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Over 300 municipal leaders study at the LSE through the Urban95 Academy residence week
This week marks the 10th cohort of the Urban95 Academy residence week. In the past 5-years the programme has brought over 300 urban leaders representing 100 city teams from all over the world to London to study at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
29 urban officials from 10 cities arrived in London to take part in five days of intensive in-person teaching, workshops and site visits during the week-long residence in central London.
Mexico City becomes an urban classroom as municipal leaders across Latin America arrive at the Tecnologico de Monterrey
Urban leaders representing ten cities from 7 countries across Latin America arrive in Mexico City for the inaugural cohort of the Urban95 Academy Latin America Programme residence week.
Urban95 Academy expands to Latin America with first regional hub
The Urban95 Academy, a leadership programme for local governments about improving cities for babies, toddlers and their caregivers, is launching a new regional hub programme in Latin America.
Physical space and mobility, the top two challenges for children in 300+ cities
Interview with Katie Beck by Questions for Cities, an online journal supported by the Participatory Urban Design and Development Initiative based in India, for their 75th edition on children in cities.
What challenges do cities face in creating better conditions for early childhood development?
The conditions a child grows up in have lasting impacts on their health, well-being and life outcomes. Katie Beck and Marie Kaune share new findings on what cities say are the biggest challenges they face in creating child-friendly environments on the LSE European Politics and Policy blog.
New publication: Early Childhood Development and Cities
New working paper by Katie Beck and Marie Kaune presenting data from 358 cities teams from 75 countries who have applied to the Urban95 Academy.
Leveraging what we know about Caregiver Wellbeing
Urban95 Academy and LSE Cities host roundtable on caregiver wellbeing to mark Early Childhood Matters launch
Exploring child-friendly urban policy and declining birth rates
The Urban95 Academy participated in an information sharing session with a delegation from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
What does it look like to build child-friendly and care-centred cities?
Katie Beck, Policy Fellow at LSE Cities and Urban95 Academy Manager, joined Miranda Rake and Sarah Wheeler, co-hosts of the Mother Of It All Podcast, to chat about what child-friendly, care-centred city design looks like in practice.