The Geopolitics of Urban Intelligence

On 18-19^th June, the Urban Institute with our associates and visitors across and beyond Sheffield University will curate a set of discussions about the geopolitics of urban intelligence. How is urban intelligence weaponised in the current era of geopolitical competition? How are geopolitical dynamics impacting the ability of cities to generate intelligence locally? What role and value is attributed to community expertise compared with artificial intelligence? How are efforts to generate urban intelligence embroiled and entangled in geopolitical relations? How do efforts to generate, own and use data locally relate to wider geopolitical infrastructures? What tactics and strategies are cities developing to challenge and counteract these trends? 

Seminar Room 11, Wave, University of Sheffield, 2 days.

Further information to follow. Email b.perry@sheffield.ac.uk with questions