In pursuit of financing a sustainable urban future for all By Professor Kathy Pain, Henley Business School at the University of Reading I’m writing to mark the ‘New Urban Agenda’ UN-Habitat ‘World Cities Day’ on behalf of our specialist research programme investigating and promoting healthier urban planning. This year, the day seeks to observe Read more
DetailsUK government climate policy developments leave a health-shaped gap By Geoff Bates, University of Bath Institute for Policy Research and Krista Bondy, University of Stirling The Prime Minister recently announced his government’s intention to delay and scale down targets for delivering on their net zero and climate agendas. While the public and planetary health Read more
DetailsUnravelling the relationship between urban planning and public health This blog post originally appeared in Blogged Environment and is reposted with the authors permission. By Heeseo Rain Kwon, Kathy Pain, Cecilia Wong and Caglar Koksal Public health, social and economic concerns in tension – The debate The heated debates around clean air and urban Read more
DetailsSix lessons for newly-forming large research consortia This blog post originally appeared in Integration and Implementation Insights and is reposted with the authors permission. By Daniel Black and Geoff Bates What are some key tips for establishing new, large consortia to tackle complex global challenges? What are the best ways to coordinate large groups of Read more
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