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Guest Lecture - The Future of Sustainable Neighbourhoods

Submitted by Gail Wilson on October 1, 2019 - 12:17
Nov 20 2019 14:30
Nov 20 2019 14:30
Europe/London
University of Glasgow, Wolfson Medical Building, Yudowitz Lecture Theatre
Glasgow
Scotland  Scotland

in this guest lecture Josef Konvitz, Chair, PASCAL Observatory, Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow and former Head, Urban Affairs and Regulatory Policy Divisions at OECD, will explore how sustainable neighbourhoods might help cities respond to challenges of globalisation and widening inequality.

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SUEUAA collaborators produce gender equality paper for Jean Monnet Network on the EU’s role in the implementation of the SDGs in the Asia Pacific region

Submitted by Mike Osborne on October 1, 2019 - 12:09

One of the recent seminars of the Jean Monnet Network, ‘The EU’s Role in the Implementation of the SDGs in Asia Pacific’, was delivered by Dr Lavinia Hirsu, SUEUAA co-I, on the topic of Gender Equality. The related Policy Brief produced by Lavinia, and two colleagues who were also part of our GCRF project SUEUAA,  Lamiah Hashemi, University of Kurdistan and Zenaida Quezada-Reyes, Philippines Normal University is attached.

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Report on the International Symposium On Ageing Well and Public Service Delivery: Policy & Practice 15-16 June 2019 Beijing, China

Submitted by Denise Reghenza... on June 22, 2019 - 20:44

Convened by Tsinghua University (Beijing) and a consortium of partners in other Universities, Ageing Centres, Associations and Public Organisations, the Ageing Well theme focussed on:

  • Building a health care policy system,
  • Cultivating professional personnel talents, and
  • Developing high quality health care services.

The urgency was stressed, i.e. to ensure healthy environments for ageing and to optimise public service delivery.

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AI, Cities and Climate Change: Whoever Said It Would Be Easy? - NewCities, Josef Konvitz

Submitted by Mike Osborne on June 16, 2019 - 14:19

Josef Konvitz, PASCAL Chair and Associate Fellow, Resilience, NewCities, attended a day-long conference on 21 May last month, sponsored by the NewCities Foundation, on the theme of Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change. Held in the sumptuous grand hall of the Paris City Hall, the subject highlighted the importance of public actors and local innovators.

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Building Good Sustainable Communities through the Learning City EcCoWell Approach

Submitted by Muir Houston on June 16, 2019 - 06:46
EcCoWell

EcCoWell was developed by the PASCAL International Observatory in 2012 (PIE), based on the experience of Taipei city, as an approach to developing learning cities in a holistic and cohesive manner. The emergence of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, with a similar requirement for holistic development has enhanced the significance of the EcCoWell experience.

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APPLY NOW: Research Associate in Development Studies - GCRF Sustainable Cities Centre at University of Glasgow

Submitted by Gail Wilson on June 3, 2019 - 12:06

Are you interested in cities, urbanisation and international development? We need you!

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Counter-mapping for Urban Social Justice: Dispossession, Resistance and Spaces of Hope - Wednesday 1 May, 10am-12pm (BST)

Submitted by Gail Wilson on April 29, 2019 - 11:59
May 1 2019 10:00
May 1 2019 12:00
Europe/London
University of Glasgow and streamed live online (via Zoom)
Adam Smith Building, Room 718
Glasgow
Scotland  Scotland

How can maps be used to understand and respond to issues of urban social justice?

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Being human in the era of the fourth industrial revolution and AI

Submitted by Peter Kearns on April 16, 2019 - 09:19

The recent PASCAL and PIMA report on Good Active Ageing, which I edited with Denise Reghenzani Kearns, discussed the implications of the convergence of the demographic and technological revolutions. The demographic revolution with ageing populations is occurring at a time when revolutionary changes in digital technologies associated with artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnologies are impacting on society with this impact certain to increase. How soon superintelligence arrives is a matter of lively discussion.

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XVIth PASCAL Conference, 16-19 October - Online details and registration now available!

Submitted by Noreen Delea on April 2, 2019 - 08:14

Registration, preliminary program details and the call for papers for the XVIth PASCAL Conference, 16-19 October is now available at the following link:  https://www.ucc.ie/en/ace/pascal2019/.

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CityNet Smart Cities Survey Report

Submitted by Vijay Jagannathan on March 18, 2019 - 07:41

I am pleased to share the CityNet Smart Cities Survey Report on Smart Cities, Mobility, Walkability, and Emissions. Please find the final report featured below and attached.

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