Lauren Razavi

Lauren Razavi is a freelance journalist based in Norwich, England. She writes about technology, innovation, sustainability and the future.

Science

FUTURE CITIES: Perth

Western Australia's capital is getting creative about water.

ByLauren Razavi
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FUTURE CITIES | Amsterdam

How the Dutch capital became the world's first sharing city.

ByLauren Razavi
Science

FUTURE CITIES: Helsinki

It takes a village to build a smart city.

ByLauren Razavi
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FUTURE CITIES: Vancouver

How a city built for car owners is changing its ways.

ByLauren Razavi
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FUTURE CITIES | Pittsburgh

An industrial city welcomes the driverless revolution with mixed results.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Dublin

Make Ireland green again!

ByLauren Razavi
Science

FUTURE CITIES | Dubai

Can a Sheikh's determination save the Middle East's pleasure dome from a second-place finish?

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Copenhagen

H.C. Andersens Boulevard is a black mark on a green city. Technologists aim to scrub it off.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Flint, Michigan

One city's water problem could lead to a solution for many cities' water problems

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Edinburgh

The birthplace of the invisible hands wants to be seen as the center of a financial revolution.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | San Antonio

Forget the Alamo, Texas's "other city" is booming.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Jaipur

India's OG smart city is at it again.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Casablanca

The would-be financial hub of Africa is making the case for investment to the whole world.

ByLauren Razavi
Science

The Unnerving Future of Employee Monitoring

We don't just produce products. We produce data. And there's nothing we can do about it.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

How Modern Offices Suppress Free Expression

Don't equate open plans with open minds.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Rio de Janeiro

The Olympics are over, and the Cidade Maravilhosa needs to find a way to light itself without a torch.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Shenzhen

Workers in the world capital of electronics manufacturing have started a patent-free technology insurgency.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Masdar

Abu Dhabi's bid for relevance in the age of sustainability is a supremely expensive theme park for nervous futurists.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Bristol

The biggest smart home in Britain is a city with talkative lamp posts.

ByLauren Razavi
Culture

FUTURE CITIES | Tokyo

In Japan's capital, an unusual immigrant class is capitalizing on race and economic uncertainty.

ByLauren Razavi