Episode description
Interview with Magnus Moglia, associate professor at Swinburne University of Technology. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban complexity, sustainability, urban resilience, and many more.
Magnus Moglia loves data and numbers, so it was not strange that he was drawn to the sciences. In his native Sweden, he studied Physics and Mathematics, graduating from the Royal Institute of Technology of Stockholm in 2000. After a year travelling Asia and Africa, he became passionate about cities and water management. He arrived in Australia in 2001, and then spent nearly 20 years studying urban sustainability at the CSIRO. There, he discovered and embraced the science of complex systems, leading him to complete a PhD on the topic at the ANU’s Crawford School for Public Policy. Now Magnus is an Associate Professor at Swinburne University’s Centre for Urban Transitions and a theme leader for Urban Regeneration research. In the last few years, he has been leading and undertaking transdisciplinary research on a range of potential sustainability solutions, including residential solar panels, rainwater harvesting, telework, future city imaginaries, climate adaptation in Kiribati and Vietnam, rice farming technologies in Laos, and just workforce transitions in Queensland. Magnus argues that to overcome the critical challenges of the 21st century, technology is both necessary and risky, but more important will be our capacity to work together towards shared visions.
You can find out more about Magnus through these links:
- Magnus Moglia on LinkedIn;
- @magnusmoglia as Magnus Moglia on Twitter
- Magnus Moglia at Swinburne University of Technology
- Urban Regeneration Themes at at Swinburne University of Technology's Centre for Urban Transitions
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm website
- Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University website
- Land and Water at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
- Factfulness from Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling
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