
City Talks
City Talks: Ben Wilson on the history of cities – humankind’s greatest inventionBestselling author Ben Wilson discusses how cities have shaped the way people interact and driven human progress forward.
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Bestselling author Ben Wilson discusses how cities have shaped the way people interact and driven human progress forward.
Award-winning academic Jonathan Rodden explains how economic geography shapes elections – both in the USA and beyond.
A conference to launch the findings of an expansive and unique historical dataset with University of Cambridge and supported by the ESRC
Cathedrals and Monasteries were once symbols of power in locations of importance, but a lot can change over several centuries
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council for two decades, talks about how the city has changed in that time.
Northern cities have been hit hard by the loss of jobs in exporting firms in the past century. Ensuring this doesn’t happen again should be a priority for local industrial strategies.
We were joined by Professor Ron Martin for our City Horizons series of events discussing the resilience of cities following economic shocks.
Why politicians and cities across the UK should learn from London’s success, not bemoan it
Join us in Bristol and Birmingham as we explore their histories as part of our ESRC funded City Evolutions project
Andrew talks to Mike Emmerich author of Britain's Cities, Britain's Future on what we can learn from urban Britain's 200-year history