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.
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“Healthy cities are not built – they are lived: Enactment, negotiation and urban systems in Barton and beyond”. In this blog, GCHU Visiting Global Research Associate, Dr Mirjam Schindler, reflects on how healthy cities are not simply designed, but continuously enacted through everyday socio-spatial practices, negotiation, and wider urban systems, drawing on research from the Barton neighbourhood in Oxford and beyond. Mirjam shares some of the lessons learnt from the walking interviews she had with residents from both newly established Barton Park, and the original Barton neighbourhood.
"Can the Arts Heal?" Video available
GCHU public seminar was held on April 29th, on the topic "Can the arts heal?". Growing evidence suggests that the arts can improve our wellbeing. Many propose that arts have the potential to bring communities together, bridge division, and enrich everyday lives. The four short presentations explored how participation in arts and culture can support health and well-being, how arts can be used to engage clinicians with difficult conversations, and the enduring disparities in access to arts and culture. If you missed the seminar, click below to watch the video recording of the seminar.
Upcoming GCHU Public Seminar- 17th June
Join our next public seminar on " What can we learn from villages and small towns for tomorrow’s sustainable cities? " on 17th June at the Kellogg College. Gathering places, such as villages halls or pubs, open public spaces and town squares underpin many aspects of what might be seen as traditional design, but are also central to sustainable urban development. This seminar explores what we can learn from historic villages and small towns which largely evolved without formal sustainability strategies or policies?
Speakers: To be announced shortly
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.