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Blog Articles from IPPO

  1. Building a better London for everyone: a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners

    Building a better London for everyone: a safer, fairer, greener and more prosperous city for all Londoners

    May 30, 2022

    In advance of delivering a keynote speech at our Urban Recovery Plans event with the Greater London Authority and the London Research and Policy Partnership (LRaPP) on 7 June at 3 pm BST, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard, London’s Deputy Mayor for Communities and Social Justice, writes for IPPO Cities. Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard The context for London’s recovery is extremely challenging, with growing pressures on the cost of living for many Londoners, especially those on the lowest incomes. This crisis has exposed long-standing inequalities in our society; disproportionately affecting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic...

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  2. Notes from Bilbao: why is it necessary to incorporate psychology in urban planning?

    Notes from Bilbao: why is it necessary to incorporate psychology in urban planning?

    May 24, 2022

    Idoia Postigo, General Director of Bilbao Metropoli-30, writes for IPPO Cities on the emotional life of the city and calls for a more holistic urban planning. Idoia Postigo Living in an urban environment is one of the defining characteristics which unites many of the planet’s inhabitants at the present time. The city represents the daily environment in which an increasing proportion of people live each year. However, of the estimated 107 billion people who have existed in the history of mankind, only a few have lived in the city, with the urban...

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  3. To Learn the Lessons, the COVID-19 Public Inquiry Must Consider the Experiences of Migrants During the Pandemic 

    To Learn the Lessons, the COVID-19 Public Inquiry Must Consider the Experiences of Migrants During the Pandemic 

    May 19, 2022

    Matteo Besana is the COVID-19 Advocacy Project Lead for Doctors of the World UK Matteo Besana Earlier in the year, the government published the draft Terms of Reference for the forthcoming public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic which will examine the UK Government’s response to the pandemic with the hope of learning the lessons from the pandemic and informing the government’s preparations for the future. Here at Doctors of the World we believe that key to this exercise, and to the work of the Inquiry, is to consider the experiences and the...

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