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…
New Publication: Mapping of 15-minute City Practices
The new publication, “Mapping of 15-minute City Practices,” offers a comprehensive overview of the 15-minute City concept and related policy fields. By collecting case studies and…
DUT Conference 2024: Key Players to Achieve the Cities Mission 2030 Goals
The European Partnership Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) held its second conference last week, sparking a high interest among academics, business leaders and representatives from…
DUT actively engages in European urban policy discussions and cooperates with EU flagship initiatives and thematically aligned partnerships. Read more about our key collaboration…
Navigating the 15-minute City: First Learnings and Discussions from the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership
The position paper provides an overview of DUT’s work in the 15-minute City Transition Pathway so far, draws a conclusion and learnings from the first two years of activities, and…
New publication: Towards Regenerative Neighbourhoods – European Cases, Insights, and Initiatives
The postion paper presents a compilation of short, to the point, papers and case studies. The authors provide insightful learnings of what regenerative urbanism implies at the…
An outstanding collaboration effort led to the start of 48 research and innovation projects this year. Delve into key figures, project goals and expected results in DUT’s newly…
Reflections from Urban Living Labs: What Is at Stake?
The Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2024 brought together researchers, experts and city planners last month to share project results on urban mobility in…
Positive Energy Districts play a crucial role in the transformation of cities towards a carbon-neutral future and the urban energy transition. However, the role of PEDs in the…