Urban Futures: Intra/Inter

Urban Futures: intra/inter brings together a diverse group of researchers and research programs from across all five faculties at Carleton University to collaborate with public, private, and not-for-profit partners on questions and challenges at the intersection of the social and operational dimensions of “smart city” technologies. Our research considers diverse governance structures, shared transportation and utility networks, housing, emergency services, food security, environmental stewardship, culture, and cultural heritage.

Urban Futures is concerned with the potentially disruptive, transformative, and destructive impact that the connectivity afforded by data and digital technologies might have on these urban phenomena. As a research cluster, our approach to the question of smart cities will be unequivocally multidisciplinary and inclusive with the voice of all faculties and stakeholders brought to bear on the full range of research questions.