Bringing together mayors, social scientists, designers and educators, the symposium will investigate how innovations in urban governance, planning and education can bring about transformative change, with an emphasis on new, inclusive and socially progressive narratives.
The event will be structured into two sections. The first session will feature a panel on innovation in city governance to discuss the way in which different economic and delivery models can lead to positive change. A second panel with designers, planners and social scientists will explore how enduring spatial and educational frameworks lock cities into regressive environments that fail to promote inclusion and justice.
The symposium is co-hosted by the Council on Urban Initiatives, a research and advocacy platform that was established in partnership between UN-Habitat, UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose, and LSE Cities in 2021 to promote just, green and healthy cities. It is co-chaired by Ricky Burdett and Mariana Mazzucato, who will moderating the event, alongside Lesley Lokko, curator of the Biennale Architettura 2024.
Speakers: Claudia López (Mayor of Bogota, Colombia), Ada Colau (Former Mayor of Barcelona, Spain), Soledad Núñez (former Minister for Housing and Habitat, Paraguay), Laura Lieto (Deputy Mayor of Naples, Italy), Dan Hill (Director, Melbourne School of Design), Rahul Mehrotra (Professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University) and Alcinda Honwana (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs), Richard Sennett (Emeritus Professor of Sociology, LSE).
