At this year’s Women’s Night Safety Summit, Ellie Cosgrave and Gaia Crocella presented Right to the City, Publica CIC’s live action research programme exploring how women, girls and non-binary people experience the City of London after dark.

How can cities better support women’s safety and sense of belonging?

Lucy Musgrave OBE RDI, Founding Director of Publica, has been appointed to NLA’s Sounding Board for 2026. She joins a group of 25 senior urban leaders, including Nabeel Khan, Strategic Director at the London Borough of Lambeth; Binki Taylor at The Brixton Project; and Dicle Guntas, Managing Director of HGG London.

Ellie Cosgrave, Director of CIC and Research, has been appointed to two advisory bodies for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

Founding Director Lucy Musgrave OBE RDI has been reappointed by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, as one of the Mayor’s Design Advocates for the 2025 – 2028 term.

Founding Director Lucy Musgrave OBE RDI shared her expertise on design principles, policy, and delivery at the House of Lords Built Environment Committee, statingways we can make sure the next generation of new towns are well-designed places.

Our team have been listening and amplifying the voices that make up our spaces, stories, and neighbourhoods with the London Festival of Architecture.

What does it truly mean to care in property development? The social value panel sessions at UKREIIF 2025 explored just that.

Senior Urban Designer, Gaia Crocella, and Senior Researcher, Daniel Blyth participated in the LUCI Cities & Lighting Summit 2025 in London, co-organised with the City of London. Together with other experts from the urban lighting community, they explored the future of urban lighting and its role in shaping vibrant, inclusive cities.

Publica’s Founding Director Lucy Musgrave has been appointed a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) by the Royal Society of Arts, at the 2024 RDI Address.

Publica has recently volunteered with Open City’s ‘Young City Makers’ programme, working with pupils from primary school in Westminster to re-imagine Marble Arch as a child-friendly public space. This project was supported by the John Lyons Charitable Trust.

Dr Ellie Cosgrave, Director of CIC and Research, delivered a pivotal presentation at the Cities Change Annual Summit for Learning and Innovation for Gender Equity in Barcelona. Ellie shared Publica’s best practice from London and Manchester, focusing on our CIC’s campaign for women, girls and gender diverse people’s safety in public spaces.

Founding Director Lucy Musgrave has been appointed a trustee of Grand Plan, a charity that awards grants of £1,000 to people of colour to bring a creative project to life.

Publica’s Community Interest Company is delighted to announce the appointment of three new members to its board, Binki Taylor, Eve Holt and Elizabeth Rapoport, to join founding director Lucy Musgrave in supporting Publica’s campaign for inclusive and collaborative city-making processes.

We know that addressing the climate crisis requires systemic change across all industries. This is especially true in the built environment sector, which is responsible for 42% of UK emissions. Last Thursday’s event marked the latest stage of Architects Declare’s journey to create a national policy framework for the UK that addresses the reality of the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency and creates a regenerative built environment, enabling society and nature to thrive.

Ellie Cosgrave, Director of CIC and Research has attended events and discussions centred around representation in the built environment, discussing ways in which we can bridge the gaps between government, community, and design.

Publica is delighted to announce that we have joined many others in the sign up to the Diverse Leader’s Pledge to help make the built environment sector more representative through recruitment, progression, and advocacy.

Publica is delighted to have been appointed to three lots on the Mayor’s Architecture + Urbanism (A+U) Framework, to support his mission to create a better, greener and more sustainable London for everyone.

Director Anna Mansfield, has joined the Mayor of London Sadiq Kahn’s Infrastructure Advisory Panel.