Too many developments, towns and cities fail because the reality of what people and communities want and need has been neglected in their creation. Social Life is being launched with a mission to reconnect placemaking with people's everyday experience and the way that communities work.

The social dimensions of sustainability are largely overlooked in debates, policy and practice around sustainable urbanism. This article, by one of the Founding Directors of new Young Foundation venture Social Life, argues it is time to put people back into the picture and develop a broader understanding of what sustainability means for cities.

Young Foundation researcher Mhairi Aylott assess the viability of Payment by Results within the criminal justice setting.