Ordförande för Föreningen för Samhällsplanering Stockholm – Mälardalen
En stor ära för mig att vara ordförande för Föreningen för Samhällsplanering Stockholm – Mälardalen. Vi på Föreningen för Samhällsplanering lokalavdelning Stockholm – Mälardalen arrangerar mötesplatser för att sprida aktuell kunskap, väcka debatt och verka för en sakkunnig hantering av olika planeringsfrågor. Vi vill stimulera till möten mellan olika discipliner och tankesätt, ge utrymme för…
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Urban Future 2022 field trip with Mustafa Sherif
I just trained the dragon & we’re ready for H22 City Expo in Helsingborg. This summer will be on fire. Join my unique field trip on the 1-3 of June 2022 during the Urban Future. event. I will take you on a journey about child-friendly cities. We will play games, experience places at the eye level of kids, and…
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The After Covid City Global Charter by Placemaking EU & X
As a Placemaking Europe leader and an Urban Planner at AFRY I am very honored to be one of the contributors to this very important document. Placemaking Europe and PlacemakingX have invited the world’s leading urbanists to collaborate on the AfterCovid.City Global Charter. This document articulates the direction and clear steps our cities must take to shape a prosperous future after the #Covid19 pandemic and leverage…
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Mustafa is a recipient of the Under 35 Changemaker Award 2022
I am so honored to receive the Under 35 Changemaker Award 2022 by Project Management Institute Sweden for a truly inspirational dedication to promoting the making of sustainable future cities and for influencing the future of urban planning. Read more here. 📍 Join me and other changemakers at Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg on 24 May 2022. Welcome to Emerging Project Leaders Forum and Under 35…
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Samhällsbyggarna
Hashtag Omslagspojke 🙂 Stort tack till Fredrik Hielscher och Samhällsbyggarna som gav mig möjligheten att få berätta min story om följande: min väg från Irak till Sverige, min mission i livet – att planera städer för barn, samt sist men ej minst: min passion om storytelling genom Urbanistica Podcast. Bli medlem på Samhällsbyggarna och läs mer här Keep up the…
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Arkitekturgalan 2020
Hej alla branschkollegor!Vi ses på Arkitekturgalan 2022 och på FESTEN nästa vecka! Lyssna på det senaste avsnittet från Urbanistica Podcast! Vi pratar om arkitekturgalan 2022, tema, talare, program, prisutdelning, festen, utmaningar och mycket mer. Tack för ett gott skratt! Vilken energi! Tack för allt ni gör!Fatih Okan (Projektledare, Sveriges Arkitekter)Lena Engelbrekt (Eventkoordinator, Sveriges Arkitekter)Tove Dumon…
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H22 City Expo Ambassador x Mustafa Sherif
I’m proud to be an H22 Ambassador and this summer you will find me where the action is – at H22 City Expo! The city of Helsingborg will bustle with life this summer as culture, new tastes, concerts, exhibitions, and people meet in this 35-day-long innovation show! Meet an actual robot, attend smart city talks…
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Collaboration with Urban Future
Happy to announce a collaboration between Urban Future. and Urbanistica Podcast Urban Future is the world’s largest meeting place for CityChangers: people who strive to make their cities more sustainable with passion and commitment. They implement tangible projects, thus vastly improving life in their city. Co-Founded in 2014 by Gerald Babel-Sutter, each conference takes place in a different European city. …
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Hållbart Byggand
I senaste numret av Hållbart Byggande berättar jag om min passion för att skapa platser och städer för barn som stadsplanerare på AFRY och mitt arbetet med Urbanistica Podcast. Under temat Bygga för barn tittar Hållbart Byggande också närmare på hur barnperspektivet beaktas i samhällsbyggnadsbranschen, och vad det har för betydelse att FN:s barnkonvention numera är svensk lag. Läs intervjun…
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Digital Twin Cities
𝗨𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. This was the main topic of my conversation with Carl-Johan Hamilton (VP and Co-Founder of Ants Tech Recruiters ). Thank you for having me on your #Techrekpodden Podcast. We talked about:-Urban Planning, from drawing paper to a digital twin city.-My journey, from working at a university library and as a math teacher…
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Hack for Södertälje 2022
