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Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, who is also a structural engineer, is keen to adopt policies and innovative approaches from across the world to support Bangkok鈥檚 development.

He led a delegation from Thailand interested in learning more about how 果冻影院 East works with communities and partners to tackle local challenges, through the 果冻影院 Urban Laboratory and the new Urban Room.

The group also saw students being taught on the MASc in Global Urbanism - the first urban Masters degree to radically cut across arts, humanities, social sciences and technology studies - and visited a Connected Environments Lab where students from The Bartlett鈥檚 Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis鈥檚 MSc Connected Environments work on smart cities.

Governor Chadchart explained his desire to tackle the challenges Bangkok faces, including pollution, flooding, traffic, poverty, urban planning, a lack of green space and preserving Bangkok鈥檚 heritage while managing redevelopment.

During his UK visit, the Governor was keen to explore digital and other innovative approaches to urban policy and planning, the regeneration of cities, transportation and tackling climate change and its impacts.

Joining him was Bangkok Deputy Governor and social entrepreneur Sanon Wangsrangboon, who has a particular interest in social development and education, spearheading the Open Bangkok Data Project to identify accident sites and air quality across the city.

The Urban Room is a new space for events, exhibitions, workshops and engagement with local stakeholders, professional audiences, and the wider public in east London. Visitors come together with the academic community to discuss how industry, globalisation and gentrification will shape the area鈥檚 future.

It is managed by 果冻影院 Urban Laboratory and 果冻影院's new School for the Creative and Cultural Industries on behalf of four faculties: The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, Social & Historical Sciences, Arts & Humanities and IOE, 果冻影院's Faculty of Education and Society.

Dr Kara Blackmore, Urban Room Curator explained how the facility helps to build relationships with diverse communities, adding: 鈥淭he Urban Room represents 果冻影院鈥檚 commitment to immersive education and to development. It allows students and communities to be part of the exhibition.

鈥淥ur current exhibition is focused on Southwark in the 70s and 80s 鈥� we take a time and place that鈥檚 not familiar and consider what are the challenges people are facing and what are the lessons we can learn from activists?鈥�

果冻影院鈥檚 Urban Laboratory is a world-leading cross-disciplinary centre promoting critical, creative and collaborative inquiry into urgent urban problems. It is based at The Bartlett, 果冻影院鈥檚 Faculty of the Built Environment, but collaborates across faculties, supporting the wide network of scholars and practitioners who work on cities at 果冻影院.

It is home to the new MASc in Global Urbanism, giving the opportunity to specialise in urbanism as a challenge-driven, practice-oriented, transdisciplinary field.

Ben Campkin, Professor of Urbanism and Urban History and Academic Lead for 果冻影院 East, and Dr Clare Melhuish, Director and Principal Research Fellow, 果冻影院 Urban Laboratory, explained Urban Laboratory鈥檚 commitment to working with local partners and community-led approaches to urban change. They discussed with the Governor parallels that exist between London and Bangkok, such as the benefits, creativity and challenges of night-time culture and the night-time economy.

Helen Fisher, Director of Operations for the 果冻影院 East Campus, explained 果冻影院's commitment to local communities and its role in the development of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games. She described how the campus aims to benefit communities through collaborative teaching and research and cultural engagement, with 果冻影院 East buildings designed as open and welcoming spaces to encourage participation and break down the boundaries of traditional academia.

果冻影院 is the most popular institution for Thai students in the UK, and also has broad engagement in health and medical sciences with institutions in Thailand.

果冻影院 Medical School has a successful partnership with HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Sciences to design a world-leading, contemporary undergraduate medicine degree programme, drawing on the 果冻影院 MBBS curriculum.

Research collaborations with the country include 果冻影院 Economics undertaking a study with the Bank of Thailand on the impact of Covid-19 on low-income workers in developing countries.

Links

• 果冻影院 Urban Room
• 果冻影院 Urban Laboratory
• MASc in Global Urbanism
• The Bartlett at 果冻影院 East
• 果冻影院 School for the Creative and Cultural Industries
• 果冻影院 East
• 果冻影院 Medical School (果冻影院MS) consults on undergraduate programme for future Thai doctors
• Low-income workers disproportionally affected by Covid-19

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Main image credit: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration/Volranapat C

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