Our work is about the relationship between people and places.
We specialise in research and community projects exploring how people are affected by changes in the built environment.
08/11/2023
It takes all of us to build communities and build respect.
This , we’re celebrating planners as our partners and the vital work they do to create thriving, sustainable communities in collaboration with us Life, for local communities.
07/11/2023
Design for Social Sustainability sets out a framework for planning and designing the service, spaces, housing and governance arrangements to help local communities to thrive. It underpins all the work we do at Social Life. Foreword by Sir Peter Hall.
🌐 is largely neglected in mainstream debates. Priority has been given to economic and environmental sustainability in particular in the context of and , where and has focused on renewable resources, low carbon and encouraging pro-environmental household behaviours.
🛠 As a result, there are few practical resources that directly address the question of how to create places that are socially sustainable, as well as physical infrastructure that is environmentally sustainable. Past experience shows that the long-term social needs of new communities are often overlooked in the drive to deliver housing on a large scale. Without the right new communities can quickly spiral into decline.
📒 The report was commissioned by the Homes and Communities Agency, now Homes England
http://www.social-life.co/publication/Social-Sustainability/
Just 2 days to go until our webinar! Join us on the 3rd Dec at 13.00-15.00 GMT. Our speakers from Taiwan, Peru and the UK discuss experiences of research during the pandemic.
Social research during COVID-19 times
25/11/2020
Whilst being forced back to a 'motherland' that despises her q***r identity in 2019, Angiet Chen has been in a mental lockdown as a self-defence mechanism until a Chinese medicine practitioner told them that their kidneys are malfunctioning. Their prescribed therapy walks unexpectedly reconnects them with the motherland, however, with a digital conduit.
Join us on 3rd December at 13.00 – 15.00 GMT
Social research during COVID-19 times Social Life invites you to join for an online event exploring the challenges and possibilities for social research during COVID-19.
25/11/2020
How do we keep working collaboratively with indigenous partners during the COVID-19 pandemic? Deborah Delgado Pugley reflects on her work with local researchers and the use of digital technology in the Amazon Basin.
Join us on 3rd December at 13.00 – 15.00 GMT
Social research during COVID-19 times Social Life invites you to join for an online event exploring the challenges and possibilities for social research during COVID-19.
24/11/2020
Radical uncertainty and political contingency are the defining features of crises. Drawing on his work for CaCHE, Chris Foye reflects on what these twin-features mean for policy research during times of crisis.
Join us on 3rd December at 13.00 – 15.00 GMT
Social research during COVID-19 times Social Life invites you to join for an online event exploring the challenges and possibilities for social research during COVID-19.
24/11/2020
How are communities responding and recovering from the pandemic? Working in 26 communities Local Trust presents the impact of the pandemic on the organisation's programme of research and evaluation, and share learnings and reflections.
Join us on 3rd December at 13.00 – 15.00 GMT
Social research during COVID-19 times Social Life invites you to join for an online event exploring the challenges and possibilities for social research during COVID-19.
24/11/2020
Place-based research became difficult with lockdown, staying at home made it hard to capture lived experiences, making community voice invisible. Olimpia Mosteanu presents how Social Life used the phone, photos & cognitive mapping to study local life.
Join us on 3rd December at 13.00 – 15.00 GMT
Social research during COVID-19 times Social Life invites you to join for an online event exploring the challenges and possibilities for social research during COVID-19.
10/08/2020
We've been asked by Southwark Council to do research across the borough to understand how people feel about their local areas, and what has been the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our lives.
The research will focus on Camberwell, Elephant & Castle, Dulwich, Old Kent Road, Peckham and Walworth. It builds on work we have done in the north of the borough, in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe, and on the Aylesbury Estate.
More about this project and our other work in Southwark is in this blog.
http://www.social-life.co/blog/post/understanding_southwark/