A lecture by Domenico Di Siena report by Stefano Serafini Last May the 20th Domenico di Siena contributed the ISB online lectures with a speech about resilience, urban interventions, and glocal connection. He introduced the new urban models that are triggering processes of Collective Intelligence and of Open Source Urbanism, according to the experience […] read more
by Antonio Caperna We’d like to thank Professor Besim Hakim for this interview and for his participation to the ISB’s Summer School in Neuroergonomics and sociogenesis that will be held in Artena (Rome), July 13th-20th 2014. Besim S. Hakim (FAICP, AIA) is a consultant in urban design and an independent scholar. He is Fellow at the American […] read more
“WHAT IF, INSTEAD OF BREAKING THEM, THE DESIGN OF CITIES COULD NATURALLY FEED SOCIAL TIES? THERE MUST BE A WAY FOR URBAN PLANNERS TO MAKE CITIES MORE HUMAN-CENTRED AND HAPPY, BY FOCUSING ON THE EFFECTS THAT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT HAS ON SOCIALITY.„ This ISB Summer School presents a challenging programme in “Neuroergonomics and Sociogenesis”, to be held in Artena, Italy, […] read more
Economics is a stately subject, prim and respectable, one that’s altered little since its modern foundations were laid in Victorian times. Now it is changing rapidly, thanks to the work of a small group of researchers over the last two decades in New Mexico. The story started in 1987, when two Nobel prize winners, economist […] read more