Second Collection on The Future of Cities

Cities are facing huge functional, social and environmental challenges. With the changing climate, the constant flux of [forced] migration and growing economies, urban areas are continually transforming. This outlook has nudged municipal authorities around the world to leverage different imaginaries: positive-energy districts, smart cities, 15-minute neighbourhoods, the feminist city, net-zero, and so on. Commitments like this raise several questions: What does the future of cities look like? How should we live and work in the future city? Which urban values will we hold in the future? How do we plan and govern the cities of the future? What methods and approaches should we use to shape future cities?

In this series, the Citizens Collective brings together academics, policymakers, and practitioners to reflect on these questions and envision The Future of Cities together. We will open with a panel of scholars and practitioners from the Global South. We invite you to join us in this exercise of imagining what cities will look like in the future.