Culture and Wellbeing in Cities

Culture and Wellbeing in Cities

Deadline for responses: 15 July 2026
Cities around the world are increasingly recognising culture as central to health and wellbeing, yet how culture is defined, measured, and embedded in urban policy varies enormously. This collaboration between the Jameel Arts & Health Lab (JA&HL) and the World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF) sets out to understand where culture sits within city-level health and wellbeing systems: what gets counted, what gets connected, and what gets left out.

We are inviting responses from cities around the world to be included in this research project.

Please see our project page for more information: https://www.jameelartshealthlab.org/research/research-projects/culture-and-wellbeing-in-cities
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City
Organisation
Job Title
Does your city’s department of culture (or equivalent) interact with your department of health (or equivalent)?

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If 'Yes' or 'in development': Please explain how your city's department of culture (or equivalent) interacts with your department of health (or equivalent)?
Is your city already supporting or actively developing cultural initiatives to improve people's wellbeing?

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If 'yes' or 'in development' please share any documentation (e.g. reports, proclamations, policies, etc) about these initiatives. You may upload multiple files.

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Is your city actively monitoring or evaluating how cultural initiatives are influencing wellbeing?
If 'Yes' or 'in development': How is your city currently (or planning to) monitoring or evaluating how cultural initiatives are influencing wellbeing?
Please share a short case study example of an initiative that connects culture and wellbeing in your city.
We are interested to hear about the purpose of the project, the challenge the project is seeking to address (and challenges in the project itself), the solution the policy or project provides (including any funders or partners who helped deliver the project), and the impact the project had (using statistics and data where possible). Please add any links to this project.
You may also upload a hi-resolution photo of this case study (optional)

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