Darren writes the Disrupted Times newsletter and is also the commissioning editor for Thriving Cities, a series that highlights how the world's youth can feed into policies to enable future generations to live healthier and more prosperous urban lives. He was previously an editor on FT world and UK desks and he was the FT.com news editor in New York during the financial crisis. He has also been the writer of the FT's global health newsletter and presenter of the How to Build a Healthy City podcast series.