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New Urban Progress
April 21, 2022
NEW URBAN PROGRESS FELLOWS EXPLORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSIVE CHANGE IN THE US
Trip to Chicago, Denver and Austin
Half a year after the study trip to Germany in October 2021, we are looking forward to the next highlight in the transatlantic exchange project New Urban Progress: From 21 April to 30 April, fellows from Germany and the United States are visiting Chicago, Denver, and Austin in the US.
Cities are seismographs of socio-economic trends. They depict society in a microcosm. Thus, focusing on the examples provided by cities, we can explore effects of the pandemic, climate change, digitalization or migration on society, and can understand structures of social inequalities or the persistence of populism from a local perspective.
New Urban Progress is a transatlantic dialogue on how urban areas can be more innovative, democratic, and sustainable. By exchanging best practices and collaborating on bold solutions, young urban leaders from Germany and the United States are working on how to deliver social and economic progress while renewing the transatlantic partnership at the city level.
During the trip to the US, the fellows will discover hands-on the trends and challenges of urban development for progressive social change. While the trip to Germany took place just after the federal election, this trip happens in the context of upcoming midterm elections. The fellows will meet the mayors’ offices, explore the cities by bike and walking tours, and discuss urban developments with community organizations.
The three cities Chicago, Denver, and Austin display the many faces of the United States:
Highlights of the programme are, for example, a meeting with Samir Mayekar at the mayor’s office in Chicago, a tour on land-use and housing politics in Austin, a discussion with the Smart Cities and Colorado Smart Cities Alliances in Denver, and a transatlantic dinner.
The trips provide the possibility for the fellows to get to know best practices in the US and draw comparisons to their transatlantic counterparts. Their experiences will be integrated in their group work reflections and will be published in the final publications that will be launched in Summer 2022.
For more information, contact Alexandra Hunger.