Urban Psychology – are you in tune with your city?

In June 2019 there was an Urban Psychology Summit in London.  It was an exploratory event hosted by the Heseltine Institute at the University of Liverpool and organised by Chris Murray and Charles Landry. Chris Murray quotes Jan Gehl  ‘we know more about what makes a good habitat for mountain gorillas than we do about living in … Continue reading Urban Psychology – are you in tune with your city?

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival, Berlin, 2018

When you mention the term ‘creative bureaucracy’ people laugh and say ‘isn’t that an oxymoron?’. But Sebastian Turner, publisher of Tagesspiegel, Berlin’s leading daily paper, found the term ‘creative bureaucracy’ inspiring when he first heard it from Charles Landry. It crystallised something he’d been thinking about. Why did his paper ‘listen’ to everyone except government … Continue reading The Creative Bureaucracy Festival, Berlin, 2018