The Response of Major Cities to the Challenges of the 21st Century
Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, will discuss the great transformations that we have to face as a society and the transformative role of the cities in the face of those challenges.
Meet our speaker and chair
Ada Colau (@AdaColau) is Mayor of Barcelona, a position she has held since 2015.
Ricky Burdett (@BURDETTR) is Professor of Urban Studies and Director of LSE Cities and Urban Age at LSE.
More about this event
The European Institute (@LSEEI) is a centre for research and graduate teaching on the processes of integration and fragmentation within Europe. In the most recent national Research Excellence Framework the Institute was ranked first for research in its sector.
LSE Cities (@LSECities) studies how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focusing on how the design of cities impacts on society, culture and the environment. Through research, conferences, teaching and projects, the centre aims to shape new thinking and practice on how to make cities fairer and more sustainable for the next generation of urban dwellers, who will make up some 70 per cent of the global population by 2050.
This event forms part of LSE’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative, a series of debates about the direction the world could and should be taking after the crisis.
Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSECOVID19
How can I attend?
This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. Registration will open after 10am via Zoom on Tuesday 25 May.
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Hosted by the LSE European Institute and LSE Cities.