London Prosperity Board

The longitudinal study of household prosperity in east London (2021-2031) observes how households in 15 post-industrial neighbourhoods in east London, (subject to rapid economic and social transformation driven by the regeneration of London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park) self-report their prosperity over the decade 2021-2031.

It is the first longitudinal study in the UK to track household prosperity using the IGP’s citizen-led Prosperity Index and is based on qualitative research about the determinants of prosperity for individuals and communities in east London.

The study will assess the long-term effects of social, economic and physical change on prosperity and address:

• How are ‘prosperity gains’ from regeneration distributed within and between neighbourhoods?

• How is prosperity experienced by people from different backgrounds and living in different neighbourhoods?

• What are the local, short, medium and long term issues that enable people to prosper?

The research sites are: Heath (Barking and Dagenham), Hackney Wick and East Wick (Hackney), Gascoyne Estate (Hackney), Beckton (Newham), Custom House (Newham), Royal Docks, Silverton Quays (Newham), North Woolwich (Newham), Fish Island - Sweetwater (Tower Hamlets), Coventry Cross (Tower Hamlets), Teviot Estate (Tower Hamlets), Leyton (Waltham Forest), Olympic Park - Pudding Mill East (Newham) and International Quarter London (IQL) - Chobham Manor & East Village (Newham)

The study is an innovative cross-sector research collaboration including partners and funders from the public, private and voluntary sector and is supported by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at UCL. The main funders of the study are Lendlease, Royal Docks, The London Legacy Development Corporation, Poplar HARCA and The Hