Ben Shaw
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@N4BenShaw
Deputy Director @cecanexus and freelance researcher - env. policy, evaluation, and child friendly cities. Formerly Director of Policy Studies Institute (PSI)
Our new research just out ‘Neighbourhood Design – working with children towards a child friendly city’ by @dbornat and @N4BenShaw available from zcdarchitects.co.uk/research/ #childfriendlycities #urbanchildhoods #urbandesign Some key messages:
The case for cycling would be strengthened if it focused on benefits for children, and made children’s views more central. Would shift debate beyond the short-term, and lift it above sectional spats. Have any local or national groups or projects done this? #childfriendlycities
.@grantshapps says we have amongst the safest roads in world, we have a fabulous, perhaps not fabulous if anyone is being killed but notable safety record by comparison to any other country in the world, but there is more than we can do.
1) how 2 broaden impact of evaluation, 2) how 2 do complexity evaluation in practice, 3) making tools/guides usable, & a great suggestion (for my bias) of a new function for analysis profession - policy system mapping, equal with lit rev, economics/appraisal, & eval functions.
Really useful material on how to move from linear evaluation design to iterative complexity-appropriate designs
Participation means listening to children on their own terms. There are huge benefits to be gained from giving children the time and space to talk about their lives and neighbourhoods. What kids can teach us about their estates: thedeveloper.live/places/the-chi…
