Public Innovation: Building Capacity in Europe's City Governments
Tuesday 12 November 2024, 2.00pm to 3.30pm CET
Speakers: Gaia Romani, Deputy Mayor of Milan, Judit Rozsa, Director General, DG Reform, European Commission, James Anderson, Head of Government Innovation Programs, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Nathalie Guri, Projects and Knowledge Sharing Director, Eurocities.
Chair: Ben Rogers, Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow in Government and Innovation, LSE Cities.
In-person event at European Parliament. Hosted by MEP Pierfrancesco Maran, Eurocities and LSE Cities.
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A safer future for cycling in London
Thursday 31 October 2024, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speakers: Rachel Aldred, Professor in Transport, University of Westminster, Director of Active Travel Academy; Marco te Brömmelstroet, Professor of Urban Mobility Futures, University of Amsterdam and Academic Director at Lab of Thought; Will Norman, London's Walking & Cycling Commissioner; Julie Plichon, Head of Design and Engineering, Sustrans London.
Chair: Ben Rogers, Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow in Government and Innovation, LSE Cities.
Hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and LSE Cities
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Good housing for young children and caregivers
Thursday 24 October 2024, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speakers: Dinah Bornat, Director of ZCD Architects; Jo McCafferty, Director of Levitt Bernstein; Jacob Willson, Head of Design, Guinness Partnership
Chair: David Madden, Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of the MSc City Design and Social Science Programme
Hosted by LSE Cities
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Caregiver wellbeing and urban policy
Thursday 18 July 2024, 6.30pm to 8.00pm
Speakers: Lucy Jones, Journalist and Author; Dr Kate Laffan, Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science in the Psychological and Behavioural Science Department, LSE
Chair: Katie Beck, Policy Fellow at LSE Cities
Hosted by LSE Cities
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What is driving the green backlash in European urban politics?
Saturday 15 June 2024, 12.00pm to 1.00pm
Speakers: Liam Beiser-McGrath, Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy, LSE Department of Social Policy; Jean-Louis Missika, Deputy Mayor of Paris (2014 – 2020); Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor of London (2016-2024); Ciarán Cuffe Member of the European Parliament (2019-2024); Catarina Heeckt, Programme Lead European Cities Programme, LSE Cities.
Hosted by LSE Festival: Power and Politics
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Digital Cities for Humans or for Profit?
Monday 18 March, 6.30pm to 8pm
Speakers: Sara Alsherif, human/ rights defender and researcher in digital rights; Ayona Datta, Professor of Human Geography, UCL; Myria Georgiou, Professor of Media and Communications, LSE.
Chair: Ben Rogers, Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow in Government Innovation and Director of the European Cities Programme, LSE Cities
Hosted by the Department of Media and Communications and LSE Cities
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Shaping major cities - The challenges of being a Mayor
Thursday 29 February, 6.30pm to 8pm
Speaker: Marvin Rees OBE, Mayor of Bristol
Chair: Alexander Evans, Professor and inaugural Programme Director of the MPA in Data Science for Public Policy, LSE
Hosted by LSE Cities and the LSE School of Public Policy
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Moments of polycrisis: a mayor's perspective
Speaker: Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens (2019-2023)
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of LSE Cities, LSE
Hosted by LSE Cities in association with the Hellenic Observatory
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City of Hope - Lessons from Cape Town for the future of South Africa and African cities
Tuesday 23 January, 6.30pm to 8pm
Speaker: Geordin Hill-Lewis, Mayor of Cape Town
Discussant: Desné Masie, Visiting Senior Fellow, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, LSE
Chair: Suzanne Hall, Professor of Sociology and Head of Department, LSE
Hosted by LSE Cities and the LSE School of Public Policy
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