Conversation

Danièle is the Founder and Director of Djinjama, an award-winning spatial design and research practice that foregrounds Aboriginal understandings of Country in their approach to working in and with Australian built environments. We enormously enjoyed our conversation with Danièle and you can listen to this interview now in our three-part mini-series exploring The DNA of Sydney.

David Brownlee is the Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Professor Emeritus in the Department of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. We spoke to David about The DNA of Philadelphia.

David is the Member of Parliament for Tottenham, a neighbourhood in the north of London and he is now the Foreign Secretary of State. We spoke to David about his perspectives on The DNA of London.

Denys is the Advisor to the Chief Information Officer at Kyiv City Council. Denys invited us to include Kyiv in our work on The DNA of Cities and was instrumental in bringing together the local experts you hear across our two episodes on The DNA of Kyiv.

Dr Alfonso Vegara is the Founder and Honorary President of Fundación Metropoli. His son, also Dr Alfonso Vergara, joined us too for a conversation about The DNA of Cities.

Dr Liu is currently the Chair of Morrow Architects & Planners. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Housing and Development Board, the Urban Redevelopment Authority and former Director of RSP Architects, Planners and Engineers. You can listen to our conversation with Dr Liu in two podcast episodes on The DNA of Singapore.

Dr Shi Nan is the Executive Vice President and Secretary General of Urban Planning Society of China. You can listen to our conversation with Shi Nan in our Introduction and Conclusion episodes. 

Eamon is the CEO of Committee for Sydney, an urban policy think tank that advocates for the Greater Sydney region. We learnt so much from our conversation with Eamon and you can listen to it now in our three-part mini-series exploring The DNA of Sydney.

Eda is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Istanbul Technical University. You can listen to our conversation with Eda in two podcast episodes on The DNA of Istanbul.

Edgar is a Professor in the Department of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town and he is the Founding Director of the African Centre for Cities. You can listen to our conversation with Edgar in our Introduction and Conclusion episodes.

Elisabete is the Executive Director of the Mananciais Program at the Housing Department of the City of São Paulo and she is Professor of Architecture at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP).  Elisabete has held pivotal roles in São Paulo's public offices since the 1990s and she is widely respected for her involvement in housing, environmental recovery and mobility. We were honoured to speak to Elisabete about The DNA of São Paulo.

Ellie is Associate Professor at University College London where she researches innovative approaches to inclusive urban policy. She is also the Director of Publica’s not-for-profit company which champions gender inclusive public space. You can listen to our conversation with Ellie in our Introduction and Conclusion episodes.