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Book SynopsisAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Reports on the innovative, transdisciplinary co-production on sustainable urbanisation undertaken by Mistra Urban Futures, a highly influential research centre based in Sweden (2010-19), this book makes a significant contribution to evolving theory about comparative urban research.
Trade Review“This book shows how learning through co-production and across differences can inform locally relevant directions for social justice in cities, and generate new possibilities in conversation with, and for, other places.” * Colin McFarlane, Durham University *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: from unilocal to comparative transdisciplinary urban co-production of knowledge ~ David Simon, Henrietta Palmer and Jan Riise; From unilocal to comparative research: the Mistra Urban Futures journey ~ David Simon, Henrietta Palmer, Jan Riise and Warren Smit; Local projects retrofitted ~ Michael Oloko and Barry Ness; Replicating projects for comparative research: Mistra Urban Futures’ experiences with comparative work on knowledge exchange, food and transport ~ Warren Smit, Elma Durakovic, Rike Sitas, Magnus Johansson, Gareth Haysom, Mirek Dymitrow, Karin Ingelhag and Shelley Kotze; Clustering and assemblage building ~ Henrietta Palmer, Erica Righard and Nils Björling, with Eva Maria Jernsand, Helena Kraff and Lillian Omondi; Internationally initiated projects with local co-production: Urban Sustainable Development Goal project ~ Sandra C. Valencia, David Simon, Sylvia Croese, Katherine Diprose, Joakim Nordqvist, Michael Oloko, Tarun Sharma and Ileana Versace; Participatory cities from the ‘outside-in’: The value of comparative learning ~ Beth Perry and Bert Russell; Assessment: learning between theory and practice ~ David Simon, Henrietta Palmer and Jan Riise.
