Peter Madden
@thepmadden.bsky.social
Built environment futures. Strategic foresight for urban development with Vivid Futures; Professor of Practice, Future Cities, Cardiff University; member APF, Future Matters Collective. #Foresight
Love sci-fi, street art, & football: Brentford FC & BCWFC
Love sci-fi, street art, & football: Brentford FC & BCWFC
Using futures to enable creative technology innovation.
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Great to have Nick Price, who leads Imperial Tech Foresight, with us for… | Professor Peter Madden, OBE
Great to have Nick Price, who leads Imperial Tech Foresight, with us for the third in our series of Meddwl am y Dyfodol/ Futures Thinking talks, hosted by the School of Computer Science and Informatic...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Using futures to enable creative technology innovation.
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Some takeaways from the annual Smart Cities Congress in Barcelona
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#scewc25 | Professor Peter Madden, OBE
Smart Cities, Barcelona
Hurtling along on the train back from Barcelona, after another frantic and fruitful Smart Cities Expo World Congress, I’m pondering the pace of change in smart city technology...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Some takeaways from the annual Smart Cities Congress in Barcelona
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Great to see this on new @wecanmake.bsky.social development: community-led, community-built, community lived-in affordable homes. Starting to unlock the thousands of micro-sites around our cities for much needed housing. Proper job @melissamean.bsky.social & co!
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Community-led development gets the green light
The homes will be allocated to those registered in need of housing
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October 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Great to see this on new @wecanmake.bsky.social development: community-led, community-built, community lived-in affordable homes. Starting to unlock the thousands of micro-sites around our cities for much needed housing. Proper job @melissamean.bsky.social & co!
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Really enjoyed watching Power Station last night @wshed.bsky.social Inspiring stories about how a neighbourhood can come together & - despite all the obstacles - achieve something amazing while having fun along the way. Just the dose of positivity I needed!
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October 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Really enjoyed watching Power Station last night @wshed.bsky.social Inspiring stories about how a neighbourhood can come together & - despite all the obstacles - achieve something amazing while having fun along the way. Just the dose of positivity I needed!
@melissamean.bsky.social
@melissamean.bsky.social
Why I love Bristol. Seeing the fabulous Joy Crookes, one of my favourite singers, with 200 people, in a club 200 yards from home.
She is amazing! ❤️❤️❤️
She is amazing! ❤️❤️❤️
September 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Why I love Bristol. Seeing the fabulous Joy Crookes, one of my favourite singers, with 200 people, in a club 200 yards from home.
She is amazing! ❤️❤️❤️
She is amazing! ❤️❤️❤️
Incredible match. Extra time for the third match in a row. We were right behind the goal for the penalties. Champions of Europe again!
July 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Incredible match. Extra time for the third match in a row. We were right behind the goal for the penalties. Champions of Europe again!
Lionesses do it again: win, but put us through the wringer. On to the final!
July 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Lionesses do it again: win, but put us through the wringer. On to the final!
Anticipation building for England-Sweden in sunny Zurich. Cmon!
July 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Anticipation building for England-Sweden in sunny Zurich. Cmon!
Really enjoyed talking futures for the built environment at University Design Forum annual conference www.linkedin.com/posts/profes...
Initially a bit scary, then hugely enjoyable, to deliver the opening keynote at the University Design Forum annual conference. | Professor Peter Madden, OBE
Initially a bit scary, then hugely enjoyable, to deliver the opening keynote at the University Design Forum annual conference. My talk explored ‘How to build for the future’, and gave the audience a c...
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June 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Really enjoyed talking futures for the built environment at University Design Forum annual conference www.linkedin.com/posts/profes...
How to build affordable homes within planetary boundaries? Great to hear @melissamean.bsky.social @cityofsound.bsky.social @indyjohar.bsky.social at the launch of the MULTIMAX Playbook. wecanmake.org Hosted by @wshed.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
How to build affordable homes within planetary boundaries? Great to hear @melissamean.bsky.social @cityofsound.bsky.social @indyjohar.bsky.social at the launch of the MULTIMAX Playbook. wecanmake.org Hosted by @wshed.bsky.social
How can engagement with the future enable more transdisciplinary and impactful research?
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Just and Sustainable Food Futures | Professor Peter Madden, OBE
Just and Sustainable Food Futures
Great to run this session yesterday on Just and Sustainable Food Futures jointly with Keri Facer and Paul Milbourne. We looked to 2040, exploring trends and scenario...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
How can engagement with the future enable more transdisciplinary and impactful research?
