Cities: Governance, Planning and Design

A profound and transformational learning experience for you. Immediate and actionable insights for your organisation.  

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How you learn

Cities: Governance, Planning and Design fully leverages the world-renowned expertise of LSE Cities – one of the world’s foremost centres in understanding the social, spatial and environmental complexities of the 21st century city. An intense, highly interactive five-day learning experience, the programme brings you face-to-face with the critical issues and the complex dynamics that underpin urban growth around the globe. Through international project and policy case studies, dynamic debate with faculty, guest experts and peers, hands-on workshops and site visits to some of London’s key areas of redevelopment, you build real-world knowledge and competitive insights. These tools that will give you and your organisation transformational understanding of how to achieve sustainable long-term outcomes through optimal analysis, planning and governance.

View the provisional programme timetable below:

• Senior executives searching for insights into how cities are governed, planned and designed
• International governments and intergovernmental organisations working in the field of urban development or sustainable urbanisation
• Professionals within private sector companies, for example providers of city infrastructure, that are active in global urban markets
• Individuals looking to understand the implications of rapid urban development on city governance and social inclusion.

At LSE we understand the complex interconnectedness of the challenges facing our world. As Europe’s foremost social science university, we know that it is only by managing this interconnectedness that you can secure sustainability and success in business. All of our world-class programmes for business leaders leverage the fullest benefits of our renowned, interdisciplinary expertise – the science, the economics, the political and institutional interplay that undergird global business – so that you emerge with the fully rounded understanding, the integrated mindset and the leading-edge strategic tools to navigate complexity and spearhead meaningful change.  

On this course you’ll be learning from both world class LSE faculty and guest speakers, who bring their experiences to life through case studies. 

Entry requirements

All LSE executive education participants are required to have:

• Fluency in English, proficiency level or working knowledge of the language is essential.
• A good undergraduate degree or significant work experience in a relevant role(s).
• Minimum five years’ professional experience. Typically our participants have more than ten years’ work experience, but we will consider those with less experience who have enjoyed an accelerated career path to a senior level.

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