Episode description

"Children are the future, but they are also current."

Are you interested in involving the young generation into decision-making? What do you think about meaningful involvement? How can we differentiate between consultation, collaboration and children-led projects?

Interview with Dr Tiffany Williams, an action-focused public health professional. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, the citizens’ role in the city, the importance of children for visioning, transparency in engagement, and many more.

Tiffany Williams is a PhD-qualified, action-focused public health professional who thrives on complexity and collaboration. She has over a decade of experience in community-based projects aiming to improve wellbeing, with a special interest in the intersection of health and local environments. Diverse work and volunteer pursuits have taken her on an incredible journey through remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of Australia, to the outer islands of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, and now Aotearoa New Zealand. Naturally, this places equity, empathy, and strengths-based approaches at the heart of everything she does. Her PhD research focused on actualising children's ideas for health-promoting neighbourhoods from co-design — so she knows a thing or two about facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration, engaging diverse groups, and bringing great ideas to life. Beyond her professional life, she loves hiking, yoga, surfing and travel, embracing an active outdoor lifestyle that reflects her values and energises her for the work she loves.

Find out more about Tiff through these links:

• Dr Tiffany Williams on LinkedIn
• @TiffWill_tweets as Dr Tiffany Williams on X
• Impactful co-design: Adult decision-makers' perspectives on actualising children's ideas for health-promoting neighbourhoods in Aotearoa New Zealand - article by Tiffany Williams, Kim Ward, Deborah Goodwin, Melody Smith

Connecting episodes you might be interested in:

• No.114 - Interview with Kelly Boucher about engaging children about the built environment
• No.252 - Interview with Allison Duettmann about the city influencing one's behaviour
• No.267R - Actualising children’s ideas for health-promoting neighbourhoods through impactful co-design: insights from children and adult decision-makers

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I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.

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