Do young girls have enough public spaces? | LSE Research Showcase 2022
Teenage girls are very badly served by public parks, usually designed for a particular demographic of teenage boys, based on assumed default boy stereotypes. As a result young girls feel unwanted and unsafe in public spaces. Dr Julia King’s research has brought young girls into the conversation about how to address this gap, empowering them to affect positive change by participating in research on their own communities. In this talk she shares the methodology of peer research and discuss some of the findings.
Dr Julia King is a Research Fellow in LSE Cities: https://www.lse.ac.uk/cities/staff-pr...
🔴 Learn more about Julia's project: • Are girls being designed out of publi...
This event was part of the LSE Research Showcase autumn series. These 30 minute coffee-break sessions are open to the LSE community so that you can find out about some of the fascinating research taking place at LSE.
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