Policy Briefs

Policy Brief No.4 (July 2015): Living With Diversity
This policy brief considers the relationship of diversity with social cohesion and social mobility at the neighborhood level. It calls for a multi-faceted policy approach to diversity, which would simultaneously deal with the perception of diversity, the creation of spaces of encounter and reducing social inequality.

Policy Brief No. 3 (Aug 2014): Governance Arrangements and Initiatives: Utilising Urban Diversity to Create Positive Outcomes
This policy brief focuses on local governance arrangements and initiatives that utilise diversity in a positive way to improve the social and economic conditions for neighbourhood residents. It calls for an increase in sustainable and flexible support for bottom-up arrangements that fill the gap between official urban policies and the needs of the population.

Policy Brief No. 2 (Feb 2014): Governing Diversity
The growing hyper-diversity of European cities is creating new challenges and opportunities for policy-makers. This policy brief looks at the governance of urban diversity across the EU. It calls for a culture change amongst policy-makers and outlines some mechanisms through which more effective policies towards diversity can be developed and implemented.

Policy Brief No. 1 (Sept 2013): Hyper-diversity: A New Perspective on Urban Diversity
Present-day cities are hyper-diversified – not only in socio-economic, social and ethnic terms, but also with respect to lifestyles, attitudes and activities. This policy brief focuses on the need to look at urban diversity through a new lens; to recognise hyper-diversity and to better understand its potential in facilitating social cohesion, social mobility and economic performance in European cities.