Join the GCHU!

We're offering an additional two places on our 2025-26 Visiting Global Research Associate programme which aims to foster international collaborations with individuals and institutions working in relevant areas of urban health.

Find out more at: www.gchu.org.uk/get-involved...

📝New GCHU Blog:

GCHU Visiting Global Research Associate Dr Tashanna Walker shares reflections from her time in Oxford, exploring the intersections of urban security, redevelopment, and postcolonial resilience in Kingston, Jamaica.

Read it at: www.gchu.org.uk/2025/07/urba...

New blog! GCHU Research Associate @timothyjdixon.bsky.social explores the evolution of the smart city concept and why in an era of escalating climate, social, and economic shocks, cities must go beyond tech-driven solutions to become adaptive urban systems

Read it at www.gchu.org.uk/2025/07/what...

📜 New Blog 📜 GCHU Research Associate Dr Alison Chisholm shares insights from the Deliberative Democracy and Climate Justice panel discussion held in Oxford as part of the Right Here Right Now global summit.

Read the full blog and access the event recording at: www.gchu.org.uk/2025/06/deli...

Join us on 30th June for an open, interdisciplinary dialogue as we discuss "Can Temporary Use of Urban Spaces Improve Urban Health and Well-being?"

Lunch and refreshments provided for attendees.

Find out more and register to attend for free at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/can-tempor...

Have you registered for our GCHU Public Seminar at
@kelloggoxford.bsky.social? We will be discussing 'Designing Urban Futures: Can Communities Prosper Under Net Zero?'

📅 Wed 18 June
🕑 5:30pm

Find out more and register to attend at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...

In our latest blog, MMath student Callum Young walks through the findings of his spring internship with the GCHU, exploring the complex challenges of development in Oxford and whether making better use of empty homes can alleviate tensions in housing.

Read it at: www.gchu.org.uk/2025/05/inte...

🧭Calling urban health researchers! The GCHU invites applications for the 2025-26 Visiting Global Research Associates programme.

Find out more and apply: www.gchu.org.uk/get-involved...

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📝In our latest blog, GCHU intern and MSc Nature, Society and Environmental Governance student Amrin Golam revisits the UK’s long-standing ambition to design urban spaces that harmonise housing, employment, and green space.

Read it and find out more at: www.gchu.org.uk/2025/05/drea...

Join the GCHU and a panel of expert speakers next Wednesday at @kelloggoxford.bsky.social as we discuss "How can we solve the housing crisis without sacrificing the planet?" in partnership with the Oxfordshire Community Land Trust.

Find out more and register at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...

📝New GCHU Internship Blog

In "Banking on Better Cities: Financing Sustainable Urban Growth" GCHU intern Maria Chow explores diverse financial models used across the Global North and South to fund sustainable urban development.

Read the full blog at: www.gchu.org.uk/2025/04/bank...

In our latest blog, GCHU Research Associate Dr Alison Chisholm shares insights into the recently concluded Oxfordshire citizens’ assembly on transport and travel.

Read it and access the full archive of GCHU blogs at: www.gchu.org.uk/2025/03/tran...

Have you registered to attend our seminar at @kelloggoxford.bsky.social next week yet? Find out more and sign up to attend for free at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-o...

Join us at @kelloggoxford.bsky.social next month on 12th March for our next GCHU Public Seminar where we will discuss "Building our way out of the housing crisis: can regions work?"

Speakers will be announced shortly.

Find out more and register to attend at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-o...

What are you listening to today?

The GCHU has launched a podcast series hosted by GCHU Research Associate and @kelloggoxford.bsky.social Visiting Fellow Dr Katherine Maxwell discussing COP29 outcomes for sustainable cities.

Access the RSS feed and Spotify links at www.gchu.org.uk/2025/01/gchu...

❗Speaker annoucement❗

Have you registered for our next GCHU Public Seminar? Join us at 5:30pm on Wed 22 Jan at @kelloggoxford.bsky.social to discuss 'Can polarisation be addressed through community dialogue?'

Register and find out more at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/can-polari...