Category: Interview
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278I_Nadun Hennayaka, founder and CEO of Gaia Project Australia
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “The world is a city on its own, we are not really disconnected.” Are you interested in technology which enhances urban food production? What do you think about the world as a city on its own? How can we be responsible for everything we use? Interview with…
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276I_Beth McDaniel, President of Reactive Surface Partners at McDaniel and Associates
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “What we can’t do is be an ostrich and put our head in the sand and expect [climate change] to go away.” Are you interested in carbon capture technologies? What do you think about the opportunities within our collaborations? How can we shake off our boiling frog…
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274I_Richard Gill, CEO of RethinkX
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “[In] societal change we need to protect people, not jobs or industries.” Are you interested in transformational technologies? What do you think about cities being in competition? How can we embrace change even if it is messy? Interview with Richard Gill, CEO of Rethink X. We talk…
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272I_Frank Elavsky, accessibility and data interaction researcher
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Our job is to imagine a future that is hopeful.” Are you interested in the difference among hope, knowledge and prediction? What do you think about our responsibility in imagining better futures? How can we use predictions better to prevent nightmarish scenarios? Interview with Frank Elavsky, an…
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270I_Lucas Gil Nadolskis, PhD student at the Bionic Vision Lab
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “I think when you say someone is disabled, there is an assumption that that person is not functional – which could not be more wrong!” Are you interested in the difference between inclusion and integration? What do you think about the disability of people or the environment?…
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268I_Dr Tiffany Williams, an action-focused public health professional
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Children are the future, but they are also current.” Are you interested in involving the young generation into decision-making? What do you think about meaningful involvement? How can we differentiate between consultation, collaboration and children-led projects? Interview with Dr Tiffany Williams, an action-focused public health professional. We…
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266I_Alison Whitten, the Director of the Systems Lab at Regen Melbourne
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Regeneration is about how we leave things better than the way we found them.” Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the role of citizens, governments and the designers in urban futures? How can we play an active role in urban futures? Interview…
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264I_Robert Pradolin, director of Housing All Australians
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Success for me is making an influence on society in a beneficial way.” Are you interested in housing as economic infrastructure? What do you think about the developer sector? How can we be more aware of our effects through the built environment on society? Interview with Robert…
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262I_Ishara Sahama, human geographer
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “How we come together as people for the betterment of our social lives as well as the quality of our lives living in urban regions?” Are you interested in how you connect to the city and place? What do you think about human geography? How can we…
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260I_Dr Haydn Read, a specialist practitioner in systems thinking and action
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Pitch it high and don’t take your eyes off the prise!” Are you interested in distributed well-being? What do you think about density as a measurement for affordability? How can we use the why-how-what questions for better urban futures? Interview with Dr Haydn Read, a specialist practitioner…
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