Global Cities news and events

Engaging with the climate change agenda in Vietnam
RMIT University academics have collaborated with the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in leading a workshop to help Vietnamese cities adapt to the future impacts of climate change.

Shanghai workshop explores urbanisation in China
Leading researchers from RMIT University’s Global Cities Research Institute have co-convened a ground breaking collaborative two-day workshop at the prestigious Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

Alternative paths to peace
Softly spoken Paul James likes a challenge. Although, when a couple of delegates walked out of his Middle-East summit – shouting in response to an address they felt to be inaccurate and demeaning – he may have wondered what he was doing, a few days before Christmas, nearly 20,000 kilometres from home.