Инновации в управлении городской средой

Магистратура 2026/2027

ID 1126675

Статус: Курс обязательный (Городское развитие и управление)

Кто читает: Департамент государственного администрирования

Где читается: Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Санина Анна Георгиевна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 6

Контактные часы: 44

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Abstract

This course explores issues in the development and application of innovative technologies and approaches in the management of the contemporary city. The aim of the course is to provide students with an advanced understanding of what public innovation is, who manage it in the city, for whom and how. The course is inter-disciplinary in nature and is intended to develop knowledge and skills related to successful urban governance in the digital world. It covers many of the cutting edge services, solutions and products that help to reframe the contemporary urban management for the city and citizens’ sake. The course consists of three parts. The first part presents the theoretical framework of innovation in the contemporary urban management. It stresses the importance of transition from public administration to the management of the urban environment, and shows the role of governance innovation in this process. The second part focuses on the analysis of the new services, products or approaches that are used in the cities worldwide to improve outcomes for the urban environment. Special attention is paid to innovative ideas and approaches in the public sector and urban governance. A particular focus is made on the challenges of innovations and on the ways to develop institutional conditions within the public sector that can stimulate the implementation and diffusion of innovations in the city. Students learn to understand the innovative ways to manage key areas of urban environment, such as urban energy planning and governance; urban design and planning; housing innovations; public transport and urban mobility. The third part discusses how to manage people, budgets, processes and other resources to improve outcomes for the city. This part provides students with comprehensive tools, methods, processes and structures of resource flexibility for more innovation in the urban environment. Students examine the role of urban analytics for management of the urban environment; discuss the prospective skills of urban managers in the contemporary world. A particular focus is made on the importance of citizen engagement and building the city community to improve the design, management and public programs for innovations.

Learning Objectives

To develop a theoretical framework of innovation in the contemporary urban management.
To learn new services, products or approaches that are used in the cities worldwide to improve outcomes for the urban environment.
To provide students with comprehensive tools, methods, processes and structures of resource flexibility for more innovation in the urban environment.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Categorizes the innovative services and actions developed by the city government.
Classifies different models and strategies of the “innovative city” development.
Develops an innovative city initiative with its corresponding sources of funding.
Inspects the role and relationships between the different stakeholders in the process of innovation in the urban environment.
Justifies the prospective skills of urban managers.
Reviews different field of application of innovative ways to manage the key areas of urban environment
Understands basic theoretical foundations of innovative process in the urban environment.

Course Contents

Urban management and urban innovation
The innovative ways to manage the key areas of the urban environment
Prospective skills of urban managers

Assessment Elements

Case Hunts
Students analyze selected cases of urban innovation, identify a comparable case, and present a brief comparison based on relevant sources.
Final Innovation Product
In teams, students develop an applied solution to an urban governance problem. The final product may take different formats, such as a prototype, dashboard, game, digital tool, service concept, or implementation model.
Individual Defence
Each student individually presents and discusses the team project and answers questions about its key decisions.
Innovation Colloquium

Interim Assessment

2026/2027 1st module
1 * Innovation Colloquium
2026/2027 2nd module
0.3 * Individual Defence + 0.3 * Case Hunts + 0.4 * Final Innovation Product

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

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Салынская, Т. В. Business and management: Urban communication and practice : учебное пособие / Т. В. Салынская, А. А. Ясницкая. — Москва : Русайнс, 2024. — 178 с. — ISBN 978-5-466-04333-4. — URL: https://book.ru/book/951624 (дата обращения: 01.07.2026). — Текст : электронный.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

"City of the future" : built space, modernity and urban change in Astana, Laszczkowski, M., 2016
The revolutionary city : urbanization and the global transformation of rebellion, Beissinger, M. R., 2022

Authors

Sanina Anna Georgievna

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