The cities of the future will be larger and more complex, presenting a number of global challenges for the 21st century. At Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, we believe that exploring the future of cities is essential to understand and address these challenges. Many of them are related to how we build and inhabit our cities, but also inevitably linked to how we exist as a part of nature and how our action not just affect us but all life on this planet. Through this exploration, we can contribute to the next step in the transformation of our cities, towards a regenerative and inclusive future.
Our mission is to drive a positive urban transformation by generating ideas, knowledge, prototypes, and strategies that promote equitable, resilient, and liveable cities. We want to inspire to the development of regenerative and inclusive urban futures for all species: humans and non-humans a like.
We have entered the Metropolitan century and cities are now more than ever the center of societal advancement. Urban areas have always been a testing ground to prototype alternative scenarios and novel solutions, from modes of industrialisation, technological innovation, to novel governance approaches. Yet cities are still largely designed to respond to local needs defined in the past. Our cities today stand for an emerging global governing force that is essential to addressing some of the world's most pressing challenges.
With liveability, regenerative development, and urban governance as the three pillars of future urban development, we hope to explore and contribute to the transformation and development of cities through Urban Futures.
