Allan Cochrane, The Open University Presented to Towards a sustainable and just city region? Conference, TU Berlin, November 2013

 Learning from elsewhere  Viewing elsewhere from here - problem definitions and questions  Dangers of laboratory metaphor  Looking for ways of allowing elsewhere to speak for itself – the challenge of learning to listen  The possibilities of policy mobility

 Defining the capital city – does it always mean the same?  Defining and questioning the metropolitan region  Greater South East or Greater London  Berlin-Brandenburg  Paris-Île-de-France or beyond  Systems of planning, systems of governance

 Importance of thick description – delivering case studies  Questioning assumptions and understanding context  Just because it works there, that does not mean it will work here  BUT also acknowledging echoes and shared challenges