Upcoming talks

Future Urban Lunch Talks will also be hosted by the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership. Find upcoming talks on the Driving Urban Transitions website.

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Listen to previous episodes

All Urban Lunch Talks are available in a playlist on our YouTube channel.

Find more Urban Lunch Talks on the Driving Urban Transitions YouTube channel.

• Episode 22: Envisioning a sustainable future: When urban mobility is inclusive (March 2023)
• Episode 21: Envisioning a sustainable future: How do art and design unlock the full potential for urban transition? (February 2023)
• Episode 20: Envisioning a sustainable future: Public infrastuctures – what will they be and look like? (October 2022)
• Episode 19: Envisioning a sustainable future: When 15 min cities are realised in China and Europe (January 2022)
• Episode 18: 15-minute Cities – Do’s, Don’ts and Dilemmas (May 2021)
• Episode 17: Urban Greening and Circularity Transitions – The Do’s, Don’ts and Dilemmas (April 2021)
• Episode 16: Positive Energy Districts – The Do’s, Don’ts and Dilemmas (March 2021)
• Episode 15:  Taking action in capacity building for sustainable futures (December 2020)
• Episode 14: Taking action on the public space dilemma- Liveability, placemaking and AI… should cities go “back to basics”? (2020)
• Episode 13: Taking action on the resilience-robustness dilemma: Is it time to move beyond the smart city- what is it like over there? (2020)
• Episode 12: Taking action on the land-use and infrastructure dilemma – Urban design and the food-water-energy nexus: How will the liveable and healthy city be achieved in the new decade?(2020)
• Episode 11: Innovative governance after the 10th World Urban Forum – How can local authorities benefit from rethinking governance? (2020)
• Episode 10: From Project Fraction to Synthesis Action – A talk about using strategic synthesis as instrument in urban transitioning… (2020)
• Episode 9: From Partnering Globally to Thriving Locally – A talk about having liveable cities rule the world (together)… (2019)
• Episode 8: From Public Space to Liveability Case – A talk about doing business as (un)usual for liveable urban public space… (2019)
• Episode 7: From Test to Success – A talk about how to take Urban Living Labs and experimental approaches to its “2.0”… (2019)
• Episode 6: From Project Partners to Synergy Soulmates – A talk about integrated approaches in urban transitioning (2019)
• Episode 5: Towards Positive Energy Districts– Defining a framework (2019)
• Episode 4: Sustainable Land-use and Urban Infrastructure- the dilemma (2019)
• Episode 3: From Urban Resilience to Robustness- the dilemma (2019)
• Episode 2: Digital Transitions in Urban Governance- the dilemma (2018)
• Episode 1: Inclusive Public Space for Urban Liveability- the dilemma (2018)
  

  
  Participants from 45 countries and 6 continents
  

  These webinars have since 2018 attracted innovators, practitioners and researchers from 45 countries. Episode #14 alone had registrants from 39 different countries. The aim of the Urban Lunch Talks is to spark action for cooperation of and knowledge exchange between a diversity of actors. Here, we communicate and make sense of innovative R&I project results. In general lunch talks, the talking points tend to arise at the table. Therefor, we have chosen to provide a discussion framework (inspired by the SRIA 2.0) for each of these webinars, but the final content depends on what you, as a participant, bring to the table. You can listen to the invited guests and participate using the chat, the Q&A function and by voting in polls. The Urban Lunch Talks pilot introduced the dilemma-driven approach to urban development and innovation. Similar to the Agora, the Urban Lunch Talks are a meeting space for urban actors with various backgrounds since urban transition pathways emerge in the integration of diverse knowledges. Bring yours!

  A dilemma-driven approach to urban research- and innovation

  The Urban Lunch Talks by JPI Urban Europe depart from a dilemma-driven approach to urban issues. You can read more here