News

This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 136, Issue 1

Posted March 3, 2022 - 07:49

In this issue we feature 9 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

Bandar Khamir, Learning City, International Day of Education 2022

Posted March 1, 2022 - 11:22

We are very pleased to be able to report to PASCAL subscribers the activities of the learning city of Bandar Khamir in the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of the International Day of Education 2022. A range of the activities that we promoted in the field of cultural and environmental education are featured in the attached documentation.

ALCN Ripples Newsletter - January/February 2022

Posted February 28, 2022 - 09:40

In this newsletter, we welcome Benita Parsons and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and Caroline Jones and the City of Canning to our network. We also welcome Dr Donna Goldie, Townsville City Council, and farewell Judith Jensen, who worked tirelessly promoting Townsville’s learning community with PASCAL and ALCN for many years. We also say a big thank you to Jac Torres Gomez, who has been seconded to another area of Wyndham City Council for a short while.

Meet Our Inaugural Community Placemaking Grantees | Placemaking Round-Up

Posted February 27, 2022 - 10:09

This round-up from the Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.