LSE Cities

Does the smart city concept put technology ahead of people, ignoring the very things that make us human? Adam Greenfield, Senior Urban Fellow in LSE Cities, discusses the growing public scepticism around claims that intelligent operating systems and data analytics are the key to our future.

Professor Ricky Burdett discusses how research by LSE Cities was instrumental in the legacy design of the London Olympic Park and more ‘liveable’ cities around the world. Read the impact case study at

LSE was awarded the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, 22 February 2018 in recognition of LSE Cities’ work on ‘training, research and policy formulation for cities of the future and a new generation of urban leaders around the world.’ The Prize, which is part of the UK honours system, is given biennially to 20 institutions across the UK, recognises excellence in a number of key academic areas which have had impact on society and the wider community. For further information about LSE Cities please see:

Making Cultural Infrastructure: can we design the conditions for culture? From it’s conception in 2011, Theatrum Mundi has been concerned with the spaces of artistic production and display in the city. So when the current Mayor of London, in his manifesto, committed to developing a Cultural Infrastructure strategy, Theatrum Mundi assembled 60 artists, writers, architects, and researchers, working across London’s urban cultural fabric to address the following question: What are the infrastructural conditions for culture, and can they be designed into the city? Download the report here Contributors: John Bingham-Hall Adam Kaasa Shumi Bose Anna Harding Edwin Heathcote Siobhan Davies