This public lecture will explore the Gehl approach to studying and understanding how people use public space.

Liselott Stenfeldt will talk about insights from a number of programmes she has been working on focusing on creating healthier neighborhoods for children, designing public spaces that encourage healthy food choices, initiatives crowd sourcing ideas on how best to use a main street in San Francisco, a study looking at what design elements foster play and culture change, and trying to better understand what contributes to people’s feeling of belonging in urban spaces.

Speaker

Liselott Stenfeldt (@liselott) is Team Director and Head of Research and Development at Gehl

Chair 

Ricky Burdett (@burdettr) is Professor of Urban Studies and Director of LSE Cities at the London School of Economics and Political Science 

Hosted by The Urban 95 Academy, LSE Cities and the Bernard van Leer Foundation

Urban95 Academy
The Urban95 Academy is a fully funded leadership programme, delivered online over six weeks, to help city leaders design better cities for young children and their caregivers.

LSE Cities 
LSE Cities is an international centre that investigates the complexities of the contemporary city. It carries out research, graduate and executive education, outreach and advisory activities in London and abroad. 

The Bernard van Leer Foundation
The Bernard van Leer Foundation is an independent Dutch organisation working worldwide to ensure that all babies and toddlers have a good start in life. We inspire and inform large-scale action that improves the health and wellbeing of young children – especially the most vulnerable – and the people who care for them.