Interviews

Mayor Ricardo Rio: The Driving Force Behind Braga's Rise as a Model European City
18.09.2023
Ricardo Bruno Antunes Machado Rio, is an accomplished economist and the current mayor of Braga, Portugal.…
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GMF Cities program head Bosacker: City leadership is challenging but rewarding
14.06.2023
Steven Bosacker directs the GMF Cities program, which supports local-level policymakers and practitioners in North America…
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Former Stockholm Mayor König Jerlmyr: The future belongs to the cities
8.06.2023
Anna König Jerlmyr is renowned for her impactful term as the Mayor of Stockholm from 2018…
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Smart cities expert Aapo Huovila - Crucial role of collaborative leadership
16.05.2023
Aapo Huovila is a Senior scientist at Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. His research is…
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UCL professor Michael Batty - Collaborative leadership for resilient cities of future
21.04.2023
Cities are becoming smart not only in terms of the way we can automate routine functions…
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Cambridge researcher Meelan Thondoo - Urban Health is essential for the future of our cities
14.03.2023
Dr. Meelan Thondoo is a research associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit of the University of Cambridge. She has…
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Mobility - Rome's expert Simone Porcacchia tells us how cities can achieve it
7.03.2023
Simone Porcacchia is an accomplished engineer of operations and management, who is best known for his…
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Mayor Materek: a record budget for investments throughout Starachowice
31.01.2022
Poland's youngest mayor, Marek Materek, was only 25 when he got elected as mayor of Starachowice,…
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Mayor Aburto: "Bilbao is an international benchmark in urban transformation"
22.10.2021
Mayor of Bilbao Juan Mari Aburto has talked with SmartCitiesWorld on how the city council is…
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Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi: "Being mayor is the most beautiful job in the world"
20.09.2021
After five years, mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi, faces new elections in October. She discussed the…
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Three pillars for sustainability: environmental, economic, and social one
2.03.2021
During the 2021 ULI Europe Virtual Conference, Marnix Galle, chairman of ULI Europe, sat down with…
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Mayor of Stockholm: "We want to be the impact capital of the world"
18.12.2020
Mayor of Stockholm, Anna König Jerlmyr, is one of many mayors across Europe, from Mayor of…
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