UCL IGP publishes the first Prosperity in East London Longitudinal Study Impact Report

Prosperity in east London 2021-2031 is a 10-year study examining the prosperity of over 4,000 households in 15 areas of east London where large-scale and long-term urban regeneration is driving rapid physical, economic, and social changes in local communities. It has a hyper-local focus, comparing differences in prosperity in clusters of Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) in four study areas that map onto strategic regeneration sites. 

The research is the first longitudinal study in the UK to use the Citizen Prosperity Index: a new way of measuring prosperity that reports on what matters to local communities. The Citizen Prosperity Index (CPI) was co-designed with a team of citizen scientists based on in-depth qualitative research about lived experiences and local determinants of prosperity. The CPI has five categories: the foundations of prosperity; opportunities and aspirations; power, voice and influence; health and healthy environments; and belonging, identities and culture. 

The study was conducted using mixed methods, combining data from the Citizen Prosperity Index household survey and Obstacles to Prosperity qualitative research, which is undertaken by citizen scientists, their being local residents employed and trained by UCL’s Citizen Science Academy to work as social scientists in their own neighbourhoods. 

Prosperity in east London 2021–2031 aims to fill the gap in evidence about the real-world, local impacts of regeneration by asking how the ‘prosperity gains’ from regeneration investments are shared in and between established and new communities. It looks at how regeneration affects the prosperity of people from different backgrounds and neighbourhoods in the long-term, asking two main questions:

1. Who benefits and how from regeneration?
2. What are the obstacles to prosperity for different groups of people?

The first impact report summarises the outputs and impacts from the first wave of research, and plans for the second wave, which will be undertaken in 2025–2026. 

Links

• Read the report now
• Learn more about the London Prosperity Board.