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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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Executive Director – New Jersey Policy Lab

Posted July 22, 2021 - 11:02

We are pleased to announce a search for an Executive Director of the newly established NJ Policy Lab at the Bloustein School in Rutgers University-New Brunswick (with multiple partners):

NEP: New Economics Papers - Social Norms and Social Capital - Digest, Vol 128, Issue 3

Posted July 21, 2021 - 10:47

In this issue we feature 8 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

Learning Cities as Inclusive Learning Ecosystems

Posted July 19, 2021 - 11:26

The UNESCO Futures of Education Commission in March 2021 issued a Progress Update on this initiative. A point of particular interest from the perspective of learning cities and communities was a comment on “The organisation and governance of education: building inclusive educational ecosystems” (UNESCO, 2021:13).

The Boy from the Back Streets of Bolton

Posted July 19, 2021 - 11:02

Many PASCAL subcribers will be very familiar with the seminar work of Professor Norman Longworth in the field of learning cities. He claims that his now retired and writing poems and music instead of papers. I am bringing to the attention of subscribers a book and a website dedicated to the products of his latest career.

The Potential of Community Benefit Agreements | Placemaking Weekly

Posted July 18, 2021 - 11:44

This newsletter 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.

 

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