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We are excited to announce that UCL Press will publish the renowned Survey of London series, starting with University College London: The Bloomsbury Campus in Spring 2026.

Learn more: bit.ly/48i8haI

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UCL Press to publish the Survey of London series
Discover the Survey of London’s new open-access chapter with UCL Press. The first volume, University College London: The Bloomsbury Campus, launches Spring 2026, celebrating UCL’s architectural herita...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Citizen scientists shaping their own communities 🤝

In our latest Bartlett Review article, Joseph Cook (IGP) alongside London council representatives, explore the importance of citizen science.

https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/training-citizens-to-shape-their-own-communities-and-cities/index.html
Training citizens to shape their own communities and cities
Training citizens to shape policy through research benefits our communities, our institutions and local democracy.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📢 New Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality Impact report has launched, co-led by the Bartlett School of Planning's Professor Nick Gallent.

👇 Read the report: www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...
🚀 Just launched! UCL's Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality Impact Report

Celebrating the work of researchers & partners from UCL & beyond to address inequality in all its forms, locally, nationally & globally.

🔗 Find out more & read the report: https://bit.ly/3Ma61e9
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
How can research shape better policy for ‘left-behind’ places? 🌍

Join @UCLPublicPolicy’s Up Close and Policy with Prof John Tomaney on 20 January 2026.

🔗 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/up-close-and-policy-spatial-inequalities-and-place-based-solutions-tickets-1733504802529?aff=oddtdtcreator
Up Close and Policy: Spatial Inequalities and Place-Based Solutions
Reimagining place-based policy with local lessons for global impact with UCL, North East Combined Authority and the OECD
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December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Closing soon! We want to hear from you 📢

Are you New to UCL? Tell us about your experience by 05 December & have a chance to win up to £500. 💷

🚨 Share in 15-20 minutes: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oct/are-you-new-ucl-tell-us-about-your-experience-joining-ucl-and-win-ps500
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New DPU Working Paper! 📢

Introducing DPU Working Paper No. 218, the latest contribution from the Bartlett Development Planning Unit bringing fresh research perspectives to pressing issues.

✅ Full paper: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/nov/dpu-working-paper-no-218
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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UCL’s festive gift guide is live, showcasing unique products from UCL entrepreneurs, all of which have received support from UCL Innovation & Enterprise. 🎄🎁

Discover gifts from bespoke cakes to eco-friendly coffee cups and jewellery made from recycled electronics.

Check it out: bit.ly/48dom2R
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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PhD student Anando Ghosh (@thebartlettucl.bsky.social) is using his @ucl.ac.uk experience to work on environmental justice from India to Brazil and beyond – through Turing funding, Reach Alliance and the Stockholm Trio collaboration.

Read more: bit.ly/43QCCMk

#UCLandIndia
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎙️ New podcast ep: 'Resilient Urbanism'

Tune into the latest episode from The Bartlett Development Planning Unit's Dialogues in Development series, where we explore what it means to design cities that can adapt, survive and thrive.

🔊 Listen now: https://www.mixcloud.com/dpuucl/resilient-urbanism/
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
📢 Professor Matthew Carmona appointed Special Advisor to the House of Lords

Professor Carmona from The Bartlett School of Planning will help guide the inquiry into New Towns: Building Communities.

🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/2025/nov/ucl-professor-appointed-special-advisor-house-lords
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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New research shows that empowered local communities are most effective at responding to crises.

A new report from Lauren Andres @thebartlettucl.bsky.social and Jennifer Constantine takes lessons from COVID-19 for how we build resilience. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
Local communities are shown to respond best in a crisis
From Crisis to Resilience: Radical Transformations for Food Security, Health and Social Justice shows that local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic were effective in supporting resilience and tackling food insecurity.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Fully-funded UCL-EPSRC studentships 🌍

Applications now open for the 2026–27 Landscape Award four year studentships, including within BSSC, BSEER & CASA.

