Ahead of the next GCHU Public Seminar in January 2026, this blog explores how a more deliberative (or citizen-led) approach to urban health adaptation planning can help create cities that are healthier and more responsive and resilient to climate change.…
Does the government’s target of 1.5 million new homes add up? The role of brownfield, grey belt, and greenfield sites
Timothy J. Dixon – Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading and Visiting Fellow/Research Associate, Kellogg College/GCHU In the run up to the UK Budget on 26th November, this blog explores the data around the Government’s housing target and asks, do…
Venice in Balance: Preserving the Past, Navigating the Present
Architect Marina Resende Gaia de Souza reflects on her experience of the Venice Summer School 2025 This is not a technical analysis, but a personal reflection of what my eyes captured during the two-week summer school Sustainable, Healthy Cities: Building for…
Reflections from the Workshop: The Future of Low Carbon Health and Care
The Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation (GCHU) partnered with the Centre for Personalised Medicine and the National Institute of Health Research Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley, to run a workshop on the Future of Low Carbon Health…
Weaving Sustainability into Venice’s Margins: Reimagining Tronchetto
The project reimagines Venice’s Tronchetto island as a connected, community-centred and ecologically resilient neighbourhood, showing how thoughtful, small-scale interventions can foster meaningful and lasting urban sustainability.
Urban Futures Across Borders: Reflections from a Visiting Research Associate
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, while contributing Caribbean perspectives to global dialogues on urban precarity and policy.
What is an adaptive city and what would it look like if you saw one?
In this blog, GCHU Research Associate Timothy J. Dixon 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.
How can deliberative democracy support climate justice? A panel discussion
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.
Interning at the GCHU: What I Learned About Oxford’s Housing Challenges
GCHU intern Callum Young shares insights from his spring internship placement, exploring Oxford’s housing challenges and the potential of empty homes to ease local pressures.
Dream Cities, Real Costs: Funding the Next Generation of Garden Cities and New Towns
In this blog, GCHU intern Amrin Golam revisits the UK’s long-standing ambition to design urban spaces that harmonise housing, employment, and green space.