# Ricky Burdett

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Policy and Social Change

Contributor(s): Professor Ricky Burdett, Dr Amara Enyia, Tracy Jooste, Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey | Drawing on their research and practice and in conversation with each other, Atlantic Institute’s Leaders in Residence, Amara Enyia and Tracy Jooste, and LSE academics Robtel Neajai Pailey and Ricky Burd…

Do cities have DNA?

We begin this series with a simple question "Do cities have DNA?" We ask an expert panel of urban planners, economists and architects what The DNA of Cities means from their personal and disciplinary viewpoints. We also hear from an epigeneticist who helps us understand more about the science behin…

The future of cities and why the Fine Wine world should care: In Conversation with Professor Ricky Burdett

This week we meet Professor Ricky Burdett and discuss the way metropolises like London, New York or Shanghai are changing, and how these changes are likely to impact citizens, consumers, trade and merchants, transport and logistics. Ricky Burdett is Professor of Urban Studies and Director of Lond…

How can we use The DNA of Cities?

This is the first of two concluding episodes to our bumper first season of The DNA of Cities. We return to the urban experts we spoke to at the very beginning of this season to understand how, and why, The DNA of Cities might be used. With special thanks to Professor Michele Acuto, Professor Ricky…

Ricky Burdett - From Grit to Growth: London's Urban Transformation

Richard Burdett CBE, professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the director of LSE Cities, joins episode 7 of The Century of Cities. He transports us to London's gritty 1980s, juxtaposing it with the vibrant public spaces of Rome and maps the city's rema…

POIESIS: Interdisciplinary Interventions on Urban Transformation

POIESIS: Interdisciplinary Interventions on Urban Transformation Urban Democracy by Design? Introduction: Poiesis and Cross-Sectoral Work Markus Hipp (Executive Director, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt) Panelists: Michael Arad (Partner, Handel Architects) Ricky Burdett (Professor of Urban Studies…

21. This is London: Rees Reminiscences

Greg, fresh from a trip to London, shares with Dan updates and reminiscences of the hale old town in the throes of ever-later capitalism, doffing hats to its raconteur-in-chief, Peter Wynne Rees. -- Intro: “Hairdresser on Fire,” by Morrissey Discussed: Peter Wynne Rees The Square Mile (City of…

The Case for a Directly-Elected Mayor in Dublin

The idea of a directly-elected mayor for Dublin has been circling Irish politics for decades — recommended by a Citizens’ Assembly, backed by some parties, resisted by others, and still unresolved.  Today on Newstalk Daily, Shane Beatty asks why Dublin remains the odd one out, while cities around t…

Free Thinking - Cities & Resilience

New Generation Thinker Daisy Hay talks to Anne McElvoy about the relationship between Disraeli and his wife. Judith Rodin discusses cities and disaster planning with Ricky Burdett. Glass artist Brian Clarke outlines the role played by the art dealer Robert Fraser who showcased the work of emerging …