

Urbanistica Podcast - Cities for People
Mustafa Sherif
A podcast about how we plan and design cities for people. Tune in and join listeners from over 145 countries.
I'm Mustafa Sherif, an Urbanist, Placemaker and studio manager based in Sweden. In this podcast, I interview people working in architecture, Palcemaking, urban planning and design about their projects, processes, methods, handbooks, challenges, leadership, and passions in life.
It’s not just about projects, it’s about the people behind projects.
In collaboration with AFRY (Urban Planning and Design section in Stockholm).
I'm Mustafa Sherif, an Urbanist, Placemaker and studio manager based in Sweden. In this podcast, I interview people working in architecture, Palcemaking, urban planning and design about their projects, processes, methods, handbooks, challenges, leadership, and passions in life.
It’s not just about projects, it’s about the people behind projects.
In collaboration with AFRY (Urban Planning and Design section in Stockholm).
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Jul 5, 2023 • 1h 52min
388. Justice on Wheels: A Stroller Perspective on Urban Planning - Ludwig Von Werder
Ludwig von Werder (Urban Planner, Stockholm, AFRY)
I am asking Ludwig;
- Tell us about your videos when you are out with your baby and exploring the city of Stockholm.
-What are your findings from the different areas? What are the aspects that were good and not so good?
- How can we as planners and urban designers change this and make a city friendly for children/parents with a baby stroller?
- How did this experience change your own perspective? do you consider more children when you work on projects at AFRY?
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
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Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

Jun 25, 2023 • 2h 25min
387. Promoting Healthy and Sustainable Food Environments: Empowering Cities to Enhance Citizen Health - Olga Grönvall Lund
Olga Grönvall Lund (Initiator and founder of non-profit organisation Reformaten - a movement for a positive global food system)
We are talking about:
- What is the mission of Reformaten?
- How cities be part of food production?
- How can we as citizens take an active part in the making of sustainable and healthy food environments?
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, Facebook & Youtube channel.
Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

Jun 18, 2023 • 1h 4min
386. Children's independent mobility and active transportation - Anna Broberg
Anna Broberg (COO and co-founder at Maptionnaire by Mapita Oy)
We are talking about Anna's Ph.D. research in Finland and also about her work at Maptionnaire.
Read more about her research here.
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, Facebook & Youtube channel.
Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

Jun 12, 2023 • 1h 39min
385. Citylab certification and EU taxonomy for sustainable cities - Thérèce Bonnier
Thérèce Bonnier (Sustainability Consultant, AFRY, Stockholm)
We are talking about:
- What is Citylab certification?- Which organization is behind it?- What does Citylab certification focus on within city/area development?- What is EU taxonomy?- What are the challenges that you as a sustainability consultant face while working with this?
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, Facebook & Youtube channel.
Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

Jun 4, 2023 • 2h 11min
384. (Trygghetslabbet) Urban Development and safety in Kista area - Vanessa Ware
Vanessa Ware (Process leader Ecosystem innovation, Digitalization, Data & AI, Stockholm, Sweden)
We are talking about:
Kista area in Stockholm-Can really people who are living there co-create the story or in the end, it's the city and the big cooperate who as money create the story?-How can we co-create new stories about an outer city business area that actually makes people enjoy the area more? how do you do that in Kista?-Trygghetslabbet in Kista is about developing new ways of working and collaborating between students, workers, inhabitants, real estate companies, academia, local city governance, and companies. - People a kind of tired of tests, pilots, and labs. What are the results from this lab? Digitalization - Vanessa is telling us more about her work experiences from working with the digitalization and the transformation of 100 Sweden Public Housing companies all over Sweden. - Her opionon about AI in making cities
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, Facebook & Youtube channel.
Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

May 28, 2023 • 1h 35min
383. Planing for the unknown instead of recreating the past - Gustav Magnusson
Gustav Magnusson (Urbanist, Expert in the physical organisation of cities/territories as a tool for place specific change and belonging, Malmö, Sweden)
We are talking about Gustav's new book and also about:-How can we plan for the unknown instead of recreating the past in order for us to protect ourselves from it?-How do we create solutions that don't take so long that by the time it is implemented, the challenge has changed-Do we still create historical versions of the future?
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, Facebook & Youtube channel.
Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

May 21, 2023 • 1h 11min
382. 8 80 Cities, for an 8 year old, an 80 year old and for all - Amanda O'Rourke
Amanda O'Rourke (Executive Director at 8 80 Cities, Canada)
8 80 Cities is a non-profit organization that brings citizens together to enhance mobility and public space so that together we can create more vibrant, healthy, and equitable communities. We believe that if everything we do in our public spaces is great for an 8 year old and an 80 year old, then it will be great for all people.
Read more here.
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, Facebook & Youtube channel.
Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

May 14, 2023 • 2h 3min
381. Memories from the invisible city - Saja Al Khamissi
Saja Al Khamissi (Architectural Designer, Netherlands)
-What is the research question of your project?-What is a collective memory? -What is an individual memory?-Tell us about the place or the case that you worked on? where? what? who?-What if people do not want to remember? Why do you highlight this place again?-So let's say a city wants to change or create a new memory, what are the steps that they should focus on?
Link to Saja's thesis here
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, Facebook & Youtube channel.
Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

May 7, 2023 • 1h
380. International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress 2023 - Global collaboration as a solution
Emily Wade (Landscape Architect, Partner Landskapslaget, Adjunct Professor SLU, Initiator IFLA 2023) and
Johanna Good (Landscape Architect and project leader IFLA WC 2023)
We are talking about IFLA 2023!
The first-ever bilateral IFLA World Congress - On-site in two locations - the world's largest event for landscape architecture and urban planning- simultaneously in Stockholm and Nairobi.
Get in touch with IFLA 2023:
info@ifla2023.com , sweden@ifla2023.com , kenya@ifla2023.com .
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, Facebook & Youtube channel.
Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure.

Apr 30, 2023 • 1h 4min
379. How is it being the Mayor of Stockholm? - Anna König Jerlmyr
Anna König Jerlmyr (The former Mayor of Stockholm, Investor, board member, and advisor within ESG and urban development)
I ask Anna the following questions:
- Tell us about your journey. How did you become interested in politics?- Stockholm won the Smart City Award during your time. What does it mean to be a smart city?- How did you work on making Stockholm a smart city?- How much did you work with Urban Planning and Design projects during your 4 years? Can you give us some examples?- We hear many times and also see that the city is far far away from its citizens when it comes to city development. How did you experience this?- what are the citizen's obligations in reaching out to the city? I guess people should also be active and not wait for the city to visit them.
- Is it true that "politics are dirty"? What is your reflection on this?
Keep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities ❤️️
All opinions expressed in each episode are personal to the guest and do not represent the Host of Urbanistica Podcast unless otherwise stated.
Let's connect and talk further about this episode Mustafa Sherif Linkedin.
Visit Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations or email me at info@mustafasherif.com
Follow Urbanistica on Instagram, Facebook & Youtube channel.
Thanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY (Urban Planning and Design)
AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in energy, industry, and infrastructure.