‘Experimenting’ with how children see and experience elements of city life will be the subject of an online workshop being held by the University of Amsterdam.Read more
How can cities be ‘reimagined’ for the needs of children? That’s the aim of the Urban95 Academy, a new municipal leadership programme from LSE Cities and the Bernard van Leer Foundation.Read more
In 1978 Colin Ward wrote the widely read and much quoted book ‘The Child in the City’. The book is an attempt to explore the relationship between children and their urban environment. It asks whether...Read more
The postponed Child in the City International Seminar which had been due to start today (9 September) has been rescheduled for 19-20 May 2022.Read more
Researchers who explore children’s lives need to carefully design the research to ensure the children can articulate their opinions and experiences in a meaningful way.Read more
Various issues involving children — learning and development, violence against children, and child labour to name a few — are increasingly discussed in public.Read more
As previously advised earlier this month via our website, the Child in the City Foundation and City of Cascais have taken the difficult but unavoidable decision to postpone this September’s planned international seminar until May...Read more
Children living in ‘fragile cities’ are among those most susceptible to the effects of climate change, but we can help them adapt and be part of the solution, according to a new report.Read more
The experiences of children in the Brazilian city of Recife could teach other municipalities some vital lessons about the relationship between urban mobility and childhood development.Read more
Milan has unveiled a dedicated play space for children in the middle of the city to mark the 30th anniversary of Italy’s endorsement of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.Read more
Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed? Only by slowing down our cities can we make them more...Read more
You have just a week to submit your abstract for the International Child in the City Foundation’s Seminar, How to make children’s rights mainstream in local policy planning? which takes place on 17-18 June 2021.Read more
The International Child in the City Foundation and the City of Cascais invite you to submit your abstract for the Child in the City Seminar How to make children’s rights mainstream in local policy planning? on...Read more