🏆 Congratulations to the first winner of Södertälje Hackathon Team Ptolemaios with team members Agnes Colliander, Daniel Källberg, Emanuel Källberg, Ludvig Kratzert, Sofia Gren, and Simon Källberg. 🚀 It’s a big pleasure to be a member of the Lead Jury and to present the winners of Hack för Södertälje Hackathon. 💡 The first winner’s solution is to…
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Robot friendly cities
I find it very interesting that architects, planners, landscape architects, traffic planners … need to consider a new perspective in our cities. Robot’s perspective! We design and build buildings that are functional and last for at least 100 years. But the question here is, are we considering robots when we design our 100 years buildings?…
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Child-Friendly Cities lecture at KTH
❄️Greetings from KTH Royal Institute of Technology Arkitekturskolan I am always happy to go back to my lovely home university to share more practical experiences with students. Last week I lectured on #childfriendlycities :– WHY should we plan and design child-friendly cities?– HOW can we co-plan and co-design together with children?– WHAT urban planning and design elements make child-friendly cities?–…
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Create Belonging Podcast
Episode 5 – Belonging to our Cities: a Conversation with Urban Planner, Mustafa Sherif In this episode, I sit down with Mustafa Sherif. He is the creator and host of the URBANISTICA podcast. He is also an Urban Planner working at AFRY in Stockholm, Sweden. Mustafa was born in Bagdad and came to Sweden with his family at…
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Thank you 2021
By the end of this year, I love to thank you for being part of my 2021 journey and for making it fun, inspirational, and impactful. I am very proud of all projects I work with at AFRY. Big thanks to our clients and to all my brave team players and leaders. For me, every single project…
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2x Awards from Betonggalan
💙 Thank you so much for being part of this journey. I am blessed by having/ working with fantastic people like you. I received 2x Awards from Betonggalan:🏆 The first one is Ung och Tung, Young and Successful Award, for a person under the age of 30 who has made a significant contribution to the development of the…
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BARN-PLATS-LEK-STAD
Vad händer om man planerar staden ur barnets perspektiv? Hur kan politiker och beslutsfattare, med ansvar för barns vardagsliv, skapa förutsättningar för en barnvänlig stadsplanering? Kan konventionen om barnets rättigheter vara ett stöd i komplexa planeringsfrågor? Ger Agenda 2030, Strategi för levande städer och politiken för gestaltad livsmiljö stöd för en barnvänlig stadsplanering? Super intressant…
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One Minute City
After having a podcast episode about 15-Minute City with Carlos Moreno in #Paris, it’s time to listen to the story of the 1-minute city with Dan Hill in #Stockholm. Dan Hill, Director of Strategic Design at Vinnova. Professor at Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Visiting Prof at UCL Bartlett and Design Academy Eindhoven, Adjunct Prof at RMIT) We are talking about:–…
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Visiting District 2020 EXPO 2020 Dubai
The Future of Expo 2020 DubaiWhat will happen after 6 months? District 2020 will evolve from Expo 2020 Dubai as a smart and sustainable city centered on the needs of its urban community. It will provide a curated innovation-driven business ecosystem that brings together global minds and embraces technology and digital innovation to support industry growth. Following…
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Expo2020 Dubai TV
Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” is what Expo 2020 Dubai is about. I had the pleasure to be part of a short interview by #DubaiTv. I am very excited about the interesting solutions that different countries are introducing to the world at #expo2020dubai , when it comes to sustainable mobility, energy, and a more sustainable way of living in our…
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Tack OH! festival i Stockholm
Den 1-3 oktober bjöd vi på Open House Stockholm allmänheten in till gratis guidade visningar av stadens mest unika och spännande byggnader och platser. Festivalen syftar till att involvera allmänheten i stadens utveckling och stimulera intresset för #arkitektur och samhällsbyggande. Festivalen arrangeras i hela Storstockholmsområdet. Open House #stockholm är en del av det globala nätverket Open House Worldwide. Föreningarna Samhällsbyggarna, Samhällsbyggnadslänken,…
