Dr Ellie Cosgrave is Director of Publica’s Campaign for Inclusive Cities. She has worked internationally with organisations such as C40 Cities, Plan International, the Decolab, and the Change Cities network to explore strategic approaches to gender inclusion and women’s safety in cities globally. She has also worked closely with statutory authorities at a local level, such as the Greater London Authority, LLDC, Transport for London and Trafford council as well as developers. 

With them, she has created guidelines, resources, and training materials to support the built environment sector in understanding the nature of violence against women and girls in public space, as well as practical measures that can begin to transform neighbourhoods on the ground.  

Ellie is also Associate Professor of Urban Policy and UCL, Co-Director of the UCL Urban Lab, and a BBC broadcaster where she has hosted the BBC World Service’s ‘My Perfect City’ and ‘Tomorrow’s World’ podcast.