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Global challenges, impactful research, resilient cities

24 October 2025

Next week marks the end of the Future Cities communications campaign spotlighting UC’s world-leading research into building smarter, more sustainable, and resilient cities. 

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The campaign has explored how UC research is helping people in urban areas live, move, and access better opportunities. 

Some of our cool stories we covered...

🌱Master’s student Lucy Dunshea explores how nature-based solutions can help protect Petone’s coastal transport networks from flooding and sea-level rise

🌊 Professor Matthew Wilson’s virtual reality tool that maps flood risk  

🪸 Professor Elizabeth Macpherson discussed New Zealand’s stance on high seas law

💭 Professor Tom Logan’s company created ways to help councils and communities plan for adaptation

🚦 Dr Wai Wong suggests how tech can reduce our time at traffic lights

🚞 Professor Malcolm Campbell and his research team have created a tool to test-drive the future, modelling how EVs and smarter urban design can cut emissions.  

+ some cool Geology student projects that looked at coastal adaptation and how to get the community involved in climate resilience planning! 🏞️ You can check those out on the UC Instagram>

You can read more stories from the Future Cities campaign here>


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