equity Archives

A woman stands in front of a small village clothing shop where dresses hang on the yellow wooden exterior. The woman is holding her bicycle and moving away from the store. On the forefront of the photo, different field flowers bloom.

What cities can learn from each other

Feature / Across the world, everyday journeys reveal how mobility shapes access, safety and belonging.

16 March 2026 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Participation, Public policy and Transport

A man and a woman are standing in the middle of the tram. The man is holding on to a support bar above with his right hand and holding his left hand around the woman's waist. The woman is holding her right hand around the man's waist.

Where movement becomes belonging

Feature / Mobility spaces are not just routes but places where social life unfolds and a sense of belonging is shaped.

16 March 2026 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Participation, Public policy and Transport

A person is holding a worn-looking box with different tickets in it.

The hidden cost of moving

Feature / Even when transit is free, mobility carries hidden costs in time, safety, pollution and exposure to weather.

16 March 2026 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Participation, Public policy and Transport

A view from above to a wooden and stone seating area surrounded by trees and bushes. Some people are sitting on chairs and browsing on their phones or chatting. Around them are many standing people who are walking, talking, taking photos, and using their phones

Spatial justice in practice

Feature / Sidewalks, crossings and street design reveal who moves with ease and who is pushed to the margins of the city.

16 March 2026 / About Behaviour and choice, Cities, Participation, Public policy and Transport

Three hikers cross a small stream in an open grassy landscape. One person in a yellow jacket and backpack is mid-jump over the water, while the other two wait on the opposite side, watching. The scene is bright and spacious with rolling hills and a forest in the distance.

SEI at ECSA 2026

Past event / Access materials on how to embed equity, accessibility and diversity across citizen science projects and design projects to foster nature connectedness.

03 March 2026 / About Participation

Aerial view of a snowy village with red houses, pine trees, and a winding road through a winter landscape.

A cold rage: why a just transition matters

Perspective / Cold homes and rising power bills are fuelling public anger and challenging trust in how Sweden’s energy transition is being managed.

18 February 2026 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Energy access, Household energy and Public policy

Business-as-usual and fantasy planning – an analysis of equity within climate adaptation planning for sanitation in Nairobi

Journal article / This study shows how climate adaptation planning for sanitation in Nairobi reinforces inequality by favouring sewer systems over equitable solutions.

17 February 2026 / About Adaptation and Sanitation

Aerial view of the city of Tupiza, Bolivia, on a sunny day. Buildings line the Tupiza River, cutting through the middle of the foreground, with a bridge that runs across it. Mountains line the background and the sun shines in the blue sky.

Socially responsive water adaptation planning: lessons from community informed water modelling in Bolivia and Cambodia

Journal article / This journal article describes how community-informed water systems modelling has fostered more resilient, equitable water management in Cambodia and Bolivia.

11 February 2026 / About Planning and modelling and Water resources

A man renovating the roof of a house standing on scaffolding.

Local leadership is the key missing ingredient in the UK’s retrofit revolution

Perspective / The UK should shift from national, top-down retrofit schemes to locally led delivery, explains SEI’s Luke Gooding in an Inside Housing op-ed.

4 February 2026 / About Household energy and Wellbeing