The Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities has announced that six successful projects will each receive up to £50,000 seed money to develop interdisciplinary research into the shaping of the future of cities globally. The Oxford Institute of Ageing is pleased to be one of the successful participant in this programme.
Cities are likely to change radically over the next 50 years due to changes in technology, climate change, an ageing population and the need for a more energy efficient future.
The programme within the James Martin 21st Century School, led by the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society in partnership with the Environmental Change Institute, aims to explore possible solutions. One key aim is to see how cities can become more ‘flexible’ to adapt to the challenges of a rapidly changing world and provide a blueprint for policy makers and planners in business boardrooms and communities as well as city and national governments.
The Oxford Institute of Ageing will focus on the issue of climate change and the ageing population: half of the global city populations will be over 60 by the year 2050, according to the UN; add to that the challenge of an increased demand for energy to power the air-conditioning, lifts and cars, technology that we depend on more as we age.
