What is The Future for Cities‪?‬ Fanni Melles

Are you interested in the connection between creative industries and cities?

Summary of the article titled Creativity, cities and innovation from 2014 by Neil Lee and Andrés Rogríguez-Pose, published in the Environment and Planning A journal.

This is a great preparation to our next interview with Julian O’Shea in episode 224 talking about the importance of creative people in cities.

Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see the link between creative industries, occupations and the innovation within cities. This article investigates the effects of creative industries and creative occupations on cities.

As the most important things, I would like to highlight 3 aspects:


Creativity is crucial for economic innovation, with creative occupations across various sectors playing a key role in fostering innovation, challenging the traditional focus on urban creative industries alone.
There is no strong empirical evidence supporting the notion that urban settings, particularly larger cities, have a distinct advantage in driving innovation within creative industries and occupations.
Policies that support creative roles across both urban and rural settings are needed, emphasizing the universal importance of creative occupations in enhancing innovation, rather than focusing solely on location-based advantages.

You can find the article through this link.

Abstract: The creative industries have long been seen as an innovative sector. More recent research posits that creative occupations are also a fundamental, but overlooked, driver of innovation. Theory also suggests cities are important for both creative industries and occupations, with urban environments helping firms innovate. Yet little empirical work has considered the links between creative industries, occupations, cities, and innovation at the firm level. This paper addresses this gap using a sample of over 9000 UK SMEs. Our results stress that creative industries firms are more likely to introduce original product innovations, but not those learnt from elsewhere. Creative occupations, however, appear a more robust general driver of innovation. We find no support for the hypothesis that urban creative industries firms are particularly innovative. However, creative occupations are used in cities to introduce product innovations learnt elsewhere. The results suggest that future work needs to seriously consider the importance of occupations in empirical studies of innovation.

Connecting episodes you might interested in:


No.002R - Intelligent cities: Variable geometries of spatial intelligence;
No.041R - A 100 smart cities, a 100 utopias;
No.076R - Smart innovative cities: The impact of smart city policies on urban innovation;

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Trailer for episode 224 - interview with Julian O’Shea, researcher, content creator and designer. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, emission reductions, apartment living, continuous urban change, and many more.

Find out more in the ⁠episode⁠.

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"What must accompany our technological progress and advancement is also advancements in our wisdom."

Are you interested in a research and evidence-based brighter future vision? What do you think about technological disruptions? How can we harness the current extraordinary moment in human history?

Interview Adam Dorr, the Director of Research at RethinkX. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, disruptive versus transformative technologies, progress in human wisdom, optimism, and many more.

Adam Dorr is the Director of Research at the independent think tank RethinkX. He is an environmental social scientist and technology theorist whose recent RethinkX publications have focused on the disruption of the global energy sector by new energy generation and storage technologies, as well as the implications of the energy, transportation, and food disruptions for climate change. Adam regularly presents on stage, radio, podcasts, and television. He completed his MS at the University of Michigan's School for the Environment and Sustainability and his PhD at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Find out more about Adam through this link:


Adam Dorr on LinkedIn;
@adam_dorr as Adam Dorr on X;
RethinkX website;
RethinkX on LinkedIn;
@rethink_x as RethinkX on X;
RethinkX on YouTube;
Brighter - book of Adam Dorr;
Brighter playlist on YouTube;
Adam Dorr on Google Scholar;

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:


No.120 - Interview with Matt Ferrell about sci-fi induced space enthusiasm;
No.178R - Brighter (book summary);
No.221R - Rethinking humanity (research summary);

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Are you interested in rethinking the future?

Summary of the article titled Rethinking the future: The path to freedom from 2020 by James Arbib and Tony Seba, published on the RethinkX website.

This is a great preparation to our next interview with Adam Dorr in episode 222 talking about rethinking the future in a brighter way.

Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see whether a new organising system could help avoid societal collapse in the future. This article investigates changes, choices, challenges and opportunities for a new system with extraordinary potentials to emerge.

As the most important things, I would like to highlight 3 aspects:


Our society faces a critical choice between clinging to outdated systems and risking collapse, or embracing new systems that adapt to modern challenges and technologies, potentially eradicating poverty and improving global quality of life.
Historically, societies often resist change until it's too late, leading to collapse, thus embracing change and avoiding the inertia of old systems is crucial for avoiding a dystopian future where power is concentrated in the hands of a few.
For the first time in history, we have the chance to proactively create a new organizing system before our current one fails which involves rethinking our current systems, encouraging flexible and adaptable new approaches, and managing a potentially tumultuous transition to ensure a fair and prosperous future.

You can find the article through this link.

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:


No.101R - What we owe the future (book summary)
No.178R - Brighter (book summary)

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Are you interested in a research and evidence-based brighter future vision? What do you think about technological disruptions? How can we harness the current extraordinary moment in human history?

Trailer for episode 222 - interview Adam Dorr, the Director of Research at RethinkX. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, disruptive versus transformative technologies, progress in human wisdom, optimism, and many more.

Find out more in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠episode⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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"It's not just what will happen, it's what needs to happen."

Are you interested in bees and their contribution to cities? What do you think about integrating First Nations’ knowledge into our urban management? How can we learn from bees about the environment?

Interview with Simon Burt, the co-founder of LB Agtech – the Location Based Agricultural Technology company. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, bees, urban food production, education about bees, and many more.

Simon Burt is an entrepreneur and co-founder focused on making a difference through applied solutions. He is a keen customer advocate and committed to making a significant impact by utilising technology in the agriculture sector. Simon is committed to environmentally friendly farming practices and developing carbon-neutral solutions into the future. Simon is hands-on through all business processes and specialises in production management, stakeholder engagement and sustainable farming practices. With 20 years of experience in starting and running companies, he knows that you are only as good as the people you surround yourself with. With a passion for farming and people, it's with great pleasure Simon is actively involved and dedicated to being a leader and leaving a legacy.

Find out more about Simon through these links:


Simon Burt on LinkedIn;
LB Agtech website;
LB Agtech on LinkedIn;

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:


No.159 - Interview with Michael Browne about Aboriginal values in the urban context
No.171 - Interview with Nicole Garofano about circular economy;
No.219R

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