Professor Henrietta Moore joins the Southwark Land Commission

IGP Director Professor Henrietta Moore, joins the Southwark Land Commission to work to free up more of Southwark's land, for the benefit of local people. The first commission of its kind in London, this new venture aims to capture the imagination of key partners to help change how we all think about land use in the city for evermore.

Professor Moore will bring much insight & expertise to the panel, drawing particularly on the work of the Prosperity Index which measures what matters to the prosperity of local communities & identifies strategies for local action to improve overall wellbeing. 

The Commission is led by Southwark Council, with support from local organisations PRD, We Made That, and PMV planning. The first meeting of the Commission will take place on Tuesday 28 February.

The Southwark Land Commission will be chaired by Dr Miatta Fahnbulleh, Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation.

Other members of the commission include:

• Shade Abdul, Director Deft. Space, Associate Lecturer, BA Architecture, Central Saint Martins
• Professor Mark Brearley, Professor of Urbanism at London Metropolitan University and proprietor of Kaymet
• Chris Brown, Executive Chair and Founder, Igloo Regeneration
• Peter Elliot, Head of Property Development, Transport for London
• Cllr James McAsh, Cabinet Member for the Climate Emergency and Sustainable Development
• Dreaon McDonald Simms, Leader Southwark Youth Parliament
• Dr Anna Minton, Reader, Department of Architecture & Visual Arts, School of Architecture Computing and Engineering (ACE), University of East London
• Prof. Dame Henrietta L. Moore, Founder and Director of the Institute for Global Prosperity and the Chair in Culture Philosophy and Design at University College London (UCL)
• Akwesi Osei, Transport Planner at Possible
• Janine Rowe, Southwark Planning Network
• Jonathan Sedgwick, Archdeacon of Southwark in the Diocese of Southwark
• Cedric Whilby, Trustee Board Member, Community Southwark