Fatime Barbara Hegyi, PhD

Author • Urban Strategist • Speaker • Artist • Dreamer

Reimagining cities as living systems of well-being, innovation, and hope

✨ Every vision begins with a shared step. I’m glad you’re here — let’s build what’s next, together.

The Learning Hub

Explore the Future of Cities Learning Hub — where knowledge builds better cities, and questions shape tomorrow.
Here, you’ll find data-driven insights, creative frameworks, and tools that empower transformation.
Let’s make learning a movement.

Speaking bio

I speak about cities not as structures, but as stories — of people, possibilities, and political will.
My talks inspire leaders to look beyond policy silos and find courage in collaboration.
The goal is simple: to transform awareness into agency, and vision into action.

Books

Here, you’ll find two very different journeys — one into the heart of cities, the other into the heart itself.
From the data-driven vision of The Future of Cities to the intimate reflections of Disregard. From me.,
each book explores what it means to be human — together and in place.

Artworks

The canvas where the hidden corners of my mind, the whispers of my senses, and the echoes of my memories come to life. It’s a place where emotions find their voice.A space where intuition becomes color and memory takes form.

My artworks are fragments of thought and feeling — moments that words could never hold.


Each piece is both a question and a quiet answer from within.

Publications

Grounded in data and guided by purpose, my publications span the fields of cities, innovation, and evaluation systems.

These publications trace my journey through the science of cities, places and connections — where data becomes insight and analysis turns into meaning.