We're here to find and scale solutions to the major challenges of city life.
SHIFT is London’s living testbed for better urban futures. As an inclusive innovation district, we’re working with everyday innovators to find, test and demonstrate interventions that will make our cities safer, healthier and more sustainable places for people to live. Our work falls under 3 big themes:
Our real-world testbed
Innovators often need a place to trial their idea, prove it works or roll it out at scale. Our home is east London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – a real-world testbed across 560 acres where we invite you to experiment, collaborate and innovate.
The mission
SHIFT is working with innovators from East London and beyond to develop and demonstrate solutions to urban challenges in a real-world environment.
If you are passionate about finding practical answers to the most pressing challenges facing cities today, we want to hear from you.
Test with us
Are you looking to pilot or scale something innovative in the climate, health or mobility space?
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Partner with us
Is your organisation looking to be part of a collective of world-leading organisations, thinkers and creatives committed to tackling global crises?
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Chat to our team
Do you have an idea, question, research topic or problem statement that you’d like to put to the SHIFT team?
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