Are you interested in the 24-hour city? Summary of the policy paper titled 24-hour cities network: Policy and strategy recommendations from 2023 by Andreina Seijas. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Alby Bocanegra in episode 184 talking the 24-hour city and its advantages. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see whether we are missing out without a night-time city. This article emphasizes the significance of nighttime economy ...
Jan 08, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 184 - interview with Alby Bocanegra, the Chief Future Officer and Founder at The Urban Futurist Inc. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, collaboration, AI and smartness, human connections, and many more. Find out more in the episode ! Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Jan 05, 2024•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast "We have the most expensive construction industry but not the best quality." Are you interested in urban retrofitting? What do you think about the materials used in the built environment? How can we provide better urban services? Interview Ted Baillieu, the former Premier of Victoria and architect. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, affordability, cities with split personalities, getting families back in cities, regreening cities, and many more. Ted Baillieu is an ...
Jan 03, 2024•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how to make prototypes for the built environment? Summary of the article titled Built environment prototyping for design-value from 2023 by Darcy Zelenko and Duncan Maxwell, published in the Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2023. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Ted Baillieu in episode 182 talking about why experimenting with the built environment is very important. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesti...
Jan 01, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 182 - Interview Ted Baillieu, the former Premier of Victoria and architect. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, affordability, cities with split personalities, getting families back in cities, regreening cities, and many more. Find out more in the interview ! Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Dec 31, 2023•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in city consciousness? What do you think about knowledge and knowledge-creation? How can we remove bad stuff to improve the good stuff? Interview with Ben Vass, senior research engineer. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, space and time, threshold for bad experiences, opportunities in tools for improvements, and many more. Ben Vass is a senior research engineer, graph shaman and data magician, and the kind of person who wants to build a Dyson swarm and explore ...
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today would be a research episode, but since it is 2023 Christmas time, I want to just wish you all relaxing holidays with or without celebrating Christmas, Merry Christmas if you do celebrate it, and a very Happy New Year! We will have many interesting topics to discover and further discuss in 2024. I am already preparing those episodes and I am very excited about what will come! First, this episode will be followed by a cherished interview with my partner, Ben Vass, data magician, graph shaman...
Dec 25, 2023•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in city consciousness? What do you think about knowledge and knowledge-creation? How can we remove bad stuff to improve the good stuff? Trailer for the episode 180 - interview with Ben Vass, senior research engineer. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, space and time, threshold for bad experiences, opportunities in tools for improvements, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Dec 23, 2023•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in a brighter future for our cities and humanity? Summary of the book titled Brighter: Optimism, progress, and the future of environmentalism from 2022 by Adam Dorr, based on my reading experience and other summaries, linked in the shownotes. Great preparation for our interview with Adam Dorr in episode 222, and just a refreshing outlook on the future. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see a brighter approach among the doom-a...
Dec 18, 2023•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in intergenerational equity? What do you think about the younger generation fighting for a better future? How can we use our own voices to inflict change on the urban environment? Interview with Amelia Gaskell, an environmental science student. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, sustainability, intergenerational equity, climate anxiety, her origin story, and many more. Amelia Gaskell is an avid environmentalist and student at Deakin University, who has rec...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how young people change their fields of study? Summary of the article titled Major transitions: how college students interpret the process of changing fields of study from 2023 by Blake R Silver published in the Higher Education journal. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Amelia Gaskill in episode 177 talking about how and why she changed her major to focus more on the environment. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be int...
Dec 11, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 177 - interview with Amelia Gaskell, an environmental science student. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, sustainability, intergenerational equity, climate anxiety, her origin story, and many more. Find out more in the episode . Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Dec 09, 2023•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how young people choose their careers? Summary of the article titled Whose choice? Young people, career choices and reflexivity re-examined from 2015 by Jacqueline Laughland-Booÿ, Margery Mayall, and Zlatdo Skrbiš, published in the Current Sociology journal. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Amelia Gaskill in episode 177 talking about the younger generation and their passion regarding the future of cities. Since we are investigating the future of cities,...
Dec 04, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in sustainable and smart cities? What do you think about the city as the scene of real change? How can we use urban rankings better? Interview with Aapo Huovila, senior scientist at Technical Research Centre of Finland. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, keeping urban specifics, climate change, city as the place of real change, and many more. Aapo Huovila is a Senior scientist at Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. His research is currently focused o...
Nov 29, 2023•34 min•Ep 174•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in indicators for smart sustainable cities? Summary ofh the article titled Comparative analysis of standardized indicators for Smart sustainable cities: What indicators and standards to use and when? from 2019 by Aapo Huovila, Peter Bosch and Miimu Airaksinen published in the Cities journal. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Dr Aapo Huovila in episode 174 talking about sustainable and smart cities. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought ...
