LSE Cities

LSE Cities is a research centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The purpose of the centre is to increase knowledge and understanding of how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focusing on how the physical form and design of cities impacts on society, culture and the environment; and educate and train new generations of researchers and executives through its postgraduate and executive programmes. The 10-year old Urban Age project is the centre's major outreach component. This international investigation of how the physical and social are interconnected in cities has held conferences in 13 cities across four continents, including Delhi,Rio de Janeiro, London, Hong Kong, Istanbul, São Paulo, Mumbai, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Berlin, Shanghai and New York City. Urban Age is jointly organised with Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft.

The centre's main research activities are divided into three research units:

Ricky Burdett is the director of LSE Cities. Philipp Rode acts as the executive director.

The centre offers MSc and PhD level education through the LSE Cities Programme. A two-year part time Executive MSc in Cities is also available as of 2016. The centre has offered an Executive Summer School short course since 2014 on "London and Global Cities - Governance, Planning and Design".

LSE Cities regularly organises a range of events, including public lectures, seminars and workshops. In November and December 2015, the centre collaborated with Guardian Cities for the "Urban Age 10 Global Debates", which included five public events on issues such as social equity and designing urban infrastructure, accompanied by articles published in the Guardian. Participants included sociologist Saskia Sassen, writer Suketu Mehta, architects Norman Foster and Alejandro Aravena, as well as the Executive Director of UN Habitat, Joan Clos.

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