A research team from the GCHU and Primary Care has been awarded funding from the University’s OPEN Network to explore a new community engagement method developed in Oxford, called “Listening Exchanges”. The aim of the Listening Exchanges approach is to…
New Challenges on the Urban Periphery
Dr Juliet Carpenter, GCHU’s Director of Research, outlines the launch of a new AHRC-funded project in Paris.
Co-Creation, Challenging Boundaries: A Conference and Special Issue on arts-based methods
GCHU Research Fellow Dr Juliet Carpenter reports from the final Conference of the Horizon 2020 ‘Co-Creation’ project exploring the importance of understanding experiential and embodied ways of knowing, including creative and arts-based approaches to participation within urban planning
#StreetVoice Citizens’ Jury – OCC Scrutiny meeting
An update on project progress as the report for the Street Voice Citizens’ Jury is due to be discussed at Oxfordshire County Council’s ‘Performance & Corporate Services’ Overview & Scrutiny Committee meeting on 30th September 2022.
Why is Play Important?
“Why is Play Important?” – Dr Juliet Carpenter summarises the GCHU’s work in the ‘Science Together’ programme which has led to the recently published report on the importance of Play in Oxfordshire.
#StreetVoice Citizens’ Jury – OCC Cabinet meeting
An update on project progress after the initial report for the Street Voice Citizens’ Jury was discussed at Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet meeting on 19th July 2022.
GCHU in conversation with ‘Healthy Cities and Communities’ at the World Economic Forum
Dr Juliet Carpenter (GCHU Research Fellow) writes on her recent meeting with the Healthy Cities and Communities team of the World Economic Forum.
Just and sustainable urban futures: GCHU contributes to international debates
GCHU Research Fellow Dr Juliet Carpenter was involved in three international conferences last week, encompassing diverse but related themes of the ‘Just City’, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in Agenda 2030, and lastly, the goal of ‘Making Urban Transitions’ in the context of urban sustainability
Healthy urban mobility through mural painting
Dr Juliet Carpenter, a GCHU Research Fellow explores the concept of Healthy Urban Mobility through a local project based in the Oxford neighbourhood of Barton.