Nov 27, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 174 - the interview with Aapo Huovila, senior scientist at Technical Research Centre of Finland. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, keeping urban specifics, climate change, city as the place of real change, and many more. Find out more in the interview ! Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Nov 22, 2023•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in carbon-neutral cities? Summary of the article titled Carbon-neutral cities: Critical review of theory and practice from 2022 by Aapo Huovila, Hanne Siikavirta, Carmen Antuña Rozado, Jyri Rökman, Pekka Tuominen, Satu Paiho, Åsa Hedman, and Peter Ylén, published in the Journal of Cleaner Production. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Dr Aapo Huovila in episode 174 talking about sustainable and smart cities. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I...
Nov 20, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in circular economy? What do you think about raising the awareness about how we consume things? How can we plan our future based on the principle of longevity? Interview with Nicole Garofano, the Head of Circular Economy Development at Planet Ark Environmental Foundation and the founder of UsePlasticBetter. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, circular economy, knowledge sharing, maker and repair spaces, indigenous connections, and many more. Dr Nicole Garofano i...
Nov 15, 2023•49 min•Ep 171•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in sustainable circular cities? Summary of the article titled Sustainable circular cities? Analysing urban circular economy policies in Amsterdam, Glasgow, and Copenhagen from 2023 by Martin Calisto Friant, Katie Reid, Peppi Boesler, Walter J. V. Vermeulen, and Roberta Salomone, published in the Local Environment – The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Dr Nicole Garofano in episode 171 talking about circu...
Nov 13, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 171 - the interview with Nicole Garofano, the Head of Circular Economy Development at Planet Ark Environmental Foundation and the founder of UsePlasticBetter. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, circular economy, knowledge sharing, maker and repair spaces, indigenous connections, and many more. Find out more in the interview ! Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Nov 08, 2023•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in circular economy? Summary of the article titled Circular economy: a brief literature review from 2021 by Erick Hungaro Arruda, Rosangela Andrade Pita Brancalhao Melatto, Wilson Levy, and Diego de Melo Conti, published in the Sustainable Operations and Computers journal. This is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Dr Nicole Garofano in episode 171 talking about circular economy. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to s...
Nov 07, 2023•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in the difference between fairness and equity? What do you think about experimenting instead of trial and error? How can we use water more wisely? Interview with Jennifer George, commercialisation expert and strategic thinker. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, empathy, trial and error being so last century, equity and many more. Jennifer George is an experienced business leader/founder with more than 20 years’ experience building new companies and products by ...
Nov 01, 2023•57 min•Ep 168•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in why smart city initiatives fail sustainability? Summary of the article titled Smart city beyond efficiency: Technology-policy-community at play for sustainable urban futures from 2020 by Tan Yigitcanlar, published in the Housing Policy Debate journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see what smart city initiatives overlook regarding sustainability. This article highlights the shortfalls around smart city conceptualisatio...
Oct 30, 2023•7 min•Ep 167•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 168 - interview with Jennifer George, commercialisation expert and strategic thinker. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, empathy, trial and error being so last century, equity and many more. Find out more in the interview ! Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Oct 26, 2023•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in synthetising a city’s intelligent to be smart? Summary of the article titled What makes a city ‘smart’? from 2016 by Emine Mine Thompson, published in the International Journal of Architectural Computing. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see city governance using information and communication and sensing technologies. This article investigates the use of such tools by city governments and the shortcomings of such approach...
Oct 23, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in how to move and look forward to a better future after negative experiences? What do you think about resilience? How can we become more antifragile and creative for better futures? Interview with Michael Healy, the Smart Cities Programme Manager at Christchurch City Council. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, smart city as the R&D department, the use cases for AI, conflux of natural effects, and many more. Michael Healy’s interest in the use of technology...
Oct 18, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in whether a resilient community is a sustainable one? Summary of the article titled A discussion of resilience and sustainability: Land use planning recover from the Canterbury earthquake sequence, New Zealand from 2015 by W.S.A. Saunders and J.S. Becker, published in the International Journal of Disaster Rick Reduction. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how sustainability and resilience are used within land use planning...
Oct 16, 2023•10 min•Ep 164•Transcript available on Metacast Trailer for episode 165 - interview with Michael Healy, the Smart Cities Programme Manager at Christchurch City Council. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, smart city as the R&D department, the use cases for AI, conflux of natural effects, and many more. Find out more in the interview ! Music by Lesfm from Pixabay...
Oct 11, 2023•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in rethinking resilience? Summary of the article titled Rethinking resilience: Reflections on the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, 2010 and 2011 from 2013 by Bronwyn Mary Hayward, published in the Ecology and Society journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to rethink resilience after natural disasters. This article presents calls for expanding political imagination about resilience, to include areas of com...
Oct 09, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you interested in the smart city as making urban life easier for people? What do you think about standards and their uses? How can we use the urban lifecycle approach? Interview with Warren Hill, enterprise account director at Appscore. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, combination of different visions, the use of standards, the economic concerns, and many more. Warren Hill has over 30 years of experience in account management across four continents for consulting, software ...
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