Often, when we talk about building resilience we talk about the strategies and programmes that are being used to achieve those policy goals. This week we look at the Think City Institute (TCI) and its mission to create a new generation of placemaking experts who will help to reshape the towns, cities and communities they live in. ...
Over the past few weeks The Citymaker has published a series of podcasts and articles to mark International Women’s Day. Part of that has served to highlight the important work...
Continuing our coverage of inspiring women, this week we speak to Dr Ceelia Leong, the author of a new data visualisation study by Think City that illustrates the effects of...
Last week we talked to Aishwariya Krishna Kumar about Think City’s role in establishing NGOhub’s Homeless Services Registry. This week we speak to Joel Goh, a senior Analyst at Think City, about the growing role of realtime and near-realtime data in helping to shape urban policies and strategies and to provide instant feedback to make those policies more reflexive and adaptable. ...
Period poverty is defined as a menstruating person’s lack of access to safe and hygienic use of sanitary menstrual goods. This issue then leads to problems such as missing out on school, being exposed to a health risk, and facing shame within their communitie...
It’s been a minute. If there’s one phrase that perfectly sums up 2020, that could be it. A year that has seemed both endless and fleeting. We’ve drifted through it in a blur of groundhog days punctuated by fear and uncertainty. For those of us fortunate enough to have kept our jobs, or found new ones, and have been able to work from home, the last vestiges of work-life balance have probably disappeared. ...
Here are highlights from our Earth Week webinar on Adaptive Policymaking in the Age of Crisis, hosted by Think City Institute. The recent outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the...