How can we make city life healthier, more social and of course, happier? Is there a scientific formula for a “Happy City”? This AGYA podcast features cities across the Arab region and Germany, from Berlin and Hamburg to Kuwait City and Cairo. Why these cities? You’d be surprised just how many ideas for a happy and healthy city life they have developed - solutions that are worth discovering and transferring to your own community. Our host, Dr. Louise Lambert, is your guide on this exciting adventure. She will be joined by a diverse array of guests, including urban planners, architects, positive psychologists, public health and sustainability experts, engineers, artists, policy-makers and many more.

The first episode in this series is about buzzing and busy Berlin. And stress: the kind that comes from living in a dense and still growing city. Can we better protect the mental health and well-being of residents by minimizing stress factors? The capital of Germany has become a hotspot in the scientific study of urban stress and healthy cities.