Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 hours 54 minutes
Hear from John Austin, Director of the Michigan Economic Center; Jamie Driscoll, Mayor of North of Tyne in the UK; Thomas Wobben, Director for Legislative Works at the European Committee of the Regions; and Bill Peduto, former Mayor of Pittsburgh, USA
A keynote by Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook
How Democracies Can Withstand Authoritarian Attacks
What are successful approaches and polices to the most pressing issues for German and US cities? How can cities and international networks strengthen the transatlantic partnership?
City leaders share the same worries: Climate change, rising inequality, housing insecurity and health inequity, to name a few. They talk about working towards progress. But how can a city’s development in these areas really be assessed?
Does Germany struggle with its unhoused populations the same way as cities in the United States do? What can the U.S. learn from Germany when it comes to improving public transportation infrastructure?
What is the role of artists in society and what do they need to thrive?
How can we finance the transformation to the zero carbon city?
Just change or also progress? Ricarda Lang, Tobias Dürr & Jeremy Cliffe discuss the 2021 German Election
Robert Habeck & Margrethe Vestager on the European digital transformation