An NGO empowering renters and self-organised neighbourhood groups in dense urban neighbourhoods to take citizen-led climate action. Coordinates stakeholders to connect technical,…
Greensession OÜ is developing a network of food-sharing fridges for kindergartens and schools, enabling surplus food to be safely redistributed to families and staff instead of…
Runs the initiative “Šilainiai Gardens” in a modernist housing estate, transforming a contested part of the neighbourhood into a multi-layered public space. The initiative brings…
Wild Tri-City (Dzikie Trójmiasto) is a grassroots urban nature initiative coordinated by the MI-RO-RO Foundation in the Tri-City area, connecting residents, scientists, activists…
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…
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,…
How to Encourage Residents in Peri-urban Areas to Adopt Proximity-oriented Lifestyles?
No peri-urban area is the same. Business hubs, industrial corridors and satellite towns demand place-based strategies. In a new publication, DUT projects explore five…
Last week, the bi-yearly DUT Conference took place in Brussels and online with the theme of From Promise to Proof. The conference brought together researchers, European…
New brief: How to Assess Circularity in the Urban Built Environment
A new brief explores three types of circularity assessments that developers and other practitioners can use, and highlights best practices when assessing circularity in the urban…
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…
Art and Human-Centred Approaches for Inclusive Urban Transformations
Three projects funded by the JPI Urban Europe programme shared and discussed the role of arts and human-centered approaches for more inclusive cities at the DUT Conference.
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…