New forms of collaboration between state and civil society actors are emerging in cities around the world. Nazem Tahvilzadeh summarises a workshop on 'Participatory Cities' at the Mistra Urban Futures conference in Cape Town in November 2108.

Prof Beth Perry, Mistra Urban Futures in Sheffield, comments on the societal relevance of research and the problems with evaluating the quality and impact of such research using only bibliometrics.