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Kent Larson

Professor of the Practice
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Gastronomy and Beyond | SESSION 3 - Fall 2024

With Lisa Palmer, Rasmus Munk, Hiroshi Sugisaki, and Fatmata Finta.
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Gastronomy and Beyond | SESSION 2 - Spring 2024

With the Sandoval Family, Kent Larson , Pia M Sorensen and Álvaro Garrido and Lara Martin.
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Gastronomy and Beyond | SESSION 1 - Fall 2023

With Eneko Atxa, Joxe Mari Aizega, Joxe Mari Aizega and Elena Arzak.
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City Science Network Talks Series-2024

Each year the City Science Network hosts a talks series where City Science Labs present and share their research to the Network and collabo…
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City Science Lab Opens in Guadalajara Museum of Environmental Sciences

The City Science Lab @ Guadalajara was established in 2019 via a cooperation agreement between the University of Guadalajara and the City S…
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MIT Team meets with local stakeholders to discuss research lines for the City Science Gipuzkoa collaboration

Members of the MIT City Science team visited Gipuzkoa, Spain in December 2023 for an event, workshop, and meetings with stakeholders. The t…
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How can hyper-local solutions help reduce carbon emissions?

In an article for the World Economic Forum, former Labber Honghao Deng looks at sustainability research from the City Science group.
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City Sci-fi Fall '23: Student Projects

Final projects created in  MAS.S66 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Ecology Futures, taught in Fall 20…
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Future Worlds: How labels impact the way we eat

When hearing the words “global climate crisis,” often the first things that come to mind are legislation and high-level or complex solution…
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Andorra WIP: Food Waste Model + Sensorized Biosphere

City Science and Andorra Research + Innovation teams are currently working on two research directions: Food Waste in Andorra, Insight …
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Shifting Priorities, Finding Places

How Media Lab and HafenCity University researchers are tackling the refugee crisis in Hamburg, using algorithms and LEGO bricks.By Ken…
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The City Science Network empowers local communities to collaborate globally

The City Science Network is a collaboration of institutions + researchers sharing a the goal of enabling more livable, equitable communities
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Research Group Overview: City Science

Looking beyond smart cities.
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Could self-driving bikes change how we use cities?

Kent Larson, head of the Media Lab’s City Science group, and PhD student Naroa Coretti Sánchez talk about the group's work and philosophy.
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Re-imaginando la Costanera de Concepción - Workshop Report

The MIT team traveled to Concepcion, Chile in May of 2023 for a workshop and presentations with the City Science Lab @ Biobío. The event wa…
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City Science Network talks address current challenges and opportunities

This past year the City Science team welcomed esteemed researchers from throughout the City Science Network to present their current resear…
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City Science Lab @ Shanghai to continue cooperation with MIT City Science and the City Science Network

Representatives from the City Science Lab @ Shanghai (Tongji University) visited the MIT Media Lab to sign a continuation of their cooperat…
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Sustainable Consumption: How labels impact the way we eat

Alex Berke and Kent Larson of the Media Lab's City Science group co-authored a paper around these issues, recently published in Appetite.
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President of the University of Guadalajara talks hyper-technology and social responsibility in higher education

On June 8, 2023, a delegation from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) visited the MIT Media Lab to meet with faculty and researchers rega…
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Kent Larson to serve as co-director of Norman Foster Institute; Dava Newman joins Academic Council

In this age of climate change, the NFI's programs are addressed to those who wish to improve the quality of life in cities worldwide.
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City Sci-fi Spring'23: Students Projects

Final projects created in MAS.S64 City Sci-Fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Future Cities.Students were prompted to …
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Two Mobility Futures 0∞ @Guggenheim Bilbao
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Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges

Optimizing environmental, social, and economic performance of cities.
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Lightweight Community-Scale Mobility
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City Science Summit videos online - Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges

The 2022 City Science Summit is a collaboration between MIT City Science, the City Science Network and the Norman Foster Foundation.
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Autonomous shared micro-mobility systems could be the next revolution in urban mobility

City Science researchers Naroa Coretti, Iñigo Martinez, Luis Alonso, and Kent Larson discuss their research on autonomous shared bicycles.
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Unconventional Investigations: Google's Chrisoula Kapelonis on a Human-Centric Approach, Interfaces for Living, and the Effects of Space

Chrisoula Kapelonis discusses the Media Lab's impact on her current work at the intersection of technology and built environment.
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In the Press - City Science Lab @Biobío

