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  • About
    • Mission and vision
    • Need and opportunity
    • Our people
    • Friends and Partners
    • Join us
  • Learn
    • Facts and Figures
    • What is mental health?
    • How the city affects mental health
    • How mental health affects the city
    • How urban design can impact mental health
    • Mind the GAPS Framework
    • How to measure mental health
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  • Book
  • Cities
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    • Edition 1
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EXTERNAL EVENTS: UD/MH SPEAKING AT EXTERNAL EVENTS

To invite UD/MH to speak at a meeting, contact us. 

UPCOMING

PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS (selection)

Hong Kong Institute of Planners

6 November 2017, Hong Kong
Layla McCay presented on UD/MH's new research on how Hong Kong uses urban design for mental health, including opportunities for Hong Kong and lessons for other cities.
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Hong Kong Mental Health Conference

4 November 2017, Hong Kong
Layla McCay on how stigma can be a barrier to investment in urban design opportunities to promote population mental health.
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THRIVE 2020

18 October 2017, Guernsey, UK
UD/MH Fellow Graham Marshall speaks at Guernsey's THRIVE 2020 conference about what it means to design and plan cities for 'urban thrival'. Watch his talk:

Pecha Kucha Tokyo

26 July 2017, Tokyo, Japan
Layla McCay briefly presented UD/MH's new research on how Tokyo uses urban design for mental health, including further opportunities for Tokyo, and lessons and inspiration for cities around the world. Enjoy her slides while listening to her 6 min talk!
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3rd International Conference on Transport and Health

27-29 June 2017, Barcelona, Spain
Layla McCay delivered a workshop on transport design for better mental health, developing a paper that was published in the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health.
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The World Health Organization 9th Global Health Promotion Conference

21-24 November 2016, Shanghai, China
This major global conference discussed opportunities for urban health promotion. Layla McCay presented on the opportunities for mayors and other policymakers to improve population mental health through better urban design, including the benefits to the city of doing so.

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United Nations University - Urban Thinkers: Health and Wellbeing for the City We Need (UN Habitat 3)

24-27 January 2016
​Kuching, Malaysia
Georgina Hosang presented on urban design and mental health and ran a workshop to discuss opportunities across cities and disciplines to feed into the UN's Habitat 3 process.

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View a video summary
View policy document that emerged from the workshop.
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ARCC at Wellcome Trust
Human Physiology, Psychology and Placemaking

18th November 2015, London, UK
This meeting showcased a range of UK-based research in urban design and mental health. Layla McCay discussed how mental health became the 'Cinderella' of an urban design health movement that primarily focuses on physical health, and will identify key urban design opportunities UD/MH considers to have particular potential for improving mental health.

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American Institute of Architects DC 
Design and Wellbeing Meeting

15th June 2015, Washington DC
Layla McCay introduced UD/MH to architects at the AIA DC Design and Wellbeing Meeting, followed by a fascinating discussion on harnessing biophilia, how lessons from mental healthcare design can be integrated into wider city design, and the challenges of mental health stigma deterring focus on this important area. 
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