Event categories: Third-party event
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Festival of Social Science 2024: How can digital transport services be more inclusive?
Start date: 1 November 2024End date: 2 November 2024More info Increasingly, people are using travel apps through their mobile phones to book, pay for and manage transport, from catching a train to ordering an Über. This system, called Mobility as a Service, can dramatically reduce the environmental impact of transport, making it more accessible for…
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LSE: A safer future for cycling in London
Date: 31 October 2024More info Cycling and other forms of active travel have significant benefits for wellbeing, local economies, air pollution and the environment. Indeed, a substantial increase in active travel is needed to achieve London’s 2030 target for net zero carbon emissions. Yet, while London’s roads are increasingly popular and safe, more must be…
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Right to the streets: Creating inclusive public spaces
Date: 23 October 2024More info You are invited to an in person seminar, workshop and networking event hosted at WSP Manchester, in collaboration with GM Moving. The event will focus on a workshop facilitated by GM Moving to introduce participants to their Right to the Streets initiative and research. The Right to the Streets initiative…
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St. Bride Foundation: TypeEd – defining visual narratives with type
Date: 29 November 2024More info Using typography to create engaging editorial design, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to combine literary wit with visual storytelling. Join Astrid Stavro in an immersive journey of discovery inspired by Ambrose Bierce’s timeless satirical work, The Devil’s Dictionary. Through a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, individual and group discussions,…
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Date: 14 October 2024
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Playful city urban design workshop
Date: 30 October 2024More info What could a more Playful City be? Come along and imagine … Join us at Isthmus Group to explore, test and engage with what a playful city could look like. The event will be bookend’ed with Pecha Kucha talks from sox innovators working in this space towards creating a Playful City here…
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New technologies for improved designs
Date: 30 October 2024More info In this session, Modulex Group’s Philippa Brown (Director of Global Account Strategy), Erik Sørensen Ruiz (Manager, Global Partnerships and Sustainability), and Martha McRobb (Special Projects Lead) will join in conversation to discuss how new tech can improve your design process. They will explore the latest tools and techniques to help you create unique designs,…
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Writing as a mode of spatial investigation
Date: 23 October 2024More info This lecture explores literary writing as a mode of spatial investigation, discovering poetic, narrative and imaginative dimensions of architecture and urban place. Klaske Havik will make a plea for poetic imagination as a crucial capacity of both literary writers and architects. In this context, she will also discuss the outcomes of the…
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Towards playable cities: Barcelona’s plan for play
Date: 15 October 2024More info Barcelona launched its first Plan for Play in the public space by 2030 five years ago and since then it has been unfolding this strategy towards a playable city with more and better play opportunities for all the citizens starting with children. Following the 3 strategic axes, 10 objectives and…
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UCL The Bartlett School of Planning: Integrated urban development, mobility planning and behaviour
Date: 29 October 2024More info Join Prof. Helmut Hozapfel (University of Kassel) as he discusses integrated urban development and mobility planning. The ambitious political objectives of achieving mobility that is economically, socially and ecologically sustainable cannot be met through technological innovations, such as electrification, digitalisation and connectivity, alone. The transformation that is urgently required will only…