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Looking Back: The DUT Urban Doers Community
The Urban Doers Community recently gathered in Lisbon for a dynamic three-day event to discuss lessons learned and develop policy recommendations. Their insights and experiences,… -
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Energy Communities at a Crossroads: EU Policy Barriers and Recommendations
The EU can empower citizens and make them part of the energy transition by setting up the right conditions for energy communities to prosper. In this article, Jelena Nikolic… -
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Join the Urban Doers Community
The Urban Doers Community is now open for applications! This Europe-wide network brings together local initiatives that are transforming neighbourhoods and urban spaces from the… -
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Planning for a Sustainable Future: Cities Designing Urban Transitions
On 7-8 October 2024 the Urban Transitions Mission (UTM) and the Urban Transitions Mission Centre (UTMC) brought together more than a hundred city representatives, urban actors and… -
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The DUT City Panel Identifies Priorities in Three Transition Pathways
The City Panel, a forum designed to facilitate exchange and cooperation with cities and their representatives, opened to new participants last week. Together, participants… -
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Unequal Greening: Why Social Status Matters in Nature-based Solutions
Social status does not intuitively stand out as a barrier to implement nature-based solutions in cities. Yet, in a recently published policy brief, the GREEN-INC project… -
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How Can Municipalities Address Conflicts When Redesigning Streets?
The Conflictedstreets project explores the resistance to change that often occurs when streets are redesigned to be more pedestrian, cyclist and public transport friendly. In an… -
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Urban Doers: Local Initiatives are Driving Transformations in Cities
Many so-called bottom-up initiatives are based on community groups, volunteers who take the lead and invest their time in improving their neighbourhoods. Through their commitment,… -
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Finnish Drone Company Is Transforming Last-Mile Logistics
Last-mile delivery remains one of logistics’ biggest challenges, especially in remote and sparsely populated areas. A Finnish drone company is showing how autonomous aviation… -
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DUT City Panel: Cities Learning From Cities
City representatives from Trento, Bielefeld, Winterthur and Malmö shared four practical experiences from DUT projects with at the Online City Panel held in April. -
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Spanish Startup ImpactE is Powering the Urban Energy Transition
From a master’s thesis to a tech startup, ImpactE is helping over 100 municipalities navigate the energy transition. Now, through the DUT Partnership, they are taking their energy… -
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The DUT Call 2024 Is Now Open!
Our third funding opportunity for transnational research and innovation projects, the DUT Call 2024, is now open. Approximately 47 million € is available for collaborative… -
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DUT Increases Its Focus on Innovation in Upcoming Call
The Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership is increasing its support for innovation in the upcoming DUT Call 2026. With an ambition to maximise real-world impact and solution… -
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First Results From DUT Call 2023: 42 Projects Suggested for Funding
In the DUT Call 2023, 42 projects were selected and suggested for funding. These transnational research and innovation projects gather a variety of actors from 27 countries. Over… -
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PEDs: Grid Partners or Grid Problems? How cities can advocate for PEDs as a new urban energy standard
A new position paper synthesises insights from 25 experts, 9 projects, and 15 European countries within DUT’s Positive Energy District Transition Pathway (PED TP). Authors argue… -
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Three Key Drivers to Unlock Sustainable Deliveries in Cities
How might sustainable delivery look like if people moved less (far)? This is one of the questions explored in “Navigating the 15-minute City: First Learnings and Discussions from… -
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Strategies for Increased Social Justice in Urban Planning and Local Governance
A new brief presents 10 practice recommendations for public authorities and developers. Authors reveal how to use collaborative governance approaches to empower marginalised… -
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Innovative Solutions for Growing Food in Cities
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) participating in DUT’s R&I projects are demonstrating that systemic change does not require a large corporate structure. One such example… -
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Mission Innovation, CETPartnership and DUT Partnership Sign LOI at SETPlan Conference
Three global alliances has signed a Letter of Intent, a public commitment to work as one global force to accelerate clean energy innovation and deliver on the Paris Agreement. -
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Planned for Everyone, Working for Few: Five Hard Truths About Active Travel in 2026
This publication reveals five hard truths about planning for active travel, including results and perspectives from the DUT projects Silver Ways, 15minESTATES, Dreams, COLINE and… -
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Cities Climate Week
Valencia, the European Green Capital 2024, hosted the Cities Mission Conference and the European Urban Resilience Forum this week. Several members of the DUT team participated in… -
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12 Local Initiatives Join DUT’s Urban Doers Community
The DUT Partnership has selected 12 local initiatives from across Europe to join the second edition of the Urban Doers Community, an initiative connecting community-led urban… -
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The DUT Call 2026 Is Now Open!
DUT’s annual funding opportunity for transnational research and innovation projects, DUT Call 2026, is now open. Approximately €49 million is available for collaborative projects… -
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Key Takeaways from DUT’s Second City Panel
Cities facing similar challenges connected over initiatives for driving urban transitions at the second City Panel and the Swedish Cities Mission Forum, celebrated on 28-30 May,…