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/

Wishing a very Happy Christmas to those who are celebrating!

From Crisis to Resilience 🌍🍎 New Bartlett School of Planning report shows how community responses are reshaping food security, health & social justice. 🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/dec/crisis-resilience-radical-transformations-food-security-health-and-social-justice

Funding opportunity for students 🌍🧬 Apply for up to £6k from the Chadwick Trust to research a current public health issue. 🗓️ Deadline: 05 February 2026 🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/students/fees-and-funding/financial-support-ucl/chadwick-trust

In Nature Cities journal: A study led by @casaucl.bsky.social PhD student Andrew Renninger maps movement across 383 US cities, uncovering patterns of urban isolation. 🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/news/2025/dec/casa-research-nature-cities-journal-reveals-urban-segregation-patterns-383-us-cities

Celebrate UCL Research Culture Projects 🎉 🗓️ 27 January 2026 Join online to hear short talks from 2024–25 Research Culture Seed Fund projects and see how they’re shaping positive change at UCL. Open to all. 🔗 Register: ucl.ac.uk/research/events/2026/jan/research-culture-seed-fund-celebration

Unseen journeys revealed in Bogotá & Medellín 🎥 Join us 22 Jan 2026 for Invisible Commutes, a documentary & discussion on domestic work, mobility & urban inequality. 🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jan/invisible-commutes-exploring-visual-research-and-domestic-work-bogota-and-medellin

New insights from DPU Working Paper No. 218 🌍 The Bartlett Development Planning Unit's latest working paper offers findings that matter for policy, practice and future research in development planning. 📄 Read it now: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2025/nov/dpu-working-paper-no-218

#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

Most US cities have rings of isolation in suburban areas and segregated pockets of near the urban core, shaped by race, wealth, and proximity to downtown, finds a new study of 383 American cities, led by Andrew Renninger @casaucl.bsky.social @thebartlettucl.bsky.social

Happy Hanukkah to everyone celebrating!

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/

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

Policymakers usually think about the value of parks and green spaces in terms of economic and environmental benefits. But as Alexandra Gomes @thebartlettucl.bsky.social Stefano Cavazzi argue parks contribute to people’s wellbeing, overall health, and sense of belonging @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

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

🎙️ 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/

Researchers from UCL are building a solid base of evidence to prove that one of the main factors that determines your level of risk of pollution is the building you live in. 👉 Read here: https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/uncovering-the-health-inequalities-in-london-housing/index.html

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 @thebartlettucl.bsky.social #OpenAccess

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

📢 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...

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

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

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

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

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

🎙️ 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/

📢 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

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...

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

#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

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

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/

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

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

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

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/

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

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

❗️#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 @thebartlettucl.bsky.social

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

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.

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

Why doesn’t London have sustainable transport? 🚍 In The Bartlett Review, Prof Robin Hickman (The Bartlett School of Planning) explores the barriers holding back the city’s transport transformation. 🔗 https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/why-dont-we-have-sustainable-transport-in-london/index.html

Posthuman City Making in the Age of AI 🤖🏙️ How is AI transforming urban planning and city development, and at what cost? Join Dr Federico Cugurullo on 20 November for our next Bartlett School of Planning Public Lecture. 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/e6vhNczt

Get ready to apply for The Bartlett Promise Master's Scholarship 🎓 Secure your master's place in order to apply for the scholarship! 🔗 More info: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-masters-scholarship

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

A powerful new database and economic model that identifies the most cost-effective strategies to reduce the carbon emissions from the world’s iron and steel processing plants has been developed by Prof Jing Meng and Dabo Guan @thebartlettucl.bsky.social.

Can AI help London plan better? In a special UCL Policy Lab policy insight blog, Professors Lauren Andres and Mike Raco (@thebartlettucl.bsky.social) discuss the role that AI can play in the capital's planning. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

❗️#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/Z18hRPB @thebartlettucl.bsky.social

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