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A new blog titled ‘Bridging the design / finance divide’ has been published by Prof. Matthew Carmona.

Intro: Urban design aspirations do not exist in a bubble. The most creative design solutions will be of little value if economic systems fail to allow for their implementation. Urban design outcomes and processes will always be shaped by the availability of economic resources and the nature of financing instruments for projects.

The paper 'Urban Design and Planning Participation in the Digital Age: Lessons from an Experimental Online Platform' by Stephen Marshall, David Farndon, Andrew Hudson-Smith, Athanasios Kourniotis and Nikos Karadimitriou has been published in Smart Cities journal.

The paper reports on a JPI Urban Europe/ESRC project 'Incubators of Public Spaces', which involves creating a 3D urban design software linked to an online participatory platform for use by local residents to enable them to generate and share design ideas for their housing estate, at Pollards Hill, south London.

The paper reports on some of the challenges and lessons learned encountered in putting the platform into practice, shedding light on participatory planning in the digital age.

We are delighted to announce our MRes Interdisciplinary Urban Design Exhibition, Research Catalogue launch and Opening of our Research Seminar Series, celebrating 10 years of MRes IdUD research excellence at the Bartlett School of Planning!

Prof. Peter Rees is featured as an expert sharing insights in the article 'Debacle over Sphere in London spotlights UK’s problem with planning' published in The Guardian.

Former Interdisciplinary Urban Design MRes student Irene Manzini shares how the MRes helped her advance into PhD studies.

Professor Catalina Turcu attended the UNEP’s 7th Global Environment Outlook Assessment (GEO-7) Authors Meeting in Vienna, to coordinate a team of scientists in preparing the GEO-7 final chapter, 'Driving the Transformation’.

Professor Catalina Turcu has received funding for the project titled 'Climate Adaptation and Health Co-benefits of Green Infrastructure in the London Borough of Islington (CRAFTIslington)'.

Congratulations to Valentina Giordano on her successful application to UCL Changemakers Dialogue.

ChangeMakers Dialogue facilitates conversations between staff and students about an element of education as a way of developing shared understandings about that topic. Topics for the dialogue will be based on arising challenges and opportunities at UCL or within the sector.

Valentina aims to explore the integration of AI tools in the way BSP teaches Graphic Skills, with the goal of developing a series of resources for the BSP Graphic Skills portal. She is also in the process of recruiting 2 UG students from BPLN0078 to collaborate with her on the project in Term 3.

We’re delighted to announce that BSP's Professor Catalina Turcu will be joining UCL's team at COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held from 30 November to 12 December in the United Arab Emirates.

Professor Catalina Turcu has been invited to take part in a high-level foresight workshop organised by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Brussels on 12th Oct 24: Strategic outlook into EU’s 2024-2029 policy priorities: exploring alternative scenarios for the environment

Professor Catalina Turcu gave the plenary at the European Network of Housing Research (ENHR) conference in Lodz, Poland 28-30 June 2023