GET INVOLVED

The Center for Urban Design and Mental Health is a start-up think tank. We welcome those with cross-disciplinary and integrative interests in mental health and any of the disciplines involved in urban design. If you would like to discuss specific opportunities to get involved, please contact us. Note: we do not have any paid opportunities available.

RESEARCH AND WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

BECOME A UD/MH FELLOW

Apply to be a Fellow
Unfortunately new additions to our Fellow programme is on pause right now as we restructure. Check back to see when it's available again.
Email us with your resume/CV plus a short summary of why you would like to be a fellow, how your background meets the qualifications, and what you would like to contribute.

Are you a person who works at the nexus of urban design/planning and mental health in practice, or at senior academic level? Please consider applying to be a UD/MH Fellow.

Roles and responsibilities
  • Bring together knowledge and conduct research on key UD/MH topics
  • Share your research and project outcomes with UD/MH
  • Write and peer review for the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health
  • Contribute to advice for and from UD/MH where relevant
  • Speak at events when relevant on behalf of UD/MH
  • Engage people in discussions about urban design and mental health
  • Collaborations with other fellows
  • Deliver other contributions tailored to individual expertise and interests.

Qualifications
  • You currently work anywhere in the world at the nexus of urban design and mental health (academic, architect, planner, engineer, geographer, data analyst, environmental psychologist, public health specialist, etc).
  • You hold a PhD in a relevant field, are undertaking a PhD, or have a Masters plus equivalent practical experience.
  • You actively publish in academic journals on the links between urban design and mental health (academics), or are involved in practical projects that integrate urban design and mental health on the ground.

Practicalities
  • Fellowship is on a part-time, largely virtual basis, so applicants are very welcome from anywhere in the world. We encourage applicants from all disciplines.
  • This is an unpaid position. Fellows work for UD/MH alongside their other jobs.

BECOME A UD/MH RESEARCH ASSOCIATE/INTERN

Are you someone with an interest in the links between urban design and mental health, who works in urban design/planning/mental health, and who wants to gain experience in research, writing, social media, etc?

​Apply to be a Research Associate
Unfortunately our Research Associates programme is on pause right now as we restructure. Check back to see when it's available again.

What being a UD/MH Research Associate involves
  • Commitment of 4-15 hours per week, for at least one academic term.
  • Managed virtually, so can be undertaken from anywhere in the world alongside your other commitments.
  • This is an unpaid, volunteer position and it is self-driven.

Responsibilities may include:​
  • Undertake specific projects (research, literature reviews, communications, etc, depending on your interests/skills) to support UD/MH and to further knowledge in this field.

Qualifications
  • You may be an undergraduate, a Masters student, or hold a Masters degree
  • You are specifically interested in the links between urban design and mental health
  • You should be a self-starter and independent worker.
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How to apply:
Please email your CV plus a cover letter to apply, indicating your experience, why you are interested, your availability, what you can contribute, and what you hope to gain. Please indicate any specific skills or knowledge areas you would like to develop, for example communications, research, fundraising, transport and mental health, etc.

Funders

Please contact us if you have potential funding opportunities. We require funding for research activities, publishing the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health, sponsoring interdisciplinary dialogues, sponsoring people to attend conferences, and more. Can you help? Would your company, organisation or foundation like to sponsor something to support the work of UD/MH?
Please email Layla McCay, UD/MH Director to discuss.

If you have an opportunity or good idea for something we could be doing, or that you'd like to do with us, let us know.

Note: we currently have no paid positions available