Prosperity Co-Laboratories
The IGP has established three Prosperity Co-Labs (PROCOLs) in the UK, Lebanon and Africa, with each one conducting several major research projects.
The research that takes place in these sites provides excellent opportunities for comparative, transdisciplinary research aligned to local needs and stakeholders. We conduct pioneering theoretical, methodological and policy focussed research on the Prosperity Index and prosperity measures, welfare and Universal Basic Services, and debt and Financing Prosperity.
Transforming thinking and action for shared prosperity in the UK, through citizen-led research to achieve a sustained shift in public debate, policymaking, investment and community action for shared prosperity.
Key Themes:
New metrics of prosperity beyond GDP and economic growth
Shared prosperity for the UK
Pathways to shared prosperity
Citizen-led research
Urban regeneration and prosperity
Universal basic services
Research for a prosperous, autonomous and resilient Africa through local partners, by harnessing cutting edge science, community knowledge, astute policy development and participatory research methods to develop smarter, localised understandings of prosperity that can be tailored to communities across Africa.
Key Themes:
Environmental degradation
Natural prosperity
Agricultural practices
Resilient Africa
Sustainable cities
Citizen-led research
Speeding up transitions to sustainable and prosperous societies in the context of mass displacement, to improve the quality of people’s lives through citizen-led research.
Key Themes:
Mass displacement
Operationalising and platforming prosperity (data, interventions, policy)
Transition pathways for energising green futures
Education for transformation
Citizen-led research
Measuring prosperity
The Citizen Prosperity Index has been developed to help decision makers and communities to understand what prosperity means and identify strategies for local action. It is a new way of bringing local priorities to decision-making; it is a method that has been piloted in east London and is now used by teams in Kenya, Tanzania, and Lebanon as part of a larger agenda for developing sustainable ways to improve the quality of life of people throughout the world.
Embedding citizen social science
The UCL Citizen Science Academy is an initiative to deliver community-based, practice-led research training to empower communities to lead change through social action and shaping policies that impact their livelihoods.
The Academy’s principles and programmes build on lessons from our citizen social science projects in the UK, Lebanon, Kenya, and Tanzania, as well as the multiple citizen science projects running across various disciplines at UCL.
Latest PROCOL Resources
Report
A Citizen Prosperity Index for east London
Saffron Woodcraft, Nikolaos Tzivanakis, Jorge Perez, Rayhaan Lorgat
Working Paper
The 2022 Lebanese Parliamentary, Elections: Between Traditional and Alternative Politics
Rahaf Zaher
Working Paper
Kenyan General Elections 2022: A game of pledges, promises and service to self-interest
Amos Tirra, Hannah Collins, Jacqueline McGlade, Jacqueline, Henrietta Moore, Arno Scharl.
Report
A Citizen Prosperity Index for east London
