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Resources

Explore this page for information about past programme participants in the Voices from the Urban95 Academy video series or the Urban95 Academy City Stories and other resources.

All Resources

City Story

When work is play: Child-friendly interventions spread across Portugal

Seeing through a child’s lens to transform urban play.

Anya Groner
March 5, 2025
Working Paper

Early Childhood Development and Cities

This working paper by Katie Beck and Marie Kaune presents data from 358 cities teams from 75 countries who have applied to the Urban95 Academy.

February 14, 2025
City Story

Strategic Play and a Strong Social Pact make Pelotas a Safer City

Paula Schild Mascarenhas, Mayor of Pelotas, Brazil, attended the Urban95 Academy in 2023 and has prioritised social policies that support children and their caregivers.

Anya Groner
December 9, 2024
Podcast

What Makes Housing Good for Young Children and Caregivers

A podcast about housing and wellbeing of young children and their caregivers.

November 18, 2024
Public Event Recording

Good housing for young children and caregivers

Recording of a public event held as part of the seventh Urban95 Academy Residence Week at the LSE

Hosted by LSE Cities
October 24, 2024
Case Study

What would you change to make your city more child-friendly?

The 7th cohort of the Urban95 Academy arrives in London to expand city leadership with a child’s perspective

Katie Beck
October 22, 2024
City Story

Milan is not closing streets to cars, it is opening them to people

The city’s open spaces have become destinations for parents, babies and young children.

Anya Groner
October 11, 2024
Podcast

Strengthening City Leadership Through Philanthropy and Executive Education Partnerships

A podcast about capacity building potential offered by collaboration between philanthropic organisations and executive education programmes.

August 6, 2024
City Story

For Renca’s Mayor the Child is the Heart of the City

Claudio Castro, Mayor of Renca, Chile, attended the Urban95 Academy in 2022 and has made child-friendly urban planning a central part of his governance under an initiative named Growing in Renca.

Anya Groner
June 11, 2024