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…
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…
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…
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,…
Our third funding opportunity for transnational research and innovation projects, the DUT Call 2024, is now open. Approximately 47 million € is available for collaborative…
The DUT Partnership brings together partners from across Europe and beyond to invest in urban R&I and strengthen the innovation ecosystem for urban transitions.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
New publication: Mapping Circular Urban Economy Cases – A Method Toolbox for Data Collection and Visualization
This report outlines the data collection process and database creation of best practice cases in circular urban economy in Europe, led by Sweco. It also includes an analysis of…
The DUT Partnership is your gateway to collaborating with a diverse network of stakeholders from across Europe and beyond. In this article, we highlight four reasons to connect…
From Green Roofs to Amphibian Ponds: Building Sustainable Cities
With the goal of sharing how circular urban economies can operate in practice, Ann Maudsley, Johannes Riegler and Björn Wallsten, Coordinators at DUT, have gathered several cases…