The seminar was conducted as a first installment of the Collaborative Foresight cycle on Futures of Digital Urban Layers Media Evolution conducted in the spring of 2025.

Speakers

Clara McNair (Creative Technologist at Gehl) talks about how digital platforms can be used to engage citizens in the design of urban futures.

Navid Christensen (Architect and Methodology Lead at White Arkitekter) talks about how human behaviour can be linked with digital tools like VR, AI, and data interfaces to make invisible patterns in cities visible and usable, with the Malmö Generate District as future case.

Elena Malakhatka (Postdoctoral Researcher Chalmers University of Technology).

Moderator: Annita Douka (Engagement Coordinator & Concept Developer at Media Evolution).

Context

The seminar is a continuation of work we've conducted in the past years including The Futures we Build, Futures of Wise Cities and lectures by Nick Dunn (Envisioning Futures of the Built Environment), Deb Chachra (Transforming our Built Environment) and plenty of The Conference talks.

The seminar was made possible by DigIT Hub Sweden. DigIT Hub Sweden help companies and the public sector in Southern Sweden to digitalise. The initiative is co-funded by the European Union, Region Blekinge, Region Kronoberg, Region Skåne, and Vinnova.