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SUMMARY:How Play Drives Public Spaces for Children Global 
 lessons and possibilities with Dr Sudeshna Chatter
 jee
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  "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><html><body><h2>How Pl
 ay Drives Public Spaces for Children</h2>\n \n <h2
 >Global lessons and possibilities</h2>\n \n <p><st
 rong>                                             
       A FREE PUBLIC LECTURE</strong></p>\n \n <h3>
 <strong>About the Presenter</strong></h3>\n \n <p>
 <strong>Dr Sudeshna Chatterjee</strong></p>\n \n <
 p><img alt="" src="https://www.playaustralia.org.a
 u/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/i
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 \;" /></p>\n \n <p><strong>Sudeshna</strong> is an
  urbanist\, researcher and planning professional\,
  recognised globally for her work creating inclusi
 ve\, resilient and child friendly cities. She was 
 lead researcher and author of the Guide to Creatin
 g Urban Public SPACES for Children (2026)\, the la
 ndmark UN guidance jointly published by WHO\, UNIC
 EF and UN Habitat\, and has since led UNICEF’s SPA
 CES webinars for practitioners and city officials 
 worldwide. She also served on the expert working g
 roup for General Comment No. 17 on the child’s rig
 ht to play. She is Program Director for Research\,
  Knowledge and Engagement at WRI India Ross Center
  for Sustainable Cities\, where she led work infor
 ming India’s first national urbanisation policy. S
 udeshna is a member of the Executive Board of the 
 International Play Association (IPA World) and Edi
 tor in Chief of PlayRights magazine.</p>\n \n <p>R
 ecent publications</p>\n \n <p>WHO\, UNICEF and UN
  Habitat (2026). Guide to Creating Urban Public SP
 ACES for Children. Lead researcher and author.</p>
 \n \n <p>Chatterjee\, S.\, Truñó\, M. and Schledor
 n\, A. (2025). Planning for play: how are Barcelon
 a and Regensburg using the approach and what have 
 they achieved? International Journal of Play\, 14(
 2).</p>\n \n <p>Chatterjee\, S. and Dutta\, C. (20
 24). Healthy public spaces for children within nei
 ghbourhoods through urban transformations. Cities 
 and Health.</p>\n \n <p><strong>About the Lecture<
 /strong></p>\n \n <p>Why do some cities create pla
 ces where children can play\, move about freely an
 d feel they belong\, while others don't? Drawing o
 n 50 case studies from 36 countries\, Sudeshna sho
 ws how play drives the creation of public spaces f
 or children\, from Regensburg and Mexico City to N
 airobi\, and closer to home\, Melbourne's open spa
 ce planning and Sydney's Darling Harbour Children'
 s Playground.</p>\n \n <p><strong>Sudeshna's</stro
 ng> presentation will be followed by three inspiri
 ng lightning speakers (5 minutes each) and then a 
 combined panel discussion. Join us for a thought p
 rovoking discussion on How Play Drives Public Spac
 es for Children.</p>\n \n <p>When: Wednesday 11th 
 Novmeber 2026</p>\n \n <p>Time: 10:00am to 11:45am
 </p>\n \n <p>Where:  Lecture Theatre 1</p>\n \n <p
 >              Wilkinson Building</p>\n \n <p>    
           The University of Sydney</p>\n \n <p>   
            148 City Road\,  Camperdown NSW 2006</p
 >\n \n <p>Presented by Play Australia in partnersh
 ip with Flourishing Cities\, The University of Syd
 ney</p>\n \n <p>  <img alt="" src="https://www.pla
 yaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/civicrm/pers
 ist/contribute/images/images.png" style="width:150
 px\;height:143px\;" />                            
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DESCRIPTION:How Play Drives Public Spaces for Children\n \n \n
  Global lessons and possibilities\n \n \n         
                                            A FREE 
 PUBLIC LECTURE\n \n \n \n About the Presenter\n \n
  \n Dr Sudeshna Chatterjee\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 
 Sudeshna is an urbanist\, researcher and planning 
 professional\, recognised globally for her work cr
 eating inclusive\, resilient and child friendly ci
 ties. She was lead researcher and author of the Gu
 ide to Creating Urban Public SPACES for Children (
 2026)\, the landmark UN guidance jointly published
  by WHO\, UNICEF and UN Habitat\, and has since le
 d UNICEF’s SPACES webinars for practitioners and c
 ity officials worldwide. She also served on the ex
 pert working group for General Comment No. 17 on t
 he child’s right to play. She is Program Director 
 for Research\, Knowledge and Engagement at WRI Ind
 ia Ross Center for Sustainable Cities\, where she 
 led work informing India’s first national urbanisa
 tion policy. Sudeshna is a member of the Executive
  Board of the International Play Association (IPA 
 World) and Editor in Chief of PlayRights magazine.
 \n \n \n \n Recent publications\n \n \n \n WHO\, U
 NICEF and UN Habitat (2026). Guide to Creating Urb
 an Public SPACES for Children. Lead researcher and
  author.\n \n \n \n Chatterjee\, S.\, Truñó\, M. a
 nd Schledorn\, A. (2025). Planning for play: how a
 re Barcelona and Regensburg using the approach and
  what have they achieved? International Journal of
  Play\, 14(2).\n \n \n \n Chatterjee\, S. and Dutt
 a\, C. (2024). Healthy public spaces for children 
 within neighbourhoods through urban transformation
 s. Cities and Health.\n \n \n \n About the Lecture
 \n \n \n \n Why do some cities create places where
  children can play\, move about freely and feel th
 ey belong\, while others don't? Drawing on 50 case
  studies from 36 countries\, Sudeshna shows how pl
 ay drives the creation of public spaces for childr
 en\, from Regensburg and Mexico City to Nairobi\, 
 and closer to home\, Melbourne's open space planni
 ng and Sydney's Darling Harbour Children's Playgro
 und.\n \n \n \n Sudeshna's presentation will be fo
 llowed by three inspiring lightning speakers (5 mi
 nutes each) and then a combined panel discussion. 
 Join us for a thought provoking discussion on How 
 Play Drives Public Spaces for Children.\n \n \n \n
  When: Wednesday 11th Novmeber 2026\n \n \n \n Tim
 e: 10:00am to 11:45am\n \n \n \n Where:  Lecture T
 heatre 1\n \n \n \n               Wilkinson Buildi
 ng\n \n \n \n               The University of Sydn
 ey\n \n \n \n               148 City Road\,  Campe
 rdown NSW 2006\n \n \n \n Presented by Play Austra
 lia in partnership with Flourishing Cities\, The U
 niversity of Sydney\n \n \n \n                    
                                   \n \n 
CATEGORIES:Free Public Lecture
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261111T100000
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261111T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261112T114500
LOCATION:The University of Sydney\n Lecture Theatre 1\n Wil
 kinson Building\n 148 City Road\n Camperdown\, NSW
  2006\n Australia\n 
URL:https://www.playaustralia.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=643
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