Voices from Grand Challenges – Exploring place-based inequalities in the UK

In the latest episode of UCL Grand Challenges’ podcast series, Oliver Patel speaks to Professor Nick Gallent, Professor of Housing and Planning at UCL, and Dr Clare Stainthorp, Research Assistant on UCL’s Exploring Inequalities project, on the topic of place – examining the stark geographical inequalities in the UK, how place relates to structural disadvantages, and advocating for the need to invest in both hard and soft infrastructure to address such inequality. Discussions draw on Structurally Unsound, a major new report examining inequalities in the UK. Read the report and find out more about the project here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-inequality UCL’s Grand Challenges convene and cultivate cross-disciplinary collaborations that bring researchers together, explore joined-up solutions in six areas related to matters of pressing societal concern, and set the agenda for future research while building bridges with external partners. Music © Benjamin Mastripolito