Welcoming Cities: How newcomers shape urban policy making (book launch)

Chair:

• Sunder Katwala, British Future

Panellists:

• Jacqui Broadhead, University of Oxford
• Fuad Mohammed, Ashley Community Housing
• Nihad El-Kayed, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

A truly welcoming and inclusive city is not just an aspiration – it is essential to the future of our increasingly diverse urban societies. Yet too often, policy and practice lack the theoretical and research foundations needed for meaningful and effective implementation.

Welcoming Cities is a book that bridges this gap, offering an interdisciplinary framework grounded in empirical research and case studies from 12 UK cities and international partners. Engaging with key governance challenges, it explores how cities define and implement welcoming policies across multiple sectors.

Moving beyond critique, this book offers a constructive and action-oriented approach to integration and social cohesion. Sitting at the crossroads of academic research, policy and practice, this panel aims to bridge the gap by drawing together insights from the seminar series and engaging with the key questions raised by Welcoming Cities.

Copies of the book will be on sale (card only).