IAS Summit: Future News / Storytelling

Part of a week of activities for the IAS Research Summit - Rethinking Urban Inequalities.

Building directly on the morning's speculative pitches, this session will offer a taste in a hands-on production studio. Participants will dig deeper into their own data and research to build out a speculative news story in small groups — sourcing quotes and figures, manipulating or sourcing photography, and drafting a publishable copy. The session closes with all groups sharing and reviewing each other's stories. The exercise is designed to explore a skill central to the summit's wider aims: translating structural, often abstract critiques of urban inequality into concrete, public-facing narratives that are grounded in evidence and actionable.

Featuring IAS Visiting Fellows:

Associate Professor Jessica Espey, University of Southampton
Carlos David Jacome Polit, Delft University of Technology & ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Dr Juliana Gonçalves, TU Delft
Dr Caitlin Robinson, University of Bristol

Arrivals from 2pm for a 2.15pm start. For those joining in-person, lunch will be available before this session from 1pm.