Old Cities New Ambitions: the future of urban Europe

Europe’s cities have long been at the cutting edge of civic innovation. But the challenges they are facing – climate crisis, pandemics, growing inequalities, migration, populism, new technologies – can feel increasingly daunting.

Over the last two years, LSE Cities has been researching and leading a discussion about how Europe’s cities have developed, the issues and opportunities they are facing, and the support they need to forge more just, sustainable and democratic futures.

This event will launch a new publication capturing our research, presenting new data and case-studies, and drawing together viewpoints from cities experts and urban leaders. It will discuss the needs, capacity challenges, and priorities faced by cities leaders; the development of post-growth agendas in many European cities and the challenges and opportunities these represent; developments in housing, transport, and climate policy; and the (slowly) changing demographic profile of European Mayors.