Upcoming Lectures
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Past Lectures
2011
- 1 September 2011
- The tale of two regions - seminar and research report launch - Den Haag
- 29 June 2011
- Andrea Colantonio, Tim Dixon, Brian Field and Jan Olbrycht – Urban regeneration and social sustainability
- 6 June 2011
- Dr Joan Clos, Dr Gareth Jones, Professor Çağlar Keyder, Suketu Mehta, Professor Saskia Sassen, Professor Richard Sennett – Living in the Endless City
- 20 May 2011
- Alfredo Brillembourg – The architecture of social investment
- 19 May 2011
- Richard Sennett, Fran Tonkiss, Lawrence Vale, Gerald Frug and Asher Ghertner – Writing cities
- 17 May 2011
- Jerry Frug – The architecture of governance
- 28 March 2011
- Joan Clos - Cities and climate change
- 24 March 2011
- Bruce Katz and Ricky Burdett – A Vision of the Next Economy: from Macro to Metro
- 15 March 2011
- Mohsen Mostafavi – Ecological Urbanism
- 26 January 2011
- Edgar Pieterse – African Urbanism
- 17 January 2011
- Sharon Zukin – The Naked City
- 11 January 2011
- Enrique Peñalosa – Politics, Power Cities
2010
- 29 November 2010
- Richard Rogers – Cities and buildings
- 19 November 2010
- Lagos: confronting change in a global megacity
- 7 June 2010
- Cities under siege: the new military urbanism
- 2 June 2010
- Mexico City: inclusive actions towards sustainability
- 1 June 2010
- Climate Change: The City Solution
- 25 May 2010
- Beirut Normal
- 18 May 2010
- Kinetic City: Designing for Informality in Mumbai
2009
- 17 November 2009
- Cities, Design and Climate Change
- 14 October 2009
- Urban Technologies and the Environment
- 27 April 2009
- Architecture as Investment
2008
- 18 November 2008
- The Politics of Mobility
- 21 October 2008
- London in a Global Context
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Urban Age Lecture Series | Cities, Design and Climate Change
Tuesday 17 November 2009 | 6.30-8.00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Urban Age presents: Cities, Design and Climate Change
SPEAKERS: Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd professor of Sociology, Columbia University, and Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, New York University and London School of Economics.
With cities contributing disproportionatly to global carbon emissions, urban design is increasingly important when planning for climate change. This discussion examines the social, political and economic impacts of creative urban design solutions coming out of the world's cities.
Free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary. Contact events@lse.ac.uk for additional information.
Speaker profiles
Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd professor of Sociology, Columbia University
Richard Sennett
Professor of Sociology, New York University and London School of Economics