CUSSH is a four-year @wellcometrust project that will deliver key global research on the systems that connect urban development and health. Follow≠endorsement.

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Interested in researching the energy efficiency of existing building stock? @UCL_IEDE is seeking applications for a fully funded Studentship in 'Data-driven techniques for healthy, energy resilient housing.’ Apply now ➡️ ow.ly/Vg9t50OloON #Retrofitting #EnergyEfficiency

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Here's something we made today in an undergraduate lecture on 'changing climate behaviour in complex systems'. The class were asked to each think of 1 factor that affects taking international flights, 1 factor affecting that one, and draw connections to what other people added.
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Check out our @ComplexUrbanSys work!
This week marks #OAWeek, dedicated to understanding how #OpenAccess can help achieve #ClimateJustice. We explore this in our latest blog, including a spotlight on sustainable cities with @ComplexUrbanSys's @ioanna_tsoulou – read more: bddy.me/3U2acri
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Delighted to share this commentary on urban climate action by @MariaLunetto, myself and @SusanMichie. We argue that effective local action can be improved by bringing together tools from #systemsthinking and #behaviourchange fields. cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/…
📚Publication: A commentary on 'Achieving effective climate action in cities by understanding behavioral systems' co-authored by @SusanMichie, @MariaLunetto, and @DrJoHale has been published today. Click here to read: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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In light of news of further energy price cap increases, Dr Phil Symonds (Lecturer in Machine Learning for Smart Buildings and Cities) evaluates different home energy efficiency measures and how to measure the return on insulation investment. ow.ly/ub5Q50Jna28

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.@flosips, @MusaAmbia & Javan Onano this morning participated in a talk show on @92Rlv on the #CUSSHEnrichment project’s public engagement with journalists, youth champions, women & youth groups in @KisumuCountyKE
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Today, we join @KisumuCountyKE to take stock of the milestones of the CUSSH Enrichment project. As a public engagement study, we have engaged residents of Kisumu on sustainable waste management.
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“Taka ni pesa,” (waste is money) says Phoebe Ogada as she displays some of her work from recycled waste materials.#CUSSHEnrichment @ComplexUrbanSys
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Various women groups from Nyalenda, Obung’a, Manyatta & Kondele displaying their various recycled materials contributing to reducing, reusing, recycling waste materials #CUSSHEnrichment
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Journalists in Kisumu, Kenya have participated in capacity strengthening sessions on solutions journalism. The sessions were facilitated by @ScienceAfricaK and have helped to amplify the voices of waste managers in the informal settlements. #CUSSHEnrichment
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Healthy Urbanism – now published – a deep dive 'why' & ‘how to’ book that reframes healthy urban development. Equity, inclusion & sustainability are centred, reversing traditional focus on individual ‘lifestyle choices’. Some theory, lots of case studies. bit.ly/3wJsm71
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Join us to discuss Healthy Urbanism at the book launch. Speakers from urban design and planning, public health and property development: @julianagyeman @KieronJBoyle @Yolande_Barnes and Iona O'Carroll Register to attend online or in-person: bit.ly/3lyfiw3
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🚨Just published🚨 In this article published in the #BMJ (@bmj_latest), we argue for systematic large scale monitoring of indoor air to avoid unintended harms to health from home energy efficiency programmes bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021… Brief summary: 1/9
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We are hiring! Come and work in the Climate Change and Health Unit at the UK Health Security Agency. Please see the link below for details: Environmental Public Health Scientist (Climate Change) healthjobsuk.com/job/v408323… Closing date 27 April 2022 #climate #health #AcademicTwitter

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Very pleased to share our new preprint from @ComplexUrbanSys: 🚶‍♀️🚲Barriers and enablers to local active travel during COVID-19: A case study of Streetspace interventions in two London boroughs doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/6mxv… By @MariaLunetto @oscarcastroPALs @ChiaraGericke & me 🧵
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Thrilled to have followed the fantastic #CUSSH #WP5 event chaired by Prof. Kris de Meyer @kris8dm on Prof. Peter Stott’s @StottPeter #HotAir: Communicating climate science. ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/M-4Bna…
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#CUSSH and @MayorofLondon’s Designing London's Recovery Programme are critical friends in the delivery of the programme and in helping the teams and the programme in #SystemsThinking #Evaluation #TheoryofChange #BehaviourhalChange
I’m delighted to announce funding to 11 diverse and fantastic teams from @MayorofLondon’s Designing London's Recovery Programme. London needs design-led inclusive #innovations to support its #recovery from the pandemic. bit.ly/3IEH8AB #ValueofDesign #SystemsThinking
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#CUSSH and @MayorofLondon’s Designing London's Recovery Programme are critical friends in the delivery of the programme and in helping the teams and the programme #SystemsThinking, #Evaluation, #TheoryofChange and #BehaviourhalChange
I’m delighted to announce funding to 11 diverse and fantastic teams from @MayorofLondon’s Designing London's Recovery Programme. London needs design-led inclusive #innovations to support its #recovery from the pandemic. bit.ly/3IEH8AB #ValueofDesign #SystemsThinking
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"This article makes a welcome contribution to tackling the complexities of retrofit at scale." Many thanks to @bapeterj and Dr Alice Owen for providing #openscience peer reviews of our #behavioural #systemsmapping paper on decarbonising homes in Wales ucl.scienceopen.com/hosted-d…
Very pleased to share our new preprint: 🏠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌎Decarbonising Existing Homes in Wales: A Participatory Behavioural Systems Mapping Approach doi.org/10.14324/111.444/000… What's it about? 🧵
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