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Change Stories
Global monitoring projects reveal stubborn progress on sustainable and equitable urban development goals, such as reducing inequalities and carbon emissions, leading to increased calls for urban transformation. The Change…
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Community-informed healthy planning policy
Southwark and Lambeth Councils received funding from Impact on Urban Health (formally Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity) to use social research methods to understand location-specific needs across three…
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Urban health indicators
Urban health indicators help us understand the link between local environments and health. Decision-makers can use this data to inform policy and investment. Healthy cities index City governments…
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Evidence use by policy-makers
We explored the use of scientific evidence in government policy and decision-making as part of an international transdisciplinary research project, Complex Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH) funded…
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Maximizing health benefits of urban development
I was the principal investigator of this project, funded by Impact on Urban Health. We used participatory action research methods to support the property team at Guy’s &…
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Housing health risks
Housing quality is an important determinant of health and wellbeing and a major factor in societal health inequities. I have researched housing and health policies on an international…
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