On the 14th October 2021 a panel on ‘Climate Justice in Urban Pedagogy and Practice‘, was organised and chaired by Dr. Giulio Verdini at the IPCC – UN-HABITAT GCoM ‘Innovate 4 Cities‘ Conference, to reflect on the results of the…
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‘Youth and communities for climate change challenges’ is an initiative launched by ILAUD, the International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design, in partnership with the UNESCO Chair in Urban and Regional Planning for Sustainable Local Development, to support Youth4Climate, with…
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Dr. Claudia Ortiz Chao (National Autonomous University of Mexico) discusses with Sabina Cioboata (University of Westminster, UK) on how universities in general, and urban programmes in particular, can become leaders for change and innovation in dealing with sustainability issues in…
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Dr. Alphonse Kyessi (Ardhi University, Tanzania) discusses with Sabina Cioboata (University of Westminster, UK) on the importance of breaking the barriers between industry and academia for transformative education and change. Dr. Kyessi reflects on his experience with context-specific, research-based curriculum…
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Dr. Linda Shi (Cornell University, USA) reflects on the opportunities and difficulties for urban programme curriculum change, within higher education models such as those in the USA. She highlights the importance of inter-disciplinary urban curricula and research, which critically explores…
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Prof. Mziwoxolo Sirayi, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy & Sustainable Development at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, discusses with Giulio Verdini, from the University of Westminster, on how South African curricula are still informed by Euro-American paradigms, due…
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Planners for Climate Action (P4CA) hosted a two day Urban Thinkers Campus on 14th and 15th October 2020, titled Climate Resilience Post-COVID: infrastructure, city form and urban design, 11h00 – 12h30 UTC/GMT, in partnership with UN-HABITAT, World Urban Campaign, ISOCARP, Commonwealth Association…
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Water: Designing in super wet and super dry contexts The course BA Designing Cities: Planning and Architecture has already started to incorporate climate pedagogy as part of its teaching and learning approach during the academic year 2019/20. The Year 2 design studio…
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Globally-Informed City Climate Pedagogy & Practice: a position paper. Initiated by Verdini, G., Alkhani, R., Beech, N., Cascone, P., Lamb, T., Woltjer, J., University of Westminster. This position paper aims to generate a debate on how architects and urban planners should be educated…
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