In this blog, GCHU Visiting Research Associate Dr Fábio Zuker argues that hydraulic infrastructures extend the urban beyond the city, reshaping Indigenous territories through transformations in hydrology, food systems, and disease ecologies.
Is London’s estate regeneration programme socially and environmentally sustainable?
In this blog, GCHU Research Associate Timothy J. Dixon examines whether continued estate regeneration (such as the Kidbrooke Village project) in London offers sustainable outcomes for residents.
Healthy cities are not built – they are lived: Enactment, negotiation and urban systems in Barton and beyond
In this blog, GCHU Visiting 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 Barton and beyond.
Urban Form, Climate and Health: Reflections from Oxford and the Global South
In this blog, GCHU Global Visiting Research Associate, Dr. Karol Carminatti Baumgärtner, explores how urban form, climate and public health can be integrated to support more effective planning in small and medium-sized cities facing the climate crisis.
Visions for reconstructing Gaza’s urban infrastructure: Phoenix from the ashes?
In this blog, GCHU Research Associate Timothy J. Dixon examines the competing visions for Gaza’s future and looks at the implications for reconstructing urban infrastructure, including health services.
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.
Transport policy? Ask the citizens!
GCHU Research Associate Dr Alison Chisholm shares insight into Oxfordshire citizens’ assembly on transport and travel.
GCHU Podcast Series launched!
The GCHU have today launched a podcast series hosted by GCHU Research Associate and Kellogg College Visiting Fellow Dr Katherine Maxwell discussing COP29 outcomes for sustainable cities. The limited series podcast provides a thought-provoking summary of COP29, drawing on global…