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Dr Katherine Maxwell appointed as a Kellogg College Visiting Fellow

We are delighted to announce that Dr Katherine Maxwell has been appointed as a Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College and will be based at the GCHU where she will contribute to the centre’s reports, publications and events, and represent the…

14 Sep

The Imaginary People who will Fix Britain’s Buildings

This blog by GCHU intern, Moli Birkinshaw, argues that Britain’s ambitious plans to retrofit millions of buildings face a major obstacle of not having enough skilled workers with the right expertise and calls for sustained investment in training, stronger industry standards, and policies that create reliable demand for retrofit.

07 Sep

Planning for Health: Lessons from the New Towns

In this blog, GCHU intern, Grace Baldauf, explores lessons from the UK’s New Towns, showing how urban planning can support health through green spaces, walkability, recreation, and access to healthcare; highlighting the need to plan for the long-term health and changing needs of communities.

02 Sep

Imagined Community: is village life just a dream for people in modern towns and cities?

In this blog, GCHU intern, Greta Stone details ways in which the social functions of historic settlements can influence and be adapted to produce newer, often larger modern developments.

01 Sep

Data centres: How bad can they really be?

This blog by GCHU intern, Ronan Wilkinson, examines the environmental and public-health impacts of data centres, particularly their growing energy and water demands driven by the rapid development of AI.

26 Aug

Exploring the significance of cross-industry collaboration when building new towns

Drawing on the findings of a scoping review, this blog by GCHU intern, Ava Peralta, argues that the transformative potential of cross-industry collaboration in urban built environment is limited not only by practical and behavioural challenges, but also by a shallow diversity of ontological perspectives.

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