Nikolaj Sveistrup
Cities, Change & Planetary Boundaries
Examples of Keynotes
- Regenerative Cites of the future
- Why do we need to EVOLVE?
- Urban Futures – Trends and transformation
- Future participatory development
- Strategic Urban Governance
- Local placebased development
About Nikolaj
Nikolaj’s mission is to explore how to make cities regenerative, inclusive, and liveable. His purpose is to ensure that our cities support the lives we want to live without putting a strain on the planetary wellbeing. With a specific focus on liveability, biodiversity, and climate he seeks new solutions for a local placebased development.
Nikolaj recognises that our future trajectory depends on the decisions we make today and believes that futures studies can push us in the right direction by including insights in megatrends, the planetary boundaries, regenerative thinking and leadership in the decision-making process and governance in all parts of our society from the kitchen table to the boardroom.
Nikolaj is leading the focus area Urban Futures and with the specific initiative EVOLVE. He is exploring the futures of urbanism by identifying drivers, building scenarios, and making new narratives through keynotes and workshops all over the world. EVOLVE is a collaborative platform where the Institute builds capabilities to enable individuals and organisations to imagine, work with, and shape the future.
Background
Nikolaj has a deep knowledge of urban governance, architecture, stakeholder management as well as public and private participation and engagement. His extensive operational experience with developing concrete solutions and policy makes him able to translate megatrends directly into actions and agenda-setting activities.