WTF for Cities? is a platform to introduce and connect people who are actively and consciously working on the future of cities and to introduce research about the future of cities.
190I_Adrian McGregor, the founder and Chief Design Officer at McGregor Coxall
40 mins; January 31, 2024
189R_Biourbanism: Cities as nature – a resilience model for anthromes (book summary)
8 mins; January 29, 2024
190I_Trailer_Adrian McGregor, the founder and Chief Design Officer at McGregor Coxall
1 min; January 27, 2024
188I_Rod Matthews, the Co-Founder and CEO of Brevian Energy
26 mins; January 24, 2024
187R_Microgrid communities: disclosing the path to future system-active communities (research summary)
10 mins; January 22, 2024
188I_Trailer_Rod Matthews, co-founder and CEO of Brevian Energy
1 min; January 18, 2024
186I_Tom Bosschaert, the founder and director of Except Integrated Sustainability
57 mins; January 17, 2024
185R_Systems thinking as a paradigm shift for sustainability transformation (research summary)
10 mins; January 15, 2024
186I_Trailer_Tom Bosschaert, the founder and director of Except Integrated Sustainability
1 min; January 13, 2024
184I_Alby Bocanegra, the Chief Future Officer and Founder at The Urban Futurist Inc.
40 mins; January 10, 2024
183R_24-hour cities network: Policy and strategy recommendations (research summary)
9 mins; January 08, 2024
184I_Trailer_Alby Bocanegra, the Chief Future Officer and Founder at The Urban Futurist Inc.
1 min; January 04, 2024
182I_Ted Baillieu, former Premier of Victoria and architect
53 mins; January 03, 2024
181R_Built environment prototyping for design-value (research summary)
8 mins; January 01, 2024
182I_Trailer_Ted Baillieu, former Premier of Victoria and architect
1 min; December 31, 2023
180I_Ben Vass, senior research engineer
66 hours 31 mins; December 27, 2023
179_Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
1 min; December 25, 2023
180I_Trailer_Ben Vass, senior research engineer
1 min; December 23, 2023
178R_Brighter: Optimism, progress and the future of environmentalism
7 mins; December 18, 2023
177I_Amelia Gaskell, an environmental science student
65 hours 55 mins; December 13, 2023
176R_Major transcitions: how college students interpret the process of changing fields of study
10 mins; December 11, 2023
177I_Trailer_Amelia Gaskell, an environmental science student
2 mins; December 09, 2023
175R_Whose choice? Young people, career choices and reflexivity re-examined (research summary)
11 mins; December 04, 2023
174I_Aapo Huovila, senior scientist at Technical Research Centre of Finland
33 mins; November 29, 2023
173R_Comparative analysis of standardized indicators for Smart sustainable cities: What indicators and standards to use and when? (research summary)
9 mins; November 27, 2023
174I_Trailer_Aapo Huovila, senior scientist at Technical Research Centre of Finland
1 min; November 22, 2023
172R_Carbon-neutral cities: Critical review of theory and practice (research summary)
9 mins; November 20, 2023
171I_Nicole Garofano, the Head of Circular Economy Development at Planet Ark Environmental Foundation and the founder of UsePlasticBetter
49 mins; November 15, 2023
170R_Sustainable circular cities? Analysing urban circular economy policies in Amsterdam, Glasgow, and Copenhagen (research summary)
10 mins; November 13, 2023
171I_Trailer_Nicole Garofano, the Head of Circular Economy Development at Planet Ark
1 min; November 08, 2023
169R_Circular economy: A brief literature review (research summary)
7 mins; November 07, 2023
168I_Jennifer George, commercialisation expert and strategic thinker
57 mins; November 01, 2023
167R_Smart city beyond efficiency: Technology-policy-community at play for sustainable urban futures (research summary)
7 mins; October 30, 2023
168I_Trailer_Jennifer George, commercialisation expert and strategic thinker
1 min; October 25, 2023
166R_What makes a city ‘smart’? (research summary)
8 mins; October 23, 2023
165I_Michael Healy, the Smart Cities Programme Manager at Christchurch City Council
55 mins; October 18, 2023
164R_A discussion of resilience and sustainability: Land use planning recover from the Canterbury earthquake sequence, New Zealand (research summary)
10 mins; October 16, 2023
165I_Trailer_Michael Healy, the Smart Cities Programme Manager at Christchurch City Council
2 mins; October 11, 2023
163R_Rethinking resilience: Reflections on the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, 2010 and 2011 (research summary)
12 mins; October 09, 2023
