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Anna Williams: My experience as a GCHU Summer Intern

BA Geography student Anna Williams joined the GCHU on a four-week Summer Internship where she took on the role of Student Research Associate.

In this blog, Anna summarises her experiences of working in the GCHU research team and her advice for any students considering applying for future placement opportunties.

Join the team: Postdoctoral Researcher vacancy

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Global Centre for Healthcare and Urbanisation (GCHU) team at Kellogg College as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

Urban Planetary Health: A Scoping Review

GCHU summer intern and Student Research Associate Anna Williams with support from Dr Astrid Krisch conducted a scoping review outlining the research agenda, focus and direction of the newly emerging notion of Urban Planetary Health.

“Deliberative Democracy: How can it support us in our work?” A workshop for local government

Dr Juliet Carpenter GCHU Director of Research and Senior Research Fellow Email: gchu@kellogg.ox.ac.uk Local authority leaders are increasingly challenged to engage meaningfully with citizens around contentious policy issues. Recent years have seen a growing mistrust of democratic institutions, and scepticism…

The economic impacts of green and blue infrastructure: a long-term view

GCHU Intern Hope Steadman, an MSc Nature, Society and Environmental Governance student at the University of Oxford, discusses the economic impact of GBI (green and blue infrastructure).

Spring School on Climate Citizens’ Assemblies

GCHU Research Associate, Dr Alison Chisholm describes her experience of participating in a conference bringing together practitioners, scholars and advocates of citizens’ assemblies and citizens’ juries from across Europe.

Better Housing

GCHU Co-Director Professor Carl Heneghan discusses the results of the recent ONS report on the impact of winter pressures in Great Britain.

Brownfield Redevelopment: The end of urban expansion?

GCHU Intern Alex Csaky, a BA Archaeology and Anthropology student at the University of Oxford, discusses the potential benefits of brownfield redevelopment in addressing the issues facing urban areas worldwide.

Key urban challenges and their unequal impact on health

GCHU Intern Anna Todsen, an MSc Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation student at the University of Oxford, discusses key urban challenges for major cities and their impact on human health.

The ‘human’ cost – assessing the benefits of green and blue infrastructures for improved health and well-being

GCHU Intern and MSc Evidence-Based Health Care student Christine Waddell assesses the benefits of blue-green infrastructure on human and environmental health.

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