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UCL Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities (GCSC): About Our Work

The UCL Research Strategy defines Grand Challenges: those areas in which we are facilitating cross-disciplinary interaction – within and beyond UCL – and applying our collective strengths, insights and creativity to overcome problems of global significance.

The UCL Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities (GCSC) seeks to rally the breadth of our expertise – in partnership with external agencies – to address aspects of the major problems facing cities in the 21st century. 

Find out more below, or explore Getting Involved.

UCL Grand Challenges and the UCL Research Strategy

UCL Grand Challenges – which also include Global Health, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing – is the mechanism through which concentrations of specialist expertise across UCL and beyond can be brought together to address aspects of the world's key problems. They also provide an environment in which researchers are encouraged to think about how their work can intersect with and impact upon global issues. 

UCL Grand Challenges is a central feature of the UCL Research Strategy, which aims to:

  • cultivate leadership founded in excellence
  • foster cross-disciplinarity grounded in expertise
  • realise the impact of a global university.

GCSC Themes

  • Transport / Sustainable Mobility
  • Retrofitting
  • Domestic Energy
  • Olympic legacy
  • The Healthy City
  • The Cultural City
  • London
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Sustainable Resources

Executive Group

Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities
Executive Group

 

Dr Adriana Allen Development Planning Unit
Dr Jessica Allen UCL Institute of Health Equity
Dr Sarah Bell Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Dr Ben Campkin (Chair) Bartlett School of Architecture
UCL Urban Laboratory
Professor Muki Haklay Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Professor Jane Holder Laws
Richard Jackson UCL Estates
Professor Peter Jones Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Dr Sinéad Kennedy UCL BEAMS School
Professor Tadj Oreszczyn UCL Energy Institute
Dr James Paskins Office of the Vice-Provost (Research)
Professor Alan Penn The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
Professor Mike Raco The Bartlett School of Planning
Professor Yvonne Rogers UCL Interaction Centre
Prof. Yvonne Rydin The Bartlett School of Planning
UCL Environment Institute
Dr Ian Scott Office of the Vice-Provost (Research)
Dr Claire Thomson Scandinavian Studies
Nicholas Tyndale Office of the Vice-Provost (Research)

 
 

Video: Sustainable Cities – UCL visions

Video by Nic Clear and Michael Aling (UCL Bartlett)

Cover image by Dr Charlotte Lemanski (UCL Geography)

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