Annika Ruge

  • Designing Cities for Mental Wellbeing

    Designing Cities for Mental Wellbeing

    A universal design tool for visually assessing the urban landscape in relation to mental health in cities The aim of this briefing paper is to sketch out a simple transferable method by which cityofficials can do a pilot study of how comfortable their city is regarding urban mental health, as a complement to the earlier…

  • Designing Cities for Mental Wellbeing

    Designing Cities for Mental Wellbeing

    A universal design tool for visually assessing the urban landscape in relation to mental health in cities The aim of this briefing paper is to sketch out a simple transferable method by which cityofficials can do a pilot study of how comfortable their city is regarding urban mental health, as a complement to the earlier…

  • A Network Approach to Democratic Resilience

    A Network Approach to Democratic Resilience

    How municipal partnerships collaborate across borders to strengthen democratic practices in times of war Since 2022, Ukrainian local self-government authorities (LGs) find themselves at the forefront of a war that has placed renewed emphasis on their crisis preparedness and resilience. The International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) has within its mandate to support municipal partnerships…

  • A Network Approach to Democratic Resilience

    A Network Approach to Democratic Resilience

    How municipal partnerships collaborate across borders to strengthen democratic practices in times of war Since 2022, Ukrainian local self-government authorities (LGs) find themselves at the forefront of a war that has placed renewed emphasis on their crisis preparedness and resilience. The International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD) has within its mandate to support municipal partnerships…