@cugeogplan.bsky.social
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Caught 2 great exhibitions @tatemodern.bsky.social about art, technology & the future. Geeked out on vintage tech art at the wonderful #ElectricDreams then explored art & imaginaries of the future in #AYearinArt:2050
May 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Caught 2 great exhibitions @tatemodern.bsky.social about art, technology & the future. Geeked out on vintage tech art at the wonderful #ElectricDreams then explored art & imaginaries of the future in #AYearinArt:2050
On VE Day, I remember my Dad (centre) who, aged 18, was on the D-Day landing & fought his way across Europe. And I worry that, with the passing of this generation, we're losing our collective memory of what happened in Europe, how lucky we've been these past decades, & how precious peace is.
May 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
On VE Day, I remember my Dad (centre) who, aged 18, was on the D-Day landing & fought his way across Europe. And I worry that, with the passing of this generation, we're losing our collective memory of what happened in Europe, how lucky we've been these past decades, & how precious peace is.
Lovely, intimate theatrical experience in a Bristol Hackney cab, hearing the stories of drivers in our city www.mayk.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Lovely, intimate theatrical experience in a Bristol Hackney cab, hearing the stories of drivers in our city www.mayk.org.uk
The @lyrafest.com Poetry Slam @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social tonight was awesome. So many amazing poets. A treat for the ears & the mind
May 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The @lyrafest.com Poetry Slam @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social tonight was awesome. So many amazing poets. A treat for the ears & the mind
A lovely night out eating noodles, then drinking Bristol-brewed ales, with some of our lovely colleagues from Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, who live across the water here in Bristol. Thanks for organising @jgwilliams.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A lovely night out eating noodles, then drinking Bristol-brewed ales, with some of our lovely colleagues from Geography and Planning at Cardiff University, who live across the water here in Bristol. Thanks for organising @jgwilliams.bsky.social
Great to deliver opening keynote, with Juliet Davis, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, to #AUDE2025 We explored how using engagement with the future, particularly through design futures & co-creation, can help shape better buildings & places @cugeogplan.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Great to deliver opening keynote, with Juliet Davis, Head of the Welsh School of Architecture, to #AUDE2025 We explored how using engagement with the future, particularly through design futures & co-creation, can help shape better buildings & places @cugeogplan.bsky.social
A tour de force on the history of & arguments for council housing from @municipaldreams.bsky.social at this w/e Festival www.brh.org.uk Fascinating how the same battles - quality vs quantity, public vs private, dense vs extensive play out again & again
April 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A tour de force on the history of & arguments for council housing from @municipaldreams.bsky.social at this w/e Festival www.brh.org.uk Fascinating how the same battles - quality vs quantity, public vs private, dense vs extensive play out again & again
Super-informative talks about the highs & lows of garden-city suburbs & council housing in our city as part of Bristol Radical History Festival
www.brh.org.uk Next up @municipaldreams.bsky.social
www.brh.org.uk Next up @municipaldreams.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Super-informative talks about the highs & lows of garden-city suburbs & council housing in our city as part of Bristol Radical History Festival
www.brh.org.uk Next up @municipaldreams.bsky.social
www.brh.org.uk Next up @municipaldreams.bsky.social
A 4-1 victory in the West London sunshine. COYB #BrentfordFC
April 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A 4-1 victory in the West London sunshine. COYB #BrentfordFC
Second book talk of the week, the polymathic Margaret Heffernan to a packed theatre @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social on the benefits of embracing uncertainty and the importance of the arts to so many areas of our lives. @andrewkelly.bsky.social @gillkirk.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Second book talk of the week, the polymathic Margaret Heffernan to a packed theatre @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social on the benefits of embracing uncertainty and the importance of the arts to so many areas of our lives. @andrewkelly.bsky.social @gillkirk.bsky.social
Guess who was at my local bookshop @bookhaus.bsky.social this evening? @stephenoram.bsky.social talking about his new book We Are Not Anonymous & discussing with @timkindberg.bsky.social how to write about the future. Monday evening treat.
April 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Guess who was at my local bookshop @bookhaus.bsky.social this evening? @stephenoram.bsky.social talking about his new book We Are Not Anonymous & discussing with @timkindberg.bsky.social how to write about the future. Monday evening treat.
An entire 3-D printed train station in Japan. I'll be interested to see the real photos rather than CGIs. futurism.com/japan-3d-pri...
Japan Deploys Entire 3D-Printed Train Station
The country responsible for one of the world's most robust train networks has broken new ground on 3D-printed transit infrastructure.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
An entire 3-D printed train station in Japan. I'll be interested to see the real photos rather than CGIs. futurism.com/japan-3d-pri...
Marking 10 years of the pioneering Wellbeing of Future Generations Act @derek-walker.bsky.social shares the achievements to a packed hall, but stresses we must ‘be impatient to do more’ #LightuptheFuture #Futures
March 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Marking 10 years of the pioneering Wellbeing of Future Generations Act @derek-walker.bsky.social shares the achievements to a packed hall, but stresses we must ‘be impatient to do more’ #LightuptheFuture #Futures
Our University looking gorgeous this morning #CardiffUniversity
March 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Our University looking gorgeous this morning #CardiffUniversity