...
Feb 27, 2023•7 min•Ep 115•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in pedagogy as the agency of teaching and learning? What do you think about radical relearning about how we interact with our environment? How can we learn from children? Stay tuned for the answers from Kelly Boucher! Interview with Kelly Boucher, a scholar, education consultant and breakthrough coach. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, pedagogy, radical relearning, the need to slow down, and many more. Kelly Boucher is an independent scholar, education consult...
Feb 22, 2023•43 min•Ep 114•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in radical collaboration as an education form? Our summary today works with the chapter titled Radical collaboration: flipping the paradigm on learning from 2021 by Kelly Boucher, from the book titled Collaboration, visionaries share a new way of living. This episode is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Kelly Boucher in episode 114. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to think otherwise of ...
Feb 20, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how to embed Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education regarding space? Our summary today works with the chapter titled Engaging with place – Foregrounding Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education from 2017 by Catherine Hamm and Kelly Boucher, from the book titled Found in Translation: Connecting reconceptualist thinking with early childhood education practices. This episode is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Kelly Boucher in episo...
Feb 13, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in sustainable living? What do you think about creating settlements from the ground up? How can a city be overwhelming and impressive? Interview Dave Hakkens, an industrial designer, inventor and an overall pioneer. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, decentralisation, sustainable living options and research, and many more. Dave Hakkens is a Dutch industrial designer. He gained fame with his two graduation projects: PhoneBloks, a concept for modular teleph...
Feb 08, 2023•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in plastic recycling and reuse? Our summary today works with the report titled Global survey of Precious Plastic Projects: A summary of findings from 2020 by Dr Wouter Spekkink, Dr Malte Rödl, and Professor Martin Charter, supported by the Precious Plastic Team and the Sustainable Consumption Institute of University of Manchester. Precious Plastic was a previous endeavour of our next interviewee, Dave Hakkens in episode 111 . Since we are investigating the fu...
Feb 06, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how much sustainability substance is in urban visions? Our summary today works with the article titled How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning from 2015 by Beatrice John, Lauren Withycombe Keller, Armin Wiek, and Daniel J. Lang, published the Cities journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see whether visionary urban planning can help with eco...
Jan 30, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in economic geography? What do you think about the political influence on cities? How can we put on environmental lenses on cities? Interview Dr Anthony Kent, economic geographer, researcher and educator. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, community empowerment, dependencies on political systems, dysfunctional dystopias, wealth generation machines, and many more. Anthony Kent is an economic geographer. He is Program Coordinator for the Sustainability...
Jan 25, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how much the political system influences cities? Our summary today works with the article titled Planning the post-political city: exploring public participation in the contemporary Australian city from 2018 by Crystal Legacy, Nicole Cook, Dallas Rogers, and Kristian Ruming, published the Geographical Research journal. This is a great preparation for the discussion with the next interviewee, Dr Anthony Kent. Plus, since we are investigating the future of c...
Jan 23, 2023•10 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast 
