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LSE London is an urban research group based at the London School of Economics and Political Science with a special concentration on the economic and social issues of the London's region.

Background
LSE London was founded in 1998 as an interdisciplinary research group within the Department of Geography and Environment of the London School of Economics and Political Science, to provide an information-sharing platform for academics, researchers, professionals, LSE alumni and students.

Professor Tony Travers is the Director of LSE London and Professor Christine Whitehead is its Deputy Director.

LSE London undertakes research in the fields of urban and land-use planning, housing, labour markets, governance and finance, demographics, migration and public services provision which regard the London's region.

Its main objectives are to promote a creative environment for urban studies at LSE, support links between urban research and policy communities, engage and disseminate research on urban issues, facilitating academic and contract research, organising annual or ad hoc seminars and publishing discussion paper series.

It regularly arranges ranges of events in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Environment of the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2019, LSE London launched the Progressing Planning events' series to showcase some major urban dynamics and bring together academics and LSE alumni.

LSE London also provides contract research for public and private stakeholders based in London on urban planning and sustainable development, housing policy, land planning and urban economy and community building.

HEIF Research projects
Since 2005 LSE London has been awarded funding from the the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF), employed to host workshops, seminars, conferences and conduct research on several projects.

LSE London's recent HEIF research projects and publications include:

The New London Plan: public examination
On January 2019, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, initiated the formal and public examination of the new London Plan. LSE London participated to its public scrutiny, discussing the feasibility of the London Plan in relation to proposed housing targets, densification objectives and the relationship between inner and outer London.

LSE London joined the formal Examination in Public (EiP) submitting comments on the New Draft London plan and the Housing Strategy at consultation; providing empirical evidence on some issues addressed by the plan itself; holding roundtables with relevant public and private stakeholders and taking part to public hearings on the New Draft London plan.

Accelerating housing development in London
Since 2014, LSE London has conducted research on the barriers to housing supply in London, by engaging several public and private stakeholders.

In 2015 the research team started examining tools and strategies to accelerate and increase housing supply in London ahead of mayoral elections. In particular, they investigated which role the future London's mayor could play to increase housing supply in the incoming years.

In June 2016, the preliminary report "Accelerating housing production in London" has been released.

Addressing the housing supply crisis in London
From 2014 to 2015, LSE London conducted research on policy strategies able to improve London's housing market, to promote higher-quality and more affordable homes.

In particular, research focused on four major issues: new housing provision through the London Plan, improvement of private renting schemes, alternative housing supply and the role of foreign money.

Those issues have been examined through workshops, field visits and focus groups of major stakeholders in order to identify the main barriers to ease London's housing crisis.

The final report "Housing in London: Addressing the Supply Crisis" was published in 2015.

Migration and the transformation of London
LSE London conducted a series of roundtables, workshops, seminars, conferences to monitor and disseminate research on the impact of international immigration on London's economy from 2012 until 2014.

The research was conducted to assess how policy-making could support immigrant's social cohesion and improve their welfare by bringing together policymakers and experts. Research concentrated on themes such as immigrants' access to higher eduction, housing, labour market and local services and immigration impact on socio-demographic change.

The final report "Migration and London's growth" was published in 2014.

Other research projects
==== Density project ==== Since 2016, a team of researchers from LSE London and LSE Cities (Kath Scanlon, Fanny Blanc, Tim White and Meghna Mohandas) conducted research on how London's residents experience living in high-density schemes. This research project led by the London School of Economics and Political Science has received the support from the Greater London Authority.

LSE researchers interviewed over 500 residents from 14 high-density developments asking how they experience the built environment, the surrounding community and transport connections to other neighbourhoods.

The final report "Living in a Denser London: How residents see their homes" has been presented on March 2020.