Podcast: how can cities scale drone use?

06.05.2025
Podcast: how can cities scale drone use?. 06.05.2025. To discuss the present and future of urban air mobility, we are joined by Renske Martijnse-Hartikka, Senior Project Manager for Smart Mobility at Forum Virium Helsinki, and Jaanus Müür, a researcher at TalTech’s Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance. Together with our guests, we explore key questions such as: Why are cities engaging with drones? What are the challenges of drone-related developments in urban environments? How is the CITYAM project supporting cities in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Germany in governing their airspace? What does the future hold for drones in cities? The podcast is hosted by Peeter Vihma, researcher at the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance. You can also tune in to the podcast on Spotify.
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Renske Martijnse-Hartikka and Jaanus Müür join host Peeter Vihma to discuss how cities can manage and scale urban drone operations.

Renske Martijnse-Hartikka and Jaanus Müür join host Peeter Vihma to discuss how cities can manage and scale urban drone operations.

As drones become an increasingly common sight in urban airspace, what role do cities play in managing and scaling their operations? In this episode of TalTech's "Innovation and Governance" podcast, we turn our attention to the skies above our cities – spaces that are rapidly becoming populated with drones.

To discuss the present and future of urban air mobility, we are joined by Renske Martijnse-Hartikka, Senior Project Manager for Smart Mobility at Forum Virium Helsinki, and Jaanus Müür, a researcher at TalTech’s Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance.

Together with our guests, we explore key questions such as:

  • Why are cities engaging with drones?

  • What are the challenges of drone-related developments in urban environments?

  • How is the CITYAM project supporting cities in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Germany in governing their airspace?

  • What does the future hold for drones in cities?

The podcast is hosted by Peeter Vihma, researcher at the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance.

You can also tune in to the podcast on Spotify.

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