Are you interested in affordable housing? What do you think about innovation in mobility? How can we create utilise the already existing city fabric for better urban futures?
Trailer for episode 374 - interview with Manfred Schrenk, Director of Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, affordable housing, migration, smart cities, mobility innovation, and many more.
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Are you interested in affordable housing? What do you think about innovation in mobility? How can we create utilise the already existing city fabric for better urban futures?
Trailer for episode 374 - interview with Manfred Schrenk, Director of Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, affordable housing, migration, smart cities, mobility innovation, and many more.
Find out more in the episode.
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"The future of cities form is how we organise life."
Are you interested in the dimensions of urban futures? What do you think about urban experimentation? How can we create the future of cities as it depends upon our imagination?
Interview with Arman Mirzakhani, architect, urban designer, and researcher. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, dimensions of cities, rethinking infrastructure, defining the future by our imagination, and many more.
Arman Mirzakhani is an architect, urban designer, and researcher focused on creating innovative, livable urban environments. With expertise in urban planning, big data analytics, machine learning, GIS, and transdisciplinary research, he drives smart city and sustainable urban development through data-driven insights and emerging technologies. A strategic thinker and adept problem-solver, Arman manages complex projects and collaborates with government, academia, and international organisations. His strong communication skills and solution-oriented mindset ensure impactful outcomes in fast-paced settings. Passionate about advancing urban solutions, Arman is eager to contribute to transformative projects that enhance urban sustainability.
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Are you interested in the dimensions of urban futures? What do you think about urban experimentation? How can we create the future of cities as it depends upon our imagination?
Trailer for episode 372 - interview with Arman Mirzakhani, architect, urban designer, and researcher. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, dimensions of cities, rethinking infrastructure, defining the future by our imagination, and many more.
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Are you interested in investigating urban experiments?
Debate of the article titled Interrogating urban experiments from 2016, by Federico Caprotti and Robert Cowley, published in the Urban Geography journal.
This is a great preparation to our next interview with Arman Mirzakhani in episode 372 talking about the importance of urban experimentation.
Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see whether urban experimentations really live up to their names. This article presents urban experiments as a popular driving force for urban transitions, but also seven areas needing critical attention.
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Abstract: The notion of the “urban experiment” has become increasingly prevalent and popular as a guiding concept and trope used by both scholars and policymakers, as well as by corporate actors with a stake in the future of the city. In this paper, we critically engage with this emerging focus on “urban experiments”, and with its articulation through the associated concepts of “living labs”, “future labs”, “urban labs” and the like. A critical engagement with the notion of urban experimentation is now not only useful, but a necessity: we introduce seven specific areas that need critical attention when considering urban experiments: these are focused on normativity, crisis discourses, the definition of “experimental subjects”, boundaries and boundedness, historical precedents, “dark” experiments and non-human experimental agency.
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Are you interested in the dimensions of urban futures? What do you think about urban experimentation? How can we create the future of cities as it depends upon our imagination?
Trailer for episode 372 - interview with Arman Mirzakhani, architect, urban designer, and researcher. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, dimensions of cities, rethinking infrastructure, defining the future by our imagination, and many more.
Find out more in the episode.
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Are you interested in the dimensions of urban futures? What do you think about urban experimentation? How can we create the future of cities as it depends upon our imagination?
Trailer for episode 372 - interview with Arman Mirzakhani, architect, urban designer, and researcher. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, dimensions of cities, rethinking infrastructure, defining the future by our imagination, and many more.
Find out more in the episode.
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"The state should be an asset for its citizens, it shouldn't be a burden."
Are you interested in how to establish a new country? What do you think about using blockchain and AI technology in government? How can we reconfigure governance as a shareholder state?
Interview with Vít Jedlička, President of Liberland. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, direct meritocracy, good and bad governance elements, establishing a new country, and many more.
A visionary entrepreneur, Vít Jedlička holds degrees from the University of Economics, Prague, and the CEVRO Institute. Vít has conducted numerous interviews with prestigious media outlets like The New York Times and Fox Business Network. A sought-after speaker, he has presented at prominent conferences such as the Horasis Global Meeting, TedX, ALEC, and the St. Gallen Symposium. Vít proclaimed The Free Republic of Liberland, also known as Liberland in 2015, which is a sovereign state located between Croatia and Serbia. As the President of Liberland, Vít’s primary mission is to create a flourishing, prosperous nation for its citizens.
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Are you interested in how to establish a new country? What do you think about using blockchain and AI technology in government? How can we reconfigure governance as a shareholder state?
Trailer for episode 370 - interview with Vít Jedlička, President of Liberland. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, direct meritocracy, good and bad governance elements, establishing a new country, and many more.
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Are you interested in new forms of governance?
Summary of the whitepaper titled Liberland Blockchain Whitepaper, published on the Liberland website.
This is a great preparation to our next interview with Vít Jedlička, the president of Liberland in episode 370 talking about their new governance structure based on blockchain.
Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how we can utilise the upcoming technologies, like blockchain to improve our governance systems. This whitepaper presents how Liberland operates its government entirely on a public blockchain which aims to ensure transparency and accountability, balancing decentralisation with necessary permissioned access for citizens.
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Abstract: Liberland is a country founded in 2015 on a terra nullius between Croatia and Serbia, with its founders being enthusiasts of blockchain and liberty. The goal of the Liberland Blockchain is to provide all e-government services to its citizens via a Substrate-based blockchain system, with governance as its first use case. The Liberland Blockchain is designed as a layer 1 public blockchain, governed by the holders of its native tokens, the Liberland Dollar (LLD) and Liberland Merit (LLM). The system also supports Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) representing land and other assets and implements a decentralised identity solution. In the future, it will support an online judiciary system, enabling non-smart but self-executing contracts on the blockchain with the judiciary as an oracle. The judiciary will also enable features like account recovery and recourse against fraud and theft.