🔗 Apply by 05 January: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epsrc-doctoral-training/prospective-students/ucl-epsrc-landscape-award-uela-studentships
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#COP30: five key takeaways 🌎

In The Conversation, Prof Priti Parikh (BSSC), Prof Mark Maslin & Dr Simon Chin-Yee outline how COP30 failed as an “implementation COP”.

🔗 https://theconversation.com/cop30-five-reasons-the-un-climate-conference-failed-to-deliver-on-its-peoples-summit-promise-269750
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Urban Listening Room, 26 November 🔊

Explore sound, stories & community with Charlie Dark MBE & DIVINE KIND. Supported by The Bartlett Pan-African Indigenist Collective.

🔗 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-urban-listening-room-a-sound-system-session-with-charlie-dark-tickets-1933286755729
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Four researchers from the Bartlett named in Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List 2025 🌟

Profs Dabo Guan, Jing Meng & Zhifu Mi (BSSC) & Jonas De Vos (BSP) have been recognised among the top 1 in 1,000 researchers worldwide.

🔗 Full list: https://clarivate.com/highly-cited-researchers/
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Are you New to UCL? Tell us about your experience & win up to £500! 💷

If you started this academic year (2025–26), we want to hear from you.

🚨 Closes 05 December 2025

📢 Your voice matters: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oct/are-you-new-ucl-tell-us-about-your-experience-joining-ucl-and-win-ps500
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As #COP30 unfolds, we’re spotlighting UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose's new report: State Capacity & Capabilities for a Just Green World 🌿

📗 Read more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/nov/state-capacity-and-capabilities-just-green-world
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Designing Healthier Places 🏙️

For better or worse, our environments shape us. Interviewed for Portico magazine, hear from academics across BSA, IEDE and DPU.

🔗 https://magazine.ucl.ac.uk/autumn-2025/portico-magazine-autumn-2025-ucl/features/designing-healthier-places-portico-magazine-ucl/index.html
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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All eyes on UCL for its 200th birthday. Across 3 nights our Wilkins Building and main Quad will transform into an immersive sound and light experience as UCL illuminated takes us through the history of London’s oldest university. 11–13 Feb 2026 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticketing/app/ev/25074/
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Why We Need a Longer View of London’s High Streets 🛍️

Prof Laura Vaughan, Director of Space Syntax Lab, calls for a centuries-long view of London’s high streets to help revive them.

🔗 https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-need-a-longer-view-of-londons-high-streets/index.html
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
4 reasons why infrastructure should take centre stage at #COP30 🗣️

Read how climate ambition can turn into action with this blog from Prof Priti Parikh & Ashley C W Cheng.

🔗 https://www.ice.org.uk/news-views-insights/inside-infrastructure/why-infrastructure-should-take-centre-stage-cop30
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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❗️#COP30 must be a turning point for delivering on climate goals

The latest paper by IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social & Ulla Heher, launched at #COP30, proposes a mission-oriented approach to country platforms to tackle this challenge.

🔗 Read here: buff.ly/74THJuS
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November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
As the second week of #COP30 unfolds, we're spotlighting 60 years of UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering with our book: Shaping the Sustainable Built Environment in a Changing World 💡

👉 Read: https://issuu.com/thebartlett/docs/shaping_the_sustainable_built_environment_in_a_cha
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Bartlett School of Planning visited Shanghai 🌏🤝

With Profs Mike Raco & Lauren Andres, we visited ECADI, launched a new Urban Regeneration & AI Lab with Shanghai University, spoke at Tongji University's AI for Cities event and reconnected with our UCL alumni community.
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The Urban Listening Room, 26 November 🔊

Explore sound, stories & community with Charlie Dark MBE & DIVINE KIND. Supported by The Bartlett Pan-African Indigenist Collective.

🔗 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-urban-listening-room-a-sound-system-session-with-charlie-dark-tickets-1933286755729
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM