How Do Cities Really Work? City Walks for Youth

The City Walks for Youth invite final-year undergraduate students to explore their own cities through an analytical lens. Designed to bring fresh perspective to familiar streets, spaces, and systems, these walks encourage participants to look beyond the everyday and examine the forces that shape urban life.

Rooted in the IIHS pedagogical approach, the City Walks introduce participants to key themes explored across IIHS University’s Master’s programmes.Through on-ground observation, guided inquiry, and reflective engagement with everyday urban spaces, participants examine how cities function socially, culturally, spatially, and environmentally – guided by urban practitioners, local experts, IIHS researchers and practitioners.

By offering first-hand exposure to the interconnected, and often unseen, dynamics of urban systems, the City Walks serve as  an enlightening experience, an invitation to think more deeply about one’s city—how it works, who it works for, and how participants might contribute to its future through study and practice.

Step into your city. Walk, question, and discover!

Explore one of three curated City Walks for Youth, led by urban practitioners, researchers, and local experts. Choose your city, review the walk details below, and sign up to participate. Each walk is free to attend with a group size of 30, so limited seats are available.