The Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation (GCHU) at Kellogg College seeks to make urban centres environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable, and to provide an environment that supports and sustains health and wellbeing.
Our interdisciplinary approach embraces sustainable urban development and evidence-based healthcare to undertake research, education and foster collaboration in these disciplines.
Latest news
Reimagining Florence Park Exhibition
Join the GCHU, in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University, for the opening of the Reimagining Florence Park exhibition. The exhibition will present outcomes from the ENACT project community workshops exploring more liveable neighbourhoods through immersive technologies.
Location: The Glass Tank, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP
Exhibition dates: 25-27 March 2026, 10.00-5.00pm
Opening Event and Drinks: Wednesday 25 March, 5.30-7.00pm.
Seminar on Urban Form, Nature and Health
On February 26th, GCHU hosted a hybrid seminar on the theme "Urban Form, Nature and Health: Can We Measure Cities’ Habitability in a Climate Crisis? " Led by GCHU Global Visiting Research Associate, Dr Karol Carminatti Baumgärtner, this interdisciplinary seminar brought together researchers and practitioners to explore how urban form, environmental systems and governance choices shape the long-term habitability of cities. The event examined strategic planning, spatial configuration and urban processes from international perspectives, with particular attention to the Global South, especially Brazil.
New blogs published
Read our recent blogs by GCHU interns Hannah Smith and Hannah Poultney following their internship on the relationship between sustainable urbanism, new towns, supply chains and construction industries.
A key part of this internship research was to study the report of the UK government’s New Towns Taskforce released in September last year. These blogs reflect on the significance of implementing circular economy principles in building sustainable new towns, and some of the lessons learnt from Britain's new towns whose benefits extend beyond providing housing to improving health and well-being.
GCHU Public Seminars
The Centre hosts a series of seminars – open to the public – throughout the year. These lively discussions bring together a panel of speakers to address contemporary, and often controversial, issues in healthcare and urbanisation.