There’s often talk, including here, of the importance of citizen involvement, mobilization, organisation, support, basically of people coming together. But we also know that inequality and divisiveness is present and growing in many places. So how can neighbourhoods bridge that gap between the current state of things and the communal goals we know are needed? Tessy Britton of Participatory City knows a thing or two (or hundreds) about doing just that and gives an excellent introduction to how organizations can design neighbourhoods for cohesion.

Such a fantastic idea! The Urban Rooms Network regroups physical spaces in various cities and neighbourhoods in the UK, where citizens can get informed and involved in where they live and work.

Today, not for the first time on this blog, we visit Amsterdam. This time for the innovative work of Thijs Turèl, who both heads up the Responsible Sensing Lab and manages the Responsible Urban Digitization program at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions.

City innovation labs sharing lessons and shaping their identities For years, innovation labs