Overview and Calendar
The IGLUS Executive Master is a unique degree offering a comprehensive and professional approach to sustainable governance of large urban systems
“IGLUS brings together amazing people from a variety of industries, but with one common goal: use innovative ways to develop metropolitan areas”
“Unique opportunity to reach out to people from all over the world”
“Priceless experience to see the cities from different angles”
“Investigation based, action research approach supported by rigorous academic literature”
“By being presented with key players from both industry and academia, networks are created and new perspectives emerge.”
The IGLUS Tracks
The question of water – both drinking water and wastewater (sewage) – is treated at different locations in IGLUS both from a conceptual and from a practical point of view. The two locations in which we particularly focus on water are Detroit and Mexico City (we have to full water days in each of these cities). Taken together, IGLUS offers a comprehensive overview of the different perspectives on urban water management and features interesting and relevant practical cases.
| Location | Theory, concepts | Practical examples, cases |
| Seoul | · “Smart water” (the use of ICTs in managing urban water) | · Seoul |
| Detroit (water day), New York |
· Water regulation · Urban hydrogeology (falling water tables) · Urban water restoration |
· The Flint water crisis · Examples from other US cities and from Mexico · Detroit metropolitan region |
| Kuala Lumpur, Singapore |
· Water planning · The role of municipal water companies · Ecohydrology; watershed management |
· Kuala Lumpur metropolitan region |
| Istanbul | · Water reservoirs and water supply for a mega-region | · Istanbul metropolitan area |
| Moscow, St. Petersburg | · Drinking water management | · Moscow or St. Petersburg |
| Delhi | · Wastewater | · Delhi and other Indian cities |
| Lyon, Dortmund |
· Water governance · Wastewater treatment operations |
· Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area · Field visit (Dortmund) |
| Kampala |
· Water utility privatization/PPP · Wastewater treatment operations |
· Kampala |
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Mexico City (water day) |
· Water governance and management · The role of private operators |
· Mexico City · Monterrey |
With the exception of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Delhi, presentations on the above topics have taken place and corresponding slides and readings are openly available for our currently enrolled and past IGLUS participants.
The pressure on green areas increases as cities get denser. These areas face governance, maintenance and biological challenges. On the other hand, we also see innovations such as urban farms and green infrastructures in these new built environments. In IGLUS, we focus on the conflict between the rapid urbanization and nature.
| Location | Theory, concepts | Practical examples, cases |
| Seoul | · Green infrastructure and governance | · Seoul |
| Detroit, New York |
· Brownfields · Urban farms |
· Detroit · New York |
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Istanbul (green inf. day) |
· Ecosystem services and green corridors · Urban forests · Cultural values of green infrastructures |
· Istanbul metropolitan area |
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Lyon, Dortmund
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· The green network · Urban edges and fringes |
· Lyon · Rhine-Ruhr · Other European cities |
| Mexico City (field trip) | · Green infrastructures and heritage | · Mexico City, Xochimilco |
Presentations on the above topics have taken place and corresponding slides and readings are openly available for our currently enrolled and past IGLUS participants.
Governance is the core topic in our executive master program and it is covered in all our learning modules. We try to understand the actors involved in managing cities and the relations among them. There is also a special focus on the implications for the performance of large urban systems.
| Location | Theory, concepts | Practical examples, cases |
| Seoul (governance day) |
· Metropolitan governance · Governance of transition from legacy to smart systems |
· Seoul, ‘SMG’ |
| Kuala Lumpur, Singapore (governance day) |
· Social and political dimensions of smart city governance · Governance of technological solutions in urban conditions · Governance of land when there are constraints |
· Kuala Lumpur, ‘Iskandar Smart City, Cyberjaya’ · Singapore |
| Istanbul (governance day) |
· Governance challenges in a unitary administrative system and in a state of local political divide
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· Istanbul |
| Lyon, Dortmund (governance day) |
· Emergence of a metropolitan authority · Governance of regional energy transitions |
· Lyon · Rhine-Ruhr |
| Kampala (governance day) |
· Challenges in transition from colonial governance structures to a modern one · Governance of housing and slums · One country, different city governance structures |
· Kampala · Jinja |
| Detroit, NYC (governance day) |
· Governance in local financing schemes and fiscal distress · Climate resilience governance · Regulation of urban services |
· Detroit · NYC |
| Mexico City (governance day) |
· Governance of reconstruction after disasters · Governance of heritage sites |
· Mexico City |
Excluding Moscow, St. Petersburg and Delhi, presentations on the above topics have taken place and corresponding slides and readings are openly available for our currently enrolled and past IGLUS participants.
According to the World Bank, cities generate 1.3 billion tonnes of solid waste in a year and it is expected to double by 2025. The question then arises: what do cities do with all this waste? In IGLUS, we try to get an answer to that wherever we visit.
| Location | Theory, concepts | Practical examples, cases |
| Seoul (field visit) | · Municipal waste management | · Seoul |
| Detroit, NYC (field visit) | · Municipal recycling | · NYC |
| Lyon, Dortmund | · Governance in waste management | · Dortmund, Emschergenossenschaft |
| Kuala Lumpur, Singapore | · Smart initiatives in waste management | · Kuala Lumpur |
| Kampala | · Challenges in waste collection | · Kampala |
Excluding Moscow, St. Petersburg, Delhi, Singapore, Istanbul and Mexico City, presentations on the above topics have taken place and corresponding slides and readings are openly available for our currently enrolled and past IGLUS participants.
