Newcastle University Centre for Researching Cities

Earlier this year, I was asked by @NU_Cities at Newcastle Uni to make a short documentary on the theme of the "good city". My brief was to interview local leaders and get their views on the good city and pair these views with some eye-catching material. tom-draper.com/2022/12/02/the…

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲? 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 Live now! Watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/yyc_qAOeL2Y Directed, edited and filmed by @tomdraper1 & produced by Simin Davoudi, with interviews from across Noeth East England

Getting ready for our Good City #FilmScreening at the Devonshire Building room G21/22 - join us at 3 PM for the film screening and at 4 PM for some networking drinks!

Join our #GoodCity documentary #FilmScreening this Thursday 01/12! We'll share the results from this year's Good City Project with film by @tomdraper1, Q&A by Dr Simin Davoudi and time for networking with each other & the rest of the team. Sign up @ forms.office.com/r/dW7J73DZxL

@dltedesco and my article on “Cities as Aesthetic Subjects” is now available online and open access from @GlobalizationsJ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our resident documentary film maker @tomdraper1 knows how to get the best light for our interviews on what makes a good city - #WhatIsAGoodCity #ResearchingCities @EngageNCL

The last question, and perhaps the most challenging of all: what are examples of 'good' cities? Or 'bad' cities that you still like to live in? Why? #GoodCities #JoinTheConversation

A difficult one, question 2: who are the winners and losers in the good city? #GoodCityResearch #JoinTheConversation

#JoinTheConversation! Question 1: from the perspective of your discipline, what do you think are the key components of a good city? #goodcities

What makes a good city? Exploring this question today with colleagues from across @UniofNewcastle - we might not be able to give one answer, but the question is worth exploring!

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Announcement of the forthcoming Planning Bill in the Queen’s Speech today, promising a transformation to move away “from a slow document-based one to a.... digital and map-based service, allowing more active public engagement” @ZndrP @RTPIPlanners @drweiyang @jmichaelbatty

Join us as online as we explore these projects: May 12th 2021 from 2-3.30pm (BST) Register 👉bit.ly/3o4Oq7e Everyone welcome 😊

The event will feature projects that have been investigating the barriers that exist to the adoption of IoT in Smart Cities and Smart Regions along with methods to overcome these barriers.

🚨 Event Alert 🚨 IoT has sparked a revolution of ‘Smart Cities’, utilising embedded sensors and data collection to understand cities at scale. However, further expansion of Smart Cities into Smart Regions is needed to further understand large-scale economic, ...

Is this the new type of city we should be striving towards? (The answer is yes by the way) Rewilding our cities: beauty, biodiversity and the biophilic cities movement theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Call for applications for @ENCATC #Research Award are open re #cultural policy and management in Europe and worldwide @chrisw_heritage @CreativeFuseNE @ProfJSanders

Join us & @Pitch_In_IoT on the 12th May (14:00-15:30 BST) to explore the Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Cities and Smart Regions Free event, open to all - register below👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-internet…