In this episode, we ventured again to Sweden by discussing with the Strategic Developer of the city of Umeå: Carina Aschan. We had the opportunity to sit down with her at the Urban Future conference 2022 in Helsingborg, Sweden and to discuss behaviour change, EU projects, gender equality, gamification and more!
Carina is also the Project Manager of the Ruggedised H2020 Project, which brings together three lighthouse cities: Rotterdam, Glasgow and Umeå, as well as three fellow cities: Brno, Gdansk and Parma to test, implement and accelerate the Smart City model across Europe.
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Overview of the episode:
01:30 - Teaser: In what way is Carina a magician?
02:31 - What does it mean to be a Strategic Developer for a city?
04:07 - What is social sustainability?
05:31 - What is the Ruggedised H2020 Project?
09:27 - And what happens after the end of the project? How can we get people to stay on board?
13:43 - Is there a right and a wrong time to use technology?
16:02 - Can we use gamification to prompt citizen behaviour change?
19:39 - Are there any hurdles when a city has a big student population?
22:16 - Carina's take on transports and behaviour change
24:27 - How can cities collaborate more and learn more from each other?
31:49 - Trial and Error: what went wrong? What mistakes were made along the way, and more importantly, what lessons were learned?
32:01 - Ending Question: To you, what is a Smart City?
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