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Ung och Tung Award
🍀 Wish me good luck and vote for me here https://lnkd.in/dCC7XnkV 🙂 Jag har blivit nominerad till priset ung och tung på Betonggalan 2021. Priset delas ut till en person under 30 år som på ett tungt sätt bidragit till att utveckla branschen. Jag presenterade mig och mitt arbete på AFRY som stadsplanerare med fokus på barnets perspektiv, och…
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Brave Leadership with Jonas Gustavsson
Urbanistica Podcast season 4 is about #leadership and #cities. It’s a big honor to have Jonas Gustavsson, CEO at AFRY on episode 227. He is leading 16000+ creative people in 50 countries, doing projects in 100+ countries. Jonas is dreaming big up to the sky at the same time he is super humble and down…
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Back to school
Kick-off föreläsning för 400 nya studenter på KTH Royal Institute of Technology under samhällsbyggnadslänkens dag. Jag fick hålla en inspirationsföreläsning om hur man kan hitta sin passion i livet. Studenterna fick höra om möjligheterna inom samhällsbyggnadsbranschen, och om de olika projekt som jag jobbar med på AFRY landskap och plan sektionen. Föreläsningen finn här Det var väldigt inspirerande och…
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ArchDaily, Behind the scenes
Tune in to Urbanistica Podcast.Here we start season Nr.4 ArchDaily from a student idea to a platform with more than 14 million readers every month. With channels in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese, and more than 40 new projects published daily, no other architecture network has the global scope that ArchDaily has. Mustafa Sherif had the pleasure…
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AFRY Future Stars
Future Stars is AFRY’s programme for students. As a Future Star, we will provide you with experiences, knowledge, and a network that prepares you for your future career. It is a big pleasure to share with our fantastic future stars my experience within storytelling, finding passion, working hard, and enjoying the journey with the other…
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Taking care of children’s mental and physical health by #urbanplanning and #design.
Why do we have to take care of 27% of the planet’s population’s mental and physical health? What is World Health Organization opinion about this? As an urban planner, I see the hope for better future cities. Because there are reasons to be optimistic. Thanks to The Oracle Podcast for giving me the platform to…
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Talking Sustainability on the MasterPods
Thank you The Master Pods for inviting me to the show. Ever wondered how our cities are planned? How sustainability can be incorporated into the design of the city? On this week’s episode, Mustafa Sherif tells us about his life story, from being fascinated by architecture to ending up working as an urban planner at…
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My worst investment ever Podcast
I was honored to be part of My Worst Investment Ever podcast and talking about my worst investment ever. Read more and listen to the podcast episode here
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15 minute city on Urbanistica Podcast
After the -𝗶𝘀𝗺 now it is 𝗺𝗶𝗻! Tactical urbanism, New urbanism, Sustainable urbanism, collaborative urbanism, etc … After -𝗶𝘀𝗺, are we moving toward 𝗺𝗶𝗻? from Paris we have the 15 min city, here in Sweden the 1 min city. Are we going to see a 0,5 min city? As an Urban Planner & running Urbanistica Podcast I am exploring…
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Jävla kritiker
Med avstamp i utställningen Jävla Kritiker! som visas på Färgfabriken, där den vanliga processen vänts om och arkitekturkritiker skrivit texter utifrån vilka arkitekter skapat arkitektur, hålls en presentation om olika sätt att utöva kritik och dess roll i arkitekturens och stadens utveckling. Inledning med en kort historisk sammanfattning av arkitekturkritiken i Sverige:CLAES CALDENBY, professor emeritus…
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Gather Deep Talk
There were 25+ rooms on the #clubhouse with 80+ speakers talking about different topics and not only urban planning and design. Of course, I couldn’t miss being part of one of the world’s first audio festivals. I couldn’t miss being part of making future even by audio. Urbanistica Podcast hosted a room and I was the moderator. We…
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The winner of ENABLER OF THE YEAR AWARD
