PASCAL associates, including from key cities in its Learning Cities Network, and Centre for Sustainable, Healthy, Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods collaborator were very pleased on 19 May 2021 to be able to make a contribution to a one-week series of events (see attached programme) organised by the University of Derby in the UK around GCRF issues. Shipi Roy, Mike Osborne, Vincent Manirakiza and Pierre Claver together with Sebutege Ange (Mayor of Huye) all made contributions to a workshop entitled, Learning Cities in development and sustainable recovery: International experiences and the Derby Learning City Campaign chaired by Peter Dewhurst, Director of Strategic Projects, University of Derby.

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In this issue we feature 13 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

Learning cities are challenged by a turbulent environment in which a number of mega changes have interacted to produce an uncertain future. While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is centre stage, the looming impacts of ageing populations and the transition to a longevity society, and the impact on jobs of the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution, including artificial intelligence, have combined to challenge the foundations of our current society.