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Are you interested in how to establish a new country? What do you think about using blockchain and AI technology in government? How can we reconfigure governance as a shareholder state?
Trailer for episode 370 - interview with Vít Jedlička, President of Liberland. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, direct meritocracy, good and bad governance elements, establishing a new country, and many more.
Find out more in the episode.
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Are you interested in how to establish a new country? What do you think about using blockchain and AI technology in government? How can we reconfigure governance as a shareholder state?
Trailer for episode 370 - interview with Vít Jedlička, President of Liberland. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, direct meritocracy, good and bad governance elements, establishing a new country, and many more.
Find out more in the episode.
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"Transportation is the movement of people and goods ... allowing people to do what they want."
Are you interested in predicting urban transportation systems and their effects? What do you think about transportation as the movement of people and goods? How can we consider the first, second and third rate consequences?
Interview with Josh Rands, Co-Founder and CEO at TerraCity. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, transportation, sustainability, second and third rate consequences, and many more.
Josh Rands is the Founder and CEO of TerraCity, a software startup he founded in 2022 that's developing AI-powered modeling tools to help cities with comprehensive planning and decision-making across transportation and land-use. Josh previously founded Litter CleanUp, a nonprofit that built a mobile volunteering platform to empower community-driven action to fight litter and pollution. At TerraCity, he serves as Principal Investigator on research and development projects funded by the United States Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture to develop novel AI technology.
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Are you interested in predicting urban transportation systems and their effects? What do you think about transportation as the movement of people and goods? How can we consider the first, second and third rate consequences?
Trailer for episode 368 - interview with Josh Rands, Co-Founder and CEO at TerraCity. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, transportation, sustainability, second and third rate consequences, and many more.
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Are you interested in AI-driven urban transformations?
Debate of the article titled The fundamental issues and development trends of AI-driven transformations in urban transit and urban space from 2025, by Haishan Xia, Renwei Liu, Lu Li, and Yilan Zhang, published in the Sustainable Cities and Society journal.
This is a great preparation to our next interview with Josh Rands in episode 368 talking about AI prediction for urban transportation.
Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how we can utilise AI and Machine Learning tools and techniques to uncover non-linear urban relationships. This article highlights that AI technology helps address the spatiotemporal imbalance and proposes a future of human and artificial intelligence collaboration.
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Abstract: Changes in transportation demand driven by artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping urban spatial structures, and the continued development of AI is expected to exacerbate the spatiotemporal imbalance between urban spatial structures and transportation behaviors. Studying the interaction between urban transit and spatial factors helps to achieve precise alignment between structures and behavior. This study demonstrates the immense potential of AI technologies in uncovering complex, high-dimensional, non-linear interactions between pertinent factors using clustering analysis and further reveals the urban transformations induced by Urban AI and their broader macro impacts. A multi-factor equilibrium model of human and artificial intelligence is also proposed as a direction for future research, aiming to help scholars familiarize themselves with the latest trends and emerging technologies as well as to provide inspiration and guidance for future studies.
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Are you interested in predicting urban transportation systems and their effects? What do you think about transportation as the movement of people and goods? How can we consider the first, second and third rate consequences?
Trailer for episode 368 - interview with Josh Rands, Co-Founder and CEO at TerraCity. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, transportation, sustainability, second and third rate consequences, and many more.
Find out more in the episode.
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Are you interested in predicting urban transportation systems and their effects? What do you think about transportation as the movement of people and goods? How can we consider the first, second and third rate consequences?
Trailer for episode 368 - interview with Josh Rands, Co-Founder and CEO at TerraCity. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, transportation, sustainability, second and third rate consequences, and many more.
Find out more in the episode.
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"Place isn't optional, we have to have a place. So we have to constantly figure it out."
Are you interested in place branding? What do you think about participating in the civic brand at your place? How can we involve the next generation to create urban futures?
Interview with Ryan Short, author of ‘The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place’ and co-founder of CivicBrand. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, place branding, choosing where to live, opportunities opening up, the next generation, and many more.
Ryan Short is the CEO of CivicBrand, a firm dedicated to place-branding for U.S. cities and local governments. With 17 years of experience, Ryan guides communities to define their unique identities through shared values, vision, and actionable strategies, transcending traditional logos and slogans. His upcoming book, The Civic Brand: The Power and Responsibility of Place (September 2025), delves into how branding fosters unity, civic pride, and a sense of belonging, featuring a foreword by Charles Marohn of Strong Towns. Ryan has spoken at prestigious events, such as City Nation Place Global, sharing insights on community identity. He has collaborated with numerous municipalities, helping align branding with policy to create lasting impact. Ryan’s work empowers places to articulate their essence, strengthening community bonds and driving meaningful change through strategic, values-driven branding.
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Are you interested in place branding? What do you think about participating in the civic brand at your place? How can we involve the next generation to create urban futures?
Trailer for episode 366 - interview with Ryan Short, author of ‘The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place’ and co-founder of CivicBrand. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, place branding, choosing where to live, opportunities opening up, the next generation, and many more.
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Are you interested in place branding?
Our summary today works with the book titled The Civic Brand: The Power & Responsibility of Place from 2025, by Ryan Short.
This is a great preparation to our next interview with Ryan Short in episode 366 talking about place branding and the civic brand.
Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how we can utilise place branding more than just a marketing tool. This book highlights space branding as a necessary strategic tool to combat fragmented, reactive urban planning and balance out people, profit and place, as the triple bottom line.
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