As I travel around the country talking to practitioners I’m asked a lot of questions. The one that comes up most frequently is: ‘So, what works?’ Perhaps unsurprising given the name of the Centre but also,…
It is often said that we are living through another period of mass urbanisation – an age in which more and more people, in all regions of the world, are moving from rural towns and villages and trying to make their lives in cities
‘Ordinary Streets’ is a short film based on an ethnographic and visual exploration of the spaces, economies and cultures of ‘street’. Through the lens of Rye Lane in Peckham in south London, the film engages with…
The Urban Living Partnership is seeking applications from consortia which bring together leading cross-disciplinary research expertise, city leaders, businesses, civic organisations and community groups, public, third sector and other urban innovators. Each of the consortia will…
However critical one may be about current categories, diagnosed depression and anxiety have one pattern across city life, and diagnosed psychoses quite another; from diagnoses ranging from suicidality to eating disorders, we find repeated differences across…
The ESRC is investing more than £15 million in research to understand the best ways to help cities to thrive both economically and socially over the next five decades.
New research project, led by Prof. Michael Batty, RESOLUTION: REsilient Systems fOr Land Use TransportatION, joins the UT portfolio. In a context of rapid urban growth, cities across the world are increasingly defined by inequality. This…
The Communities and Local Government (CLG) Committee has announced an inquiry into the Government’s Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill; the means for delivering local “devolution deals”, agreed between combined authorities and central government, such as…
Urban Transformations Co-ordinator, Michael Keith, has been appearing at stakeholder meetings in London and Glasgow designed to explore the pilot phase of a cross-research council initiative called the Urban Living Initiative. More details and a call…
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