162I_Warren Hill, enterprise account director at Appscore
55 mins; October 04, 2023
161R_Perception of the quality of smart city solutions as a sense of residents' safety (research summary)
9 mins; October 02, 2023
162I_Trailer_Warren Hill, enterprise account director at Appscore
1 min; September 27, 2023
160R_What is the city? (research summary)
11 mins; September 25, 2023
159I_Michael Browne, manager at Melbourne Water
55 mins; September 20, 2023
158R_Integrating Aboriginal cultural values into water planning: A case study from New South Wales, Australia (research summary)
9 mins; September 18, 2023
159I_Trailer_Michael Browne, manager at Melbourne Water
1 min; September 13, 2023
157R_Ontological review of smart city research (research summary)
10 mins; September 11, 2023
156I_Fanni Melles, future of cities researcher and podcast host
84 hours 36 mins; September 06, 2023
155B_#2 Birthday Special - summary of WTF's second year
11 mins; September 04, 2023
156I_Trailer_Fanni Melles, future of cities researcher and podcast host
1 min; August 30, 2023
154R_Smart City? Smarter City? Smarter Approach? The Smarter City Flywheel
19 mins; August 28, 2023
153I_Ana Enache, overall sustainability enthusiast and Chief of Staff at AppScore
39 mins; August 23, 2023
152R_Three pillars of sustainability: in search of conceptual origins (research summary)
12 mins; August 21, 2023
153I_Trailer_Ana Enache, overall sustainability enthusiast and Chief of Staff at Appscore
1 min; August 16, 2023
151R_Aesthetics of sustainability and architecture: An overview (research summary)
10 mins; August 14, 2023
150P_What is academia's role in establishing the future of cities? Panel discussion with previous interviewees
53 mins; August 09, 2023
149R_Urban futures: systemic or system changing interventions? A literature review using Meadows’ leverage points as analytical framework (research summary)
8 mins; August 07, 2023
148R_Interstitiality in the smart city: more than top-down and bottom-up smartness (research summary)
11 mins; July 31, 2023
147I_Damian Hewitt, Head of Smart Cities and Future Mobility at SAGE Group
33 mins; July 26, 2023
146R_Including marginalised communities in urban development and smart cities
12 mins; July 24, 2023
147I_trailer_Damian Hewitt, Head of Smart Cities and Future Mobility at SAGE Group
1 min; July 19, 2023
145R_Smart city and simplicity? Modular business models for smart cities (research summary)
9 mins; July 17, 2023
144I_Morley Muse, cofounder of iSTEM Co and renewable energy consultant
25 mins; July 12, 2023
143R_Extraction of microalgae as a form of wastewater treatment: Opportunities in biodiesel, biogas, biohydrogen, and volatile fatty acids production (research summary)
10 mins; July 10, 2023
142R_Becoming future-proof STEM teachers for enhancing sustainable development: A proposed general framework for a capacity-building programs in future studies (research summary)
10 mins; July 03, 2023
141I_Soheil Sabri, Digital Delivery Lead for Urban Digital Twin at the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration at the University of Melbourne
41 mins; June 28, 2023
140R_Creating digital twins to save our cities
8 mins; June 26, 2023
139R_The landscape and evolution of urban planning science (research summary)
9 mins; June 19, 2023
138I_Luis Natera, software developer and geospatial network scientist
40 mins; June 14, 2023
137R_Quantifying life quality as walkability on urban networks: The case of Budapest (research summary)
9 mins; June 12, 2023
136R_An analysis of the legal framework influencing walking in Australia (research summary)
8 mins; June 05, 2023
135I_Paul Satur, research fellow and lecturer at Monash Water Sensitive Cities and co-founder and CEO of Our Future Cities
50 mins; May 31, 2023
134R_Social inequality and water use in Australian cities: the social gradient in domestic water use (research episode)
9 mins; May 29, 2023
133R_Multifunctional Urban Spaces – a solution to increase the quality of urban life in dense cities (research summary)
10 mins; May 22, 2023
132I_Michael Batty, Bartlett professor of planning - What are cities and and their futures?
57 mins; May 17, 2023
131R_Inventing Future Cities (book summary)
8 mins; May 15, 2023
130R_A new framework for very large-scale urban modelling (research summary)
10 mins; May 08, 2023
129I_Alan Donegan, founder at Rebel Business, Entrepreneur and Finance School
54 mins; May 03, 2023
128R_Entrepreneurship in cities (research summary)
