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Too many cooks in the kitchen? How large teams can work together effectively to deliver qualitative studies of complex policy problems Originally Posted in: Evidence and policymaking, Science and research policy Dr Geoff Bates is a Research Associate at the University of Bath Institute for Policy Research (IPR). Dr Anna Le Gouais is a Senior Research Associate at Bristol… Read more

Making sense of the NPPF Prospectus for public health in England Summary Briefing, January 2023 Introduction The 2020 Planning White Paper proposed significant reform to the planning system in England (the Health and Wellbeing in Planning Network delivered a webinar on this in September 2020). Long story cut short and through various political and policy… Read more

A turning point in leveraging the power of planning to deliver healthy urban environments? Michael Chang   The TCPA’s 2022 annual conference was on the theme of “Unpicking ‘levelling up’: what does it mean for place-making?”. It took place on the 24th November at the Regent’s University in London. Of particular interest to the TRUUD… Read more

Together, we’re creating better ways to communicate their experiences, with the people who make decisions about urban developments. Read more

We’re looking for people to engage with us to make our towns and cities healthier.   Most people in the world die from diseases you can’t catch from other people.  These diseases are called non-communicable diseases, and include heart and respiratory diseases, cancers, diabetes, and mental health problems. We know where we live has a… Read more

Why ‘TRUUD’ and why now? TRUUD is a five year research programme that aims to Tackle Root Causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development, in other words, it is trying to make health – for people and the planet – a priority for key decision-makers when developing our towns and cities. Our first blog What are… Read more