Podcasts, talks and media

Insecurity: the missing piece of the productivity puzzle

New research shows reducing insecurity can boost productivity, earnings and inclusive economic growth across local communities, says Saffron Woodcraft.

Good Life Euston: Innovation, empowerment and building trust through citizen social science

KQ Social Data in the City

Futureproofing Anthropology: What the World Needs from Us

UCL200 roundtable on how to make anthropology a public good, exploring the distinctive contribution of anthropological expertise to policy design, service provision and social change.

UCL200 global policy spotlight dialogue

Hybrid event looking at different facets of global policy research that has taken place within the Bartlett, as part of the Bartlett's UCL 200 celebrations.

Rethinking Care: How Entrepreneurs are Innovating Health and Well-Being

Fast Forward Global event on how entrepreneurs are innovating in health and social care to address gaps in access, affordability and support.

What is a city without children?

Quoted on the knock-on effects of schools closing in neighbourhoods and what it means for the social fabric of cities.

Does it matter how we talk about prosperity in the UK?

Panel discussion convening leading voices from government, academia and public agencies on emerging approaches to measuring prosperity in the UK and translating metrics into practice.

Regional Inequalities: Empowering Communities for Change

First episode of the Fair Enough podcast, discussing how citizen science, community-led research and devolved decision-making can address regional inequalities across the UK.

People Powered Prosperity

An exhibition looking at what it means to lead a prosperous life in today’s world.

Better Design for London

Rethinking prosperity and social value with and for communities: What can citizen-led metrics tell us about the ‘prosperity gains’ from urban regeneration?

Seminar asking what citizen-led metrics can tell us about the ‘prosperity gains’ from urban regeneration.

Co-producing prosperity: Lessons from the Citizen Prosperity Index

Keynote speaker – New frontiers of urban inequality: Power, technology and the politics of everyday life

Hybrid keynote lecture exploring new forms of urban inequality linked to digital infrastructure and data citizenship, and trans-disciplinary approaches to knowledge production, policy design and planning.

Empowering communities through citizen science: Redefining prosperity in Tanzania

The Citizen Prosperity Index offers essential data for effective policymaking and community action, aligning with global development goals.

People Powered Prosperity — London Design Biennale

IGP launched ‘People Powered Prosperity,’ urging policymakers and business leaders to involve citizens in shaping the policies that affect their lives, while spotlighting citizen-led change in Ukraine, East London, North Kensington, Africa, and the Middle East.

Shorthand Training – Drawing the line between Subject vs. Participant in participatory sciences

Exploring the Citizen Prosperity Index with Saffron Woodcraft

Discussion exploring the Citizen Prosperity Index methodology and its application in local contexts, emphasising community-led interventions and diverse definitions of prosperity.

Democratizing the debate on indicators

What is an inclusive economy and why is it so important for London?

Start using place-based data co-produced with citizens

If the new devolution agenda is to work, local government will need new data and evidence about local places — and citizen science can help fill the gap.

Redefining prosperity: putting communities in charge of the metrics

On launching the Citizen Prosperity Index for east London and what a community-defined measure of the good life reveals about inequality.

What can anthropology do for sustainability?

Citizen Science Now! Research by the Community

An exhibition bringing together the work of local residents trained as citizen scientists through the UCL Citizen Science Academy, showcasing research rooted in lived experience.

‘Bottoms Up’: How citizen social science is changing the future of academic research

Speak Up! Public event about citizen science and policy impact

Prosperity in east London

How to harness community knowledge to tackle complex policy challenges

Working with local communities can help uncover new insights to tackle complex social policy challenges. With Joseph Cook on setting up high-impact citizen social science research.

Transforming research through citizen social science

Dr Saffron Woodcraft from the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity unpacks empowering communities and transforming research through citizen social science.

Reflections on communities, place, and creativity

Prosperity in east London: A citizen’s view

An exhibition exploring what prosperity meant from the perspective of east London residents themselves, showcasing work by local residents trained as Citizen Social Scientists in collaboration with local artist Alaa Alsaraji.

Why prosperity needs a new metric

Launch essay for the open-access book co-edited with Henrietta L. Moore.

What does prosperity mean to you? Citizen social science in east London

Reflections on running one of the UK's largest citizen-led longitudinal social science studies.

Redefining prosperity in east London

How east Londoners are redefining prosperity beyond financial metrics, and what a decade-long citizen-led study reveals about inequality and regeneration.

Training citizens to shape their own communities and cities

On the UCL Citizen Science Academy and its work training community researchers to co-produce evidence with universities.

State of the Legacy: A decade of Olympic regeneration

Conference marking ten years since the London 2012 Olympics, examining what regeneration has delivered for east London communities and where the legacy falls short.

What changes when communities define prosperity and how to measure it?

10 years on from London 2012 – the Olympic and Paralympic legacy story

Lunch Hour Lecture marking ten years since London 2012, discussing the Olympic and Paralympic legacy story with a panel including Saffron Woodcraft on legacy and livelihood security in east London.

Citizen science and the future of social research

How the UCL Citizen Science Academy is training community researchers to co-produce evidence with universities.

Socially inclusive cities? Possibilities and limitations for social sustainability in urban placemaking

Expert contribution – Secure livelihoods as a pathway to prosperity

Inclusive Economies

Expert contribution – Inclusive economies for prosperity

Shared prosperity in urban neighbourhoods

Housebuilding, so much more than a numbers game

Community engagement in the smart city

Designing our own lives: a more impactful citizen science

Living in Tall Buildings: What can London learn from the rest of the world?

What is a sustainable city?

Garden Cities: Are they still relevant?

Keynote speaker – Social sustainability: from concept to practice in urban planning and urban renewal

Keynote speaker – Social sustainability and new communities: moving from concept to practice

The social implications of the National Planning Policy Framework

What makes a sustainable community?

Keynote speaker – Local social innovation and community change

Radio 4 File on 4 Investigates interview – London's Olympic Legacy

Interview about London's Olympic legacy.

Future Cities, Future Communities: Practical ways to make new places socially sustainable

Local democracy and citizen participation

Understanding neighbourliness and belonging in new communities

Neighbourhood working: where do we go from here? Towards a new research agenda