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In this public lecture guest speakers Lucy Jones and Dr Kate Laffan will discuss what it means to be a caregiver in modern society and how caregiver wellbeing is considered in urban policy and design. The event is part of the sixth Urban95 Academy Residence Week.
The Urban95 Academy leadership programme, first launched in 2021 by LSE Cities and the Van Leer Foundation, will continue for a further three years.
For six week, mayors and other city officials from around the world are putting themselves in the shoes of young children, babies and caregivers to see what living in a city is like from those perspectives.
In May 2022, 27 committed city officials from 10 cities arrived in London to take part in five intensive days of in-person teaching, workshops and site visits during the Urban95 Academy residence week at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
100 city leaders from 30 cities have begun the first academic course of the Urban95 Academy, a leadership programme designed to make cities more child-friendly.
The Urban95 Academy, a new fully funded leadership programme, is being launched today (16 September) by LSE Cities, in partnership with the Van Leer Foundation.