Less than four years out, the citywide vision we're supposed to be rallying behind has yet to be revealed by LA28. And now LA's recovery has become inextricably bound to the 2028 deadline that we're all haphazardly hurtling towards without a plan
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Bring your questions about how megaevents impact host cities and join us Monday, December 9 at 2 p.m. on Zoom
Gustavo Lopes dos Santos is an urban planner and researcher at the Center for Territory, Urbanism, and Architecture at the University of Lisbon. He focuses on megaevents, including how temporary and permanent infrastructure impacts local communities. He's also studied how a set of IOC reforms known as Agenda 2020 and Agenda 2020+5 have changed the bidding and hosting landscape for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2022, Gustavo was awarded an Olympic Studies Centre PhD Students and Early Career Academics Research Grant.
When I saw Gustavo present at UCLA's Lake Arrowhead symposium, his research challenged the sustainability claims of some of the marquee projects constructed by Paris for the 2024 games. I knew he'd be the perfect person to bring perspective to LA's complicated legacy promises. We'll discuss his recent publications, including his latest extremely relevant paper examining the effectiveness of "Olympic urbanism" strategies. And we'll look at how LA's hosting duties are progressing compared to other cities Gustavo has studied.
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Torched Talks with Olympic scholar Gustavo Lopes dos Santos
Monday, December 9
2 to 3 p.m. PT
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Gather your questions about fire and water and join us on Tuesday, January 28 at noon on Zoom
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