Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:08:31 +0200 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:26:00 +0100 Sustainability dialogue on the urban-rural divide https://www.uu.nl/en/news/sustainability-dialogue-on-the-urban-rural-divide During this dialogue we looked at the supposed separation between city and countryside. We examined the urban-rural divide in the Netherlands from different angles. 137867 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:26:00 +0100 Nieuws New 'Focused on the Future' Podcast Episode: "Communities" https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-focused-on-the-future-podcast-episode-communities In this podcast 'Focused on the Future', scientists from Utrecht University and stakeholders talk about views on the future, cities, and communities. 132163 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 13:32:00 +0200 Nieuws Situating Data: Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/situating-data-inquiries-in-algorithmic-culture Edited by Karin van Es and Nanna Verhoeff, Situating Data: Inquiries in Algorithmic Culture was recently published. 130366 Mon, 08 May 2023 11:56:00 +0200 Nieuws Building Sustainable Smart Cities with the Power of AI https://www.uu.nl/en/news/building-sustainable-smart-cities-with-the-power-of-ai The Grand Café of the Vening Meinesz building hosted a joint event where four speakers discussed the challenges and opportunities of incorporating sustainable AI in urban development and management. 129575 Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:33:00 +0200 Nieuws Publication: Urban Forms of Life: For a critique of forms of urban life https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/publication-urban-forms-of-life-for-a-critique-of-forms-of-urban-life New publication: 'Urban Forms of Life' an edited volume with a chapter by prof. dr. Nanna Verhoeff of the Open Cities Platform included. 129309 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:08:00 +0200 Nieuws Seminar: Navigating intersectional realities through smart urbanism: Gender, Media & Design https://www.uu.nl/en/news/seminar-navigating-intersectional-realities-through-smart-urbanism-gender-media-design How can we understand processes and discourses of in- and exclusion in today’s datafied smart cities? 129013 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:26:00 +0200 Nieuws Hot topic debates organised by the Transforming Cities Community https://www.uu.nl/en/news/hot-topic-debates-organised-by-the-transforming-cities-community Transforming Cities Utrecht held a debate series on contested topics 126032 Sun, 11 Dec 2022 16:14:00 +0100 Nieuws Alison Bain appointed Professor of Geographies of Inclusive Cities https://www.uu.nl/en/news/alison-bain-appointed-professor-of-geographies-of-inclusive-cities Chair Geographies of Inclusive Cities 125337 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0100 Nieuws “Playfulness helps to rethink urban futures as an imaginative challenge instead of a technological challenge” https://www.uu.nl/en/news/playfulness-helps-to-rethink-urban-futures-as-an-imaginative-challenge-instead-of-a-technological Smart Cities need media architectures that not just increase efficiency, but instead need technologies that create meaningful experiences. 111337 Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:25:00 +0100 Nieuws Upscaling residential carsharing: recommendations for more social and affordable carsharing at street level https://www.uu.nl/en/news/upscaling-residential-carsharing-recommendations-for-more-social-and-affordable-carsharing-at-street Recommendations for more social and affordable carsharing at street level so residential carsharing can be upscaled. 110848 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Upscaling innovations: experiments, assessment and co-creation https://www.uu.nl/en/news/upscaling-innovations-experiments-assessment-and-co-creation Report of a session on Upscaling innovations: experiments, assessment and co-creation at the workshop Transforming Cities for Sustainabe Futures 110604 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 11:53:00 +0200 Nieuws Transforming Cities seed funding awarded to three projects https://www.uu.nl/en/news/transforming-cities-seed-funding-awarded-to-three-projects Research hub Transforming cities has awarded seed funding to three projects on urban imaginaries, citizen engagament and urban tourism. 110225 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 17:28:00 +0200 Nieuws Creating a sustainable city: time, pragmatism and persistence https://www.uu.nl/en/news/creating-a-sustainable-city-time-pragmatism-and-persistence Creating a sustainable city does not come from a single radical moment of change; instead, it requires persistent small steps over time. What are the challenges in sustainable transformation? 106865 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Media Architecture Biennale offers perspective: In the city of the future, people and their relationship to the surroundings are at the centre https://www.uu.nl/en/news/media-architecture-biennale-offers-perspective-in-the-city-of-the-future-people-and-their Media Scholars Nanna Verhoeff and Michiel de Lange give their perspective on the future of our (smart) cities. 107534 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws How to measure progress on circular transformation https://www.uu.nl/en/news/how-to-measure-progress-on-circular-transformation The Transforming Cities Hub was invited by the Municipality of The Hague to explore how the process of circular transformation can be shaped and advanced. 107022 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:02:00 +0200 Nieuws Is your house waterproof? https://www.uu.nl/en/news/is-your-house-waterproof With a new tool, developed by UU and Witteveen+Bos, residents can test how well their homes are able to withstand water. 106671 Wed, 19 May 2021 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for chapters: Inclusive cities https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-chapters-inclusive-cities Information about the Call for chapters by Ajay Bailey and Kei Otsuki for a new to be published book about Inclusive Cities. 106145 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:19:00 +0200 Nieuws 'Anders Utrecht’: A Collaboration for Bottom-up Change https://www.uu.nl/en/background/anders-utrecht-a-collaboration-for-bottom-up-change Utrecht University researchers engaged in the development of a local network of initiatives working towards sustainability and social change. 105491 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 09:47:00 +0200 Nieuws Reflecting together on the openness of cities around the world https://www.uu.nl/en/news/reflecting-together-on-the-openness-of-cities-around-the-world What is an open city? How is it governed and spatially organised? And how can it be studied? 105459 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:02:00 +0200 Nieuws Involve public values in future urban mobility https://www.uu.nl/en/news/involve-public-values-in-future-urban-mobility Researchers have created an assessment framework for public values for an informed debate about mobility in future cities and the role played by mobility platforms. 100831 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:00:00 +0100 Nieuws