Sarah Barns is an urbanist, researcher and cyclist based in Sydney. She is the author of Platform Urbanism: Negotiating Platform Ecosystems in Connected Cities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).
Books & arts
Why the rush?
Sarah Barns
21 January 2023
A new book about urban mobility invites us to think differently about our streets: who do they belong to, what are they for, who gets to decide?
Essays & reportage
“If we care for Country, it will care for us”
Sarah Barns
17 August 2021
What happens when the idea of Country is integrated into how Australian cities are planned?
National affairs
Jackhammer nation
Sarah Barns
12 March 2021
Australia has invested heavily in a construction-fuelled recovery, but at what cost?
Essays & reportage
The end of the city? No, not quite
Sarah Barns
16 September 2020
All of a sudden, proximity to the city may no longer be a critical driver of innovation and job creation
Books & arts
What difference can a healthy building make?
Sarah Barns
13 July 2020
Covid-19 has supercharged concerns about how workplaces — and work patterns — are undermining good health
National affairs
Let’s get contact tracing right
Sarah Barns
23 April 2020
How we build these apps is how we’re building our digital future
Essays & reportage
Making space
Sarah Barns
30 March 2020
What does the coronavirus mean for Australian cities?
Essays & reportage
You, me, data and the city
Sarah Barns
18 December 2019
Is the data-rich city taking on a life of its own? And can Hugh Stretton’s Ideas for Australian Cities help us navigate its hazards?
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