There has been extensive news on this collabotation. For the most recent news on the City Science Lab Biobío, visit their site or instagram…
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'I Make Tiny Homes That Can Grow 33% Bigger'

Hasier Larrea, an alum of the City Science research group, talks about the research that led him to co-found spinoff Ori.
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ReImagining Mobility event discusses the importance of collaboration and innovation for a zero-commuting city

How can we design a zero-commuting city? What are the important attributes of a walkable community? How can we invent the future of mobilit…
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City Science team publishes two papers in Communications in Transportation Research

The two papers relate to project work from the City Science group around the impact of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems.
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City Science and NTT DATA to collaborate on an urban simulation of Rome, Italy

For this project, the teams will explore the concept of a 15-minute city using various urban simulations.
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Welcome to the Newest Member of the City Science Network — Ho Chi Minh City

ARC, a unit of the HCMC Department of Planning and Architecture, is uniquely positioned for this collaboration.
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City Science team wins Best Presentation Award - SAI Computing Conference 2021

For the paper titled: Dynamic Urban Planning: An Agent-based model Coupling Mobility Mode and Housing Choice. Use Case Kendall Square.
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With(in)_book

With(in) book. 
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With(in) - Immersive Installation

With(in)captured a fragment of Eva, Gihan, MamaG and their communities’ stories. The nature of this work poses challenges for retelling the…
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Special Meal

Only a few weeks before the trip to meet MamaG in Port Harcourt, we learned of her husband’s unexpected death. Our plans quickly shifted to…
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Rest day meals

 Weekends are not exactly days to rest for MamaG, Eva and Gihan. Waking up early for church and making their way in crowded street mar…
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Work day meals

Heavy machinery noise and fresh bread smell mix in the air. Wood boards, pita, shoes, water sachets, tortillas and concrete blocks are prod…
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Eva

It’s easy to spot Eva as she makes her way through the dusty streets of Lomas. Her big blond hair, military boots and bold clothes, often s…
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Gihan

Gihan moved to Ezbet Khairallah not long ago. Escaping from an abusive marriage, she bravely left home in upper Egypt with her three kids —…
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MamaG

MamaG stands for Mother General, she is the mother of all at the Flyover Market. MamaG is Ibibio, born in the rural Etinan and moved to Por…
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Norman Foster launches 'On Cities' masterclass series

A new masterclass video series from the Norman Foster Foundation features leading experts in the fields of architecture, urbanism, and more.
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Kent Larson on Resilient Communities and Sustainability | "On Cities" Masterclass Series

Kent Larson considers the societal stressors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and those that the world will face post-pandemic.
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Biennale Architettura 2021 - Presentation

The 17th International Architecture Exhibition, “How will we live together?" includes work from the City Science research group.
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City Science team wins Best Paper Award at FTC 2020

For the paper titled "JettSen: A Mobile Sensor Fusion Platform for City Knowledge Abstraction."
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Big Picture Session | The World we Build: Resilience Across Scales

This session explores resilience at the Human, Community, and Society levels.
Oct. 30, 2020
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piloting [bike]swarm

Synchronizing light across riders, [bike]swarm technology enhances the safety and joy of sustainable mobility by illuminating the rider com…
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City Science team wins Best Student Paper Award at Computing Conference 2020

Congratulations to City Science researchers Alex Berke, Jason Nawyn, Thomas Sanchez Lengeling, and group head Kent Larson!
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Planning the future after Covid-19

Saturday April 4, 2020 …
April 6, 2020
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Lomas del Centinela - understanding a community in Mexico

Lomas del Centinela is a growing community on a hilltop in Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico. It borders the Bosque del Centinela, an important …
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Home

How the home will be disrupted and transformed by radical technological change.
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Re-enchanting the Champs-Élysées

CityScience was consulted as an expert in urban planning in the research work conducted by architect Philippe Chiambaretta.
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Mobility and Innovation Capacity Workshop - with Aalto University

Team members from Aalto University visited the Media Lab’s City Science group to discuss ongoing collaborations and new projects.
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Beyond Smart Cities—online short course

This online professional short course offers people around the globe an opportunity to learn from Kent Larson and the City Science team as …
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Innovation Challenge Andorra kicks off with City Science workshop

In January 2019, members of the City Science team traveled to Andorra to further explore Andorra’s innovation opportunity to improve urban …
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HafenCity Workshop

Researchers from the City Science group conducted a workshop at HafenCity University's City Science Lab in Hamburg, Germany.