Tickling urban formality in Sweden

Sweden is a formal place and accordingly its cities are planned thoroughly by experts. It now and then this top-down Continue reading →

The nurture and worship of informal trees

This blog is about the human habit of wanting to control nature. I wrote this blog before the pandemic. It seemed Continue reading →

The Shift and The Push – how will all be housed?

THE SHIFT Last spring The municipality of Malmö signed up to The Shift. The Shift was initiated by the UN Continue reading →

But! What about me?

Next year the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child becomes law in Sweden, this gives each child the right Continue reading →

Conviviality

  After some swift research today into the academic discourse on conviviality particularly in relation to cities, I am eager Continue reading →

A chance to rebuild trust through open communication?

This blog was first published on about a month ago on Linkedin by Nina Hoeve. Nina is a communications professional I have had Continue reading →

Boundary workers: a foot in every sector and our fingers in many pies

  When Akbar Modan and I moved to Malmö / Sweden some years back we landed in yet another city Continue reading →

PLANAS _ from target group to official program partners!

In the blog entry – You look at what is happening in Malmö, Sweden yes who would have believed this! (1) – Continue reading →