Peter Madden

Love Hastings! Visit the amazing Observer Building, refurbed and run by Hastings Commons. Maybe a drink on the roof terrace if it’s not raining.

I was at Villa Park. It was immense! 🐝

Great football weekend; my daughter in the squad for Bristol City Women win at Ashton Gate against Sunderland yesterday; then travelled to see the mighty Brentford FC snatch a win with 10 men at Villa Park today. 😁😁😁

Great to welcome Richard Sandford today to Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University to deliver the fifth talk in our Meddwl am y Dyfodol | Futures Thinking lecture series. In his… | Professo... Great to welcome Richard Sandford today to Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University to deliver the fifth talk in our Meddwl am y Dyfodol | Futures Thinking lecture series. In his conceptuall...

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Fabulous to have Professor Barbara Adam delivering the fourth in our Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd University series of Meddwl am y Dyfodol / Futures Thinking Lectures on ‘Future Matters:… |... Fabulous to have Professor Barbara Adam delivering the fourth in our Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd University series of Meddwl am y Dyfodol / Futures Thinking Lectures on ‘Future Matters: Ac...

Some of us were lucky enough to hear the wonderful Barbara Adam lecture on futures, ethics and action
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Exploring the future of life science spaces Really enjoyed giving the opening presentation at this WORKTECH conference. I explored how to navigate a future when innovation and discovery… | Professor ... Exploring the future of life science spaces Really enjoyed giving the opening presentation at this WORKTECH conference. I explored how to navigate a future when innovation and discovery, super-charge...

What spaces will we need for innovation in the future?

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Regenerative futures: design, placemaking and systems change - lessons from Australia Another fantastic futures lecture at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd Today we welcomed Chris Ryan from… |... Regenerative futures: design, placemaking and systems change - lessons from Australia Another fantastic futures lecture at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd Today we welcomed Chris Ryan from RM...

The power of visualisation of change in specific places. Great talk by Professor Chris Ryan, RMIT
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Great to have Nick Price, who leads Imperial Tech Foresight, with us for… | Professor Peter Madden, OBE Great to have Nick Price, who leads Imperial Tech Foresight, with us for the third in our series of Meddwl am y Dyfodol/ Futures Thinking talks, hosted by the School of Computer Science and Informatic...

Using futures to enable creative technology innovation.
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#scewc25 | Professor Peter Madden, OBE Smart Cities, Barcelona Hurtling along on the train back from Barcelona, after another frantic and fruitful Smart Cities Expo World Congress, I’m pondering the pace of change in smart city technology...

Some takeaways from the annual Smart Cities Congress in Barcelona
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Community-led development gets the green light The homes will be allocated to those registered in need of housing

Great to see this on new @wecanmake.bsky.social development: community-led, community-built, community lived-in affordable homes. Starting to unlock the thousands of micro-sites around our cities for much needed housing. Proper job @melissamean.bsky.social & co!
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Really enjoyed watching Power Station last night @wshed.bsky.social Inspiring stories about how a neighbourhood can come together & - despite all the obstacles - achieve something amazing while having fun along the way. Just the dose of positivity I needed!
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Why I love Bristol. Seeing the fabulous Joy Crookes, one of my favourite singers, with 200 people, in a club 200 yards from home.

She is amazing! ❤️❤️❤️

We were out there for the quarters, the semis and then this. Was immense. We were directly behind the goal for the penalties

Incredible match. Extra time for the third match in a row. We were right behind the goal for the penalties. Champions of Europe again!

Lionesses do it again: win, but put us through the wringer. On to the final!

Anticipation building for England-Sweden in sunny Zurich. Cmon!

Initially a bit scary, then hugely enjoyable, to deliver the opening keynote at the University Design Forum annual conference. | Professor Peter Madden, OBE Initially a bit scary, then hugely enjoyable, to deliver the opening keynote at the University Design Forum annual conference. My talk explored ‘How to build for the future’, and gave the audience a c...

Really enjoyed talking futures for the built environment at University Design Forum annual conference www.linkedin.com/posts/profes...

How to build affordable homes within planetary boundaries? Great to hear @melissamean.bsky.social @cityofsound.bsky.social @indyjohar.bsky.social at the launch of the MULTIMAX Playbook. wecanmake.org Hosted by @wshed.bsky.social

Just and Sustainable Food Futures | Professor Peter Madden, OBE Just and Sustainable Food Futures Great to run this session yesterday on Just and Sustainable Food Futures jointly with Keri Facer and Paul Milbourne. We looked to 2040, exploring trends and scenario...

How can engagement with the future enable more transdisciplinary and impactful research?
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Sam. I agree. I’ve long been of the school that ‘people become their behaviours’ and we need to make the right choices easier. (Viz kerbside recycling in UK)

Me too. Eagerly awaiting this.

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Caught 2 great exhibitions @tatemodern.bsky.social about art, technology & the future. Geeked out on vintage tech art at the wonderful #ElectricDreams then explored art & imaginaries of the future in #AYearinArt:2050

On VE Day, I remember my Dad (centre) who, aged 18, was on the D-Day landing & fought his way across Europe. And I worry that, with the passing of this generation, we're losing our collective memory of what happened in Europe, how lucky we've been these past decades, & how precious peace is.

Lovely, intimate theatrical experience in a Bristol Hackney cab, hearing the stories of drivers in our city www.mayk.org.uk

The @lyrafest.com Poetry Slam @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social tonight was awesome. So many amazing poets. A treat for the ears & the mind

A lovely night out eating noodles, then drinking Bristol-brewed ales, with some of our lovely colleagues from Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, who live across the water here in Bristol. Thanks for organising @jgwilliams.bsky.social

Great to deliver opening keynote, with Juliet Davis, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, to #AUDE2025 We explored how using engagement with the future, particularly through design futures & co-creation, can help shape better buildings & places @cugeogplan.bsky.social

A tour de force on the history of & arguments for council housing from @municipaldreams.bsky.social at this w/e Festival www.brh.org.uk Fascinating how the same battles - quality vs quantity, public vs private, dense vs extensive play out again & again

Super-informative talks about the highs & lows of garden-city suburbs & council housing in our city as part of Bristol Radical History Festival
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