So grateful to recieveENABLER OF THE YEAR AWARD by Sveriges Arkitekter (the Swedish Architects Association) Thank you to all who have contributed to this amazing journey, listeners, guests and partners of the Urbanistica Podcast Sveriges Arkitekter puts the spotlight on the industry’s everyday heroes. They therefore hand out awards to individuals or groups, who have gone that extra…
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Peacemakers Pakistani Storytelling – Mustafa Sherif | Making it Happen Episode 08
I am so happy to be part of this great placemaking serie. Thank you Azbah Ansari for inviting me. Mustafa Sherif is the founder and the host of the international smart city podcast Urbanistica. He is also working as an urban planner with focus on social sustainability at AFRY in Stockholm, Sweden. He is content…
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Skill-insight Sweden storyboard with Mustafa sherif
Mustafa was interviewed by Cristina Söderberg. Cristina is an Entrepreneur, Strategist, Public Speaker, Tedx Speaker Coach , an expert in Communication & Leadership. The interview was part of the STORYBOARD project. STORYBOARD aims to bring storytelling to a whole new level: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT This is the place where exceptional individuals inspire us with highlights of their amazing…
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Can podcasts change our cities? URBCAST
I have the pleasure to be part of the second URBCAST podcast episode in english. Thank you Marcin Żebrowski for having me in this great podcast. Below you can read the transcript of our talk written by Marcin. Here you can find the original article and also do not forget to listen to the episode.…
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A Placemaking Leader
My WHY in life is basically creating citiesforpeople / citiesforkids. I will do what I can to make this happen. Officially, I am a leader of Placemaking EuropeThis will be a fantastic journey. I will be one of the front-runners in Europe, who together accelerate placemaking as a way to create healthy, inclusive, and beloved…
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Barnkonventionens födelsedag med Åsa Lindgren
Barnkonventionens födelsedag 20 november 🎉 Den 20 november 1989 antogs FN:s konvention om barnets rättigheter och i många länder världen och i Sverige firas därför 20 november som den stora barndagen. Jag poddar och firar #barndagen tillsammans med bästa Åsa Lindgren. Åsa ger tips och råd på hur barnkonventionen integreras i olika verksamheter och hur…
Keep readingInterviewed by The Swedish Institute.
#urbanplanning is about making #citiesforpeople. We do it by involving people and making them part of an #urbandevelopment story rather than forcing them to be part of it. Today I was interviewed by Polina Agarkova and Alexandra Selivanova from the The Swedish Institute. This interview is a part of a social media content to increase the awareness of Swedish value and way of life.…
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Listen to kids
How do children face their challenges with education, health, poverty, violence and participation during #COVID19 ? Did we adults forget about children’s right and just think about ourselves and our business? UNICEF Sweden and The Swedish Institute called out to all #children of the world. The aim was to get help to #design , test and implement ideas that could help improve life during…
Keep readingPredict the unpredictable book AFRY
#smartcities for whom ⁉️ As an urban planner I am very passionate about plannig cities for people. At the same time #Iot #AI #5G #ecommerce are being part of our cities. But will cities be created only for #technology? or? Where are we heading? I just finish reading this highly recommend book: Predicting the unpredictable.…
Keep readingThank you Landskapslaget
I am very thankful for Landskapslaget (#Urbanplanning and #landscapearchitecture studio) for believing in me and supporting #UrbanisticaPodcast as an international platform to inspire people in all around the world about the making of smarter and more livable cities. It’s has been 8 months of fantastic collaboration. I am also grateful for my first guest Anna…
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KTH University Lecture
Social and urban justice! Planning cities for #children ? #women? #People? It is a big pleasure to be part of the introduction course for Sustainable Urban Planning and Design Master students in Kungliga Tekniska högskolan Associate professor at #KTH, Meike Schalk talked about planning cities from the female perspective. Associate professor and lecturer in Ethnology…
Keep readingAFRY is my destination.
