- City Governance AcademyIn April 2023 Budapest municipality launched a new initiative: City Governance Academy. This is a whole-year course with meetings every second Saturday between 10-17 hours. During the 13 occasions the participants get three presentations … Read more
- Participation in the Greater Paris Metropolis Meeting on urban densificationOn 8 February 2024 Ivan Tosics participated in an International Roundtable, as part of the Greater Paris Metropolis Meetings #1. The topic of the conference was: Metropolises facing the challenges of density: what concrete … Read more
- Keynote presentation in Bologna about the post-pandemic recovery in the EUIvan Tosics gave the afternoon keynote presentation at the urban@it National Center for Urban Policy Studies conference on 26 January 2024, at the Enzo Biagi Auditorium in Bologna. The title of the presentation was: … Read more
- How to Make Cities Better Places for People?Are you a local politician, decision-maker, or a city practitioner? Or a citizen who is interested in making your city a better place for people and shift from car dependency to sustainable urban mobility? … Read more
- The Trilemma of Ukraine’s Recovery: Centralised, Decentralised or Private-Sector Led?The news about Ukraine focus almost exclusively on the war situation. In the meantime, however, there are other important processes going on that get much less attention, at least in the mass media. Background: … Read more
- The 2022 photo essay is outEvery year I prepare a short photo essay on questions related to urbanism and urban research, and 2022 is no exception. This year I briefly discuss the visions of “people friendly” cities with more … Read more
- How to protest effectively?There are many new developments in Hungary which are decided in an autocratic way, not leaving room for opposing ideas, not even for questions. In the given, government-controlled and dominated media situation in Hungary … Read more