Although there is not a common definition yet, smart city has become one of the most popular topics for cities during the last decade. We now have many different cities around the world competing to be ‘smarter’. In IGLUS, we try to understand the scope of this concept and who are the actors involved in such initiatives.
| Location | Theory, concepts | Practical examples, cases |
| Seoul (smart city day, field visits) |
· Security challenges in IoT · Smart city as a platform · Governance in the smart city |
· Seoul, ‘Smart Seoul’ |
| Kuala Lumpur, Singapore (smart city day, field visits) |
· Converged telecommunications technology and regulation · Economic and social aspects in smart cities · Autonomous vehicles
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· Kuala Lumpur · Cyberjaya |
| Istanbul | · Smart mobility applications | · Istanbul |
| Lyon, Dortmund |
· Smart city actions · Smart mobility · Autonomous vehicles |
· Lyon · Wien |
| Kampala | · Improving mobility through smart applications | · Safe Boda |
Excluding Moscow, St. Petersburg, Delhi, Singapore and Mexico City, presentations on the above topics have taken place and corresponding slides and readings are openly available for our currently enrolled and past IGLUS participants.
Rapid urbanization implies important consequences for sectors which have not taken this phenomenon fully into account so far. Cities consume approximately 70% of global energy and in IGLUS, we highlight how cities cope with their ever-increasing energy demand.
| Location | Theory, concepts | Practical examples, cases |
| Seoul | · Producing energy thanks to more environment-friendly methods | · Seoul, ‘One less nuclear power plant policy’ |
| Kuala Lumpur, Singapore | · Integration of renewables thanks to a smart grid | · Melaka World Solar Valley |
| Moscow, St. Petersburg | · Energy, with less fossil fuels | · Moscow or St. Petersburg |
| Lyon, Dortmund | · Various dimensions of energy transitions |
· Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area · Germany in general
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| Kampala | · How to bring natural gas and electricity to households | · Uganda in general |
| Mexico City |
· Energy governance · Ageing energy infrastructure |
· Mexico City · Mexico in general |
With the exceptions of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Delhi, Istanbul, New York and Detroit, presentations on the above topics have already taken place and corresponding slides and readings are openly available for our currently enrolled and past IGLUS participants.
Most of the cities need to accommodate more and more people every day, leading, among others to urban renewal projects and densification. Some have suffered from decline and need to renew themselves entirely. Thus, housing and urban renewal topics are covered in almost all IGLUS modules.
| Location | Theory, concepts | Practical examples, cases |
| Seoul (urban renewal day) | · Urban regeneration for citizen welfare | · Cheonggyecheon, Songdo and Seoullo 7017 |
| Detroit (urban renewal day) | · Redevelopment of vacant land and brownfields | · Detroit |
| Kuala Lumpur |
· Urban renewal as a pressure on heritage sites · Provision of public housing for the urban poor |
· Melaka · Malaysia |
| Istanbul (urban renewal day) |
· Redevelopment of slums · Disaster risks and its effects on housing policies · Housing market dynamics |
· Istanbul metropolitan area |
| Moscow, St. Petersburg | · Housing governance | · Moscow or St. Petersburg |
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Delhi
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· Housing governance | · Delhi and other Indian cities |
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Lyon, Dortmund (urban renewal day) |
· Urban regeneration · Housing redevelopment · Governance in regeneration |
· Confluence project in Lyon · Lake Phoenix restoration project in Dortmund |
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Kampala (housing day) |
· Challenges of informal settlements · Housing financing challenges · Land value capture |
· Kampala |
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Mexico City (urban renewal and housing days) |
· Housing reconstruction financing schemes · Land value monitoring processes |
· Mexico City · INFONAVIT and CONAVI |
Excluding Moscow, St. Petersburg and Delhi, presentations on the above topics have taken place and corresponding slides and readings are openly available for our currently enrolled and past IGLUS participants.
A critical policy item for local and even central governments all around the world, mobility is a permanent subject at IGLUS and it is covered in any location visited. Students can learn more about the relation between rapid urbanization and mobility problems as well as the most recent solutions that have been put into place through digitalization and better governance.
| Location | Theory, concepts | Practical examples, cases |
| Seoul (mobility day) |
· “Smart mobility” (the use of ICTs in managing urban mobility) · Bus reform |
· Seoul · (field visit to TOPIS) |
| Detroit, New York (mobility day) |
· Digitalization in transport · Regulation of paratransit modes |
· New York |
| Kuala Lumpur, Singapore (mobility day) |
· Transport governance · Smart mobility infrastructures · Automated mobility · Transport optimization |
· Kuala Lumpur · (field visit Singapore) |
| Istanbul (mobility day) |
· Mega projects – transport · Economics of public transport · Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems |
· Istanbul metropolitan area |
| Moscow, St. Petersburg (mobility day) | · Transport governance | · Moscow or St. Petersburg |
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Delhi (mobility day) |
· Transport governance · Financing of transport infrastructures |
· Delhi and other Indian cities |
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Lyon, Dortmund (mobility day) |
· Automated mobility · Intercity transport · Big data and mobility · Carsharing |
· Lyon metropolitan area, France · Other European cities |
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Kampala (mobility day) |
· Regulation of transport · Paratransit modes |
· Kampala |
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Mexico City (mobility day) |
· Transport governance · Reforms in urban transport networks |
· Mexico City |
Presentations on the above topics have taken place and corresponding slides and readings are openly available for our currently enrolled and past IGLUS participants.
Gobal Framework
Carefully selected urban governance experiences from around the world constitute as many opportunities for city managers to become exposed to different and innovative ways of approaching urban systems’ governance. In each of the selected cities IGLUS addresses the governance of urban infrastructure systems from a particular angle. Taken together, this global learning journey makes up for a complete and comprehensive approach to urban governance.