How Are Major Decisions About Banja Luka’s Future Shape Made?

From the Vrbas riverbank to new electric public transport, the city’s development raises an important question: can we trace the path from a problem and its underlying data, through the project brief and professional criteria, to the decision, responsibility and measurable…

When Persuasive Text Is Not Evidence

As AI systems become better at producing fluent and convincing legal, administrative and civic analysis, a basic question becomes more important: can we still tell what is actually supported by evidence, what comes from a source, what is an inference, and what remains only an…

Who Decides What the City Looks Like? The Vrbas River, the Creative Team and Citizens’ Right to Shape Banja Luka

Banja Luka needed a riverside promenade. But who decided how much of the Vrbas River should be transformed, on what basis, and when citizens were given a meaningful chance to take part in that decision?