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SUMMARY:Uncertainty and Cities in 2026: Tariffs\, Climate Change\, and Politics
DESCRIPTION:The substantive focus of this conference is “Uncertainty and Cities in 2026: Tariffs\, Climate Change\, and Politics” and will include perspectives from different international\, national\, and local institutions on the global economy and cities\, and particularly the impact of the tariffs on urban economies and local governments in both the Global South and Industrialized Economies\, the challenges of climate change\, and the new politics of urban uncertainty and precarity. The economics and politics of 2025-2026 have forcefully demonstrated the dependence of cities on global and national macro-economic forces. \nBackground research on this subject has been developed by a team of faculty and doctoral students at The New School University in New York and has benefitted from discussions with members of URBS.TIC\, United Nations Habitat\, the Lincoln Institute on Land Policy\, The Japan International Cooperation Agency\, and scholars from around the world. \nREGISTER HERE\n  \nApril 13\, 2026\n66 W. 12th Street\, Room A404\, The New School\n10 am: Welcome\nJoel Towers\, President of The New School: The Context of Uncertainty\nAnaclaudia Rossbach\, Executive Director of UN Habitat\, and Undersecretary-General of the United Nations (Video Remarks)\nFernando Carrion Mena\, Director\, URBS.TIC\, Former Director of City Planning\, City of Quito\, Ecuador\, and Professor at FLACSO\nMichael Cohen\, Director of the Doctoral Program in Public and Urban Policy and Co-Director\, Observatory on Latin America\, The New School \n10:40 am – 12:30 pm Session I: The New Economic Uncertainty: Tariffs and The Urban Economy\nModerator:\nAlexander Aleinikoff\, Executive Dean\, New School for Social Research\nLecture:\nAna Swanson\, The New York Times\nDiscussants:\nWilliam Milberg\, Professor of Economics\, The New School\nSakiko Fukuda-Parr\, Professor of International Affairs\, The New School \n12:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch Break \n2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Session II: Climate Change and the New Roles of Cities\nModerator:\nLara Penin\, Vice President for Urban Initiatives\, The New School\nLecture:\nLeonardo Helland Figueroa\, Associate Professor\, Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management\, The New School\nDiscussant:\nBelén Pérez Pérez\, University of Granada \n3:15 pm – 3:45 pm: Coffee Break \n3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Session III: Understanding Local Impacts: Finance\, Land\, and Housing\nModerator:\nMario Sebastian Rodriguez\, URBS.TIC and FLACSO\, Ecuador\nPresenters:\nEunice Offei\, The New School\nCharli Goodlet\, The New School\nDiscussants:\nEnrique Silva\, Chief Program Officer\, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy\nMaría Mercedes di Virgilio\, Professor of Urban Studies\, University of Buenos Aires\, Argentina \n5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Session IV: The Politics of Precarity\nLecture:\nFernando Carrion Mena\, Director\, URBS.TIC\, Former Director of City Planning\, City of Quito\, Ecuador\, and Professor at FLACSO\nModerator:\nDavid Wallace-Wells\, Columnist\, New York Times \nApril 14\, 2026\n66 W. 12th\, Room A407\, The New School\n10:00 am – 12:00 pm Session V: Identifying A New Agenda for Urban Policy\nModerator:\nMargarita Gutman\, Co-Director\, Observatory on Latin America\, Professor Emerita\, The New School\nLecture:\nIan Klaus\, Director\, Carnegie Institution for International Peace\, Palo Alto\, California\, Former US Lead Negotiator\, UN Habitat III\, 2016\nDiscussants:\nPatricia Ramirez Kuri\, President\, Instituto de Planeacion Democratica y Prospectiva\, Mexico City\, and Professor of Sociology\, UNAM\nMarcelo Corti\, Director Café de Ciudades and Professor\, School of Architecture\, University of Cordoba\, Argentina \n12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Session VI: Identifying A New Agenda for Urban Research\nModerator:\nLuis Herrera-Favela\, Program Management Officer\, Human Settlements from the UN-Habitat Canada Office\nDiscussants:\nMariana Alegre\, Loeb Fellow\, Graduate School of Design\, Harvard University\, and Director\, Como Vamos\, Lima\, Peru\nJesús M. González-Pérez\, Professor of Geography\, Director of the Chair of Urban Studies\, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) \n1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Session VIII: Summary and Closing\nModerator:\nEmilia Nicole Silva Arias\, URBS.TIC and FLACSO Ecuador\nSpeakers:\nFernando Carrion Mena\, Director\, URBS.TIC\, Former Director of City Planning\, City of Quito\, Ecuador\, and Professor at FLACSO\nMichael Cohen\, Director of the Doctoral Program in Public and Urban Policy and Co-Director\, Observatory on Latin America\, The New School \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas. Learn more HERE. \nPresented by The Observatory on Latin America and URBS.TIC at The New School for Social Research and the Office of University Initiatives at The New School.
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/uncertainty-and-cities-in-2026-tariffs-climate-change-and-politics/
LOCATION:Room A404\, 66 West 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
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