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Policy Briefing Articles from IPPO

  1. Lessons from research: what can cities do to help young people move into and sustain decent work?

    Lessons from research: what can cities do to help young people move into and sustain decent work?

    August 31, 2022

    In advance of our hybrid event in Manchester on Young people’s urban futures: what is insecure work like and what can cities do? on Thursday, 8th September at 4 pm BST, Fiona Christie of Manchester Metropolitan University’s Decent Work and Productivity Research Centre discusses findings from her research projects about young people and work.  The two projects were based in Greater Manchester in the UK and discuss what the extraordinary shock of Covid-19 meant for young people’s lives.  They set out what can be learnt from this unique period for future social...

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  2. Mental Health in the City: Five Key Takeaways

    Mental Health in the City: Five Key Takeaways

    August 26, 2022

    IPPO Cities convened a policy roundtable to explore insights from the pandemic for city policymakers around mental health.  The event discussed how mental health is critical for a place’s productivity, resilience, and economic development, as well as hearing examples of innovative place-based strategies to promote wellbeing. Jeremy Williams Here are five key takeaways from the discussion. 1. Place matters The interface between people and the urban environment is fundamental for mental health.  Place fundamentally shapes our personalities, how we feel, and who we are.  While we have always known this, this insight...

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  3. IPPO Cities at the World Urban Forum: Key Takeaways

    IPPO Cities at the World Urban Forum: Key Takeaways

    August 12, 2022

    Carla Washbourne reports from the World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland on IPPO Cities’ panel on urban observatories. Carla Washbourne IPPO Cities co-organised a global networking event for urban observatories at the World Urban Forum 11, in Katowice, Poland, as part of the City360 events space curated by the Urban Policy Observatory. It sought to bring together those working in and with observatories, and institutions providing observatory like functions, to get to know each other, discuss common challenges and promote the UN-Habitat Global Urban Observatories (GUO) Network as a platform for cooperation...

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