I am so honored, proud and grateful to be chosen to be an active part of #makingfuture. AFRY is an international #engineering, #design and advisory company that supports to progress in #ustainability and digitalisation . 17,000 devoted experts within the fields of infrastructure, industry and energy, operating across the world to create sustainable solutions for future generations. 2020-10-01 will be my first day of makingfuture in AFRY Sweden.…
Keep readingMy COVID19 travel budget
Never let a serious crisis go to waste. COVID19. I didn’t #travel at all this year due to the #pandemic. So I decided to invest #traveling budget in buying professional #podcast equipment Officially now I upgraded to #Urbanisticapodcast 2.0 Keep up the good work.Keep loving cities. Greetings / Mustafa Sherif
Keep readingChild Friendly Cities x KTH
Kungliga Tekniska högskolan & Landskapslaget ABToward more child friendly cities. I am preparing presentations and exercises. It is part of the Master program Sustainable Urban Planning and Design. I will share practical experiences and talk about WHY developing Child Friendly #Cities is so important and HOW do we do that? During the various projects I met with, LISTENED to,…
Keep readingUrbanistica and Placemaking Europe collaboration
I am so happy to start this collaboration. Placemaking Europe is excited to announce the partnership with the Urbanistica podcast. Within the partnership with Placemaking Europe Urbanistica will record special episodes with the Placemaking Europe leaders, PlaceCiy members, and our partners. The focus will be on sharing the best practices, discussing the ideas and processes…
Keep readingUrbanistica Podcast and H22 Smart City Helsingborg collaboration
I have the pleasure to introduce #Urbanisticapodcast collaboration with H22 – The making of a smarter city in Helsingborg city, south of Sweden. I will interview creative people and together we will share interesting stories about H22 Smart City journey. Big thanks for the fantastic partnership manager Caroline Nilsson and for the great marketing manager…
Keep readingA silent scroller inom Arkitektur och Stadsutveckling
Nu läser jag förra månadens tidningar som jag har missat bland annat tidningen #Arkitekten och tidskriften #Stad. Där finns väldigt intressanta projekt, artiklar, krönikor, reflektioner inom olika teman med fokus på hållbarhet och COVID19. Jag blir glad av att se så många engagerade personer från branschen brinner verkligen för en hållbar arkitektur och stadsutveckling. De…
Keep readingCOVID19 METRO
In #Stockholm the metro is so empty during the summer. It’s almost like a public library, maybe even more silent than the public library to read a #book. This is happening due to #COVID19 situation and many people are on their summer vacations and not being in the capital city. * I am taking the…
Keep readingSveriges Arkitekter + Mustafa Sherif
Jag har äran att vara med i ett nytt avsnitt av Tre minuter om… Denna gång delar jag som stadsplanerare från Landskapslaget med mig av vad som är min största utmaning i arbetslivet med anledning av coronapandemin. Anmäl dig via formuläret om du vill skicka din video.
Keep readingStockholmslöftet
#stockholmslöftet x #urbanisticapodcast Tillsammans tar vi ansvar för att hålla staden öppen och levande i sommar. Jag tror på Stockholmslöftet och tar ansvar för att staden ska kunna hållas öppen och levande i sommar. Öppen stad – allas ansvar! Jag håller Stockholmslöftet och hoppas att du gör det också. Bra initiativ ❤ Joina oss http://www.stockholmsloftet.se Lyssna på…
Keep readingSummer vacation covid19
My lovely #network I have a few words for you before I start my summer vacation: We all had 6 months of a very tuff semester. We lost many people whom we love. We still can’t hug our parents. We have been in-house for so many days and even months. It’s not easy at all. But we…
Keep readingFaceTheClimateEmergency
OPEN LETTER AND DEMANDS TO EU AND GLOBAL LEADERS#FaceTheClimateEmergency .This letter has been sent to all EU leaders and heads of state on 16 July 2020: You must stop pretending that we can solve the climate- and ecological crisis without treating it as a crisis. Over 80 000 have now signed our open letter to #EU –…
Keep readingWe are humans not robots!
Thank you Teams/Zoom/Skype, but I miss IRL so much. I was collecting screenshots from the different meetings that I had during the first 2 weeks of COVID19 pandemic in the end of March 2020. I thought it will take only 2 weeks and then we will be back to meet IRL. I was so excited…
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