In a recent blog for BELMAS, PASCAL Associate Professor Nematollah Azizi challenges readers to think beyond technocracy to recentre on collective human flourishing in university- city partnerships in Learning Cities. He presents a partnership approach seeking to embody trust, participation, and shared values justice, consultation, and accountability into governance. Nematollah argues for a governance model grounded in consultation, justice, and stewardship rather than solely in technology and performance metrics. Please find the full blog at this link and look out for a related paper in a forthcoming issue of the International Review of Education - Azizi, N. & Osborne, M. (2026). Decolonizing learning cities for climate resilience: A case study of Sanandaj, Iran