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Courses and workshops you can enrol for today

Foundations of Effective Team Leadership

Foundations of Effective Team Leadership

A live 2-hour workshop on the foundations of effective teams: the six conditions, team launch and re-launch, norms and roles, and meetings that work. Facilitated by Nina Burke.

WorkshopLeadershipTeam designMeetingsCollaboration
Live online workshop · September 17, 2026
GIS and Spatial Analysis for Urban Practitioners

GIS and Spatial Analysis for Urban Practitioners

Learn to collect, analyse and visualise spatial data for real urban projects. Co-produced by All Things Urban.

CourseGISQGISSpatial analysisMapping
Online, self-paced
Previous editions

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These programmes ran to full groups. Join the waitlist and you will be the first to know when the next edition opens, before it is announced anywhere else.

Career Compass

Career Compass

Our career development programme for urbanists: find your direction, position yourself and land the right role in the field, with guidance from people who hire and mentor urbanists every day. Developed, designed and delivered together with Prof. Carolina Cominotti.

CourseCareerPositioningJob searchCV & portfolio
Live cohort · next edition TBA
Advanced Visualisation for Urban Spatial Storytelling

Advanced Visualisation for Urban Spatial Storytelling

Advanced visualisation and AI-aided styling techniques for maps that tell a story.

CourseGISData visualisationAI-aided stylingStorytelling
Live cohort · next edition TBA
AI-Aided Workflows for Urbanists

AI-Aided Workflows for Urbanists

Hands-on training on bringing AI tools into day-to-day urban practice, from research and analysis to visuals, writing and reporting, without losing professional judgement.

CourseAIResearchVisualsReporting
Live cohort · next edition TBA
For teams & organisations

Customised programmes

We design training around your team and your city. Universities, city governments, studios and companies work with us on programmes their people actually use, drawing on our network of expert practitioners across 150+ countries.

  • Tailor-made courses and workshops for your team, online or on site
  • Study tours and site visits, curated and organised end to end
  • Capacity building for public-sector and NGO teams
  • Curated expert sessions: the right practitioner for your exact question
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