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Date: 11 November 2024
Time: 18:00 -19:30
Speaker: Associate Professor Shauna Brail
Talk Title: 'Urban Mobility: how the iphone, covid and climate changed everything'
Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College
The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Political Economy Society and the Economics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
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Talk Overview
This talk draws on insights from the recently published book - Urban Mobility: How the iPhone, Covid and Climate Changed Everything. As a starting point, it explores the profound changes associated with technological innovation, pandemic-induced impacts on travel behaviour, and the urgent need for mobility to respond meaningfully to the climate crisis. By illuminating novel research findings related to a variety of modes of mobility, including public transit, e-scooters, bike-sharing, ride-hailing, and autonomous vehicles, Brail will draw out the connections between urban challenges, technological change, societal needs and governance approaches. Together, these case studies provide compelling evidence of the need to be attuned to questions of urban mobility. Furthermore, deeper examination illuminates key contemporary urban challenges related to addressing questions of equity and the structure of platforms and networks, and underscores the role of multiscalar governance. The disruptions caused by technology, the pandemic and climate change are structurally reshaping how people and goods move in cities. To build a better future, cities must address the interconnected challenges of three transitions: digital, health and environmental.
Speaker Overview::
Shauna Brail is an Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto Mississauga and holds a cross-appointment at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. As an economic geographer and urban planner, her research focuses on the transformation of cities as a result of economic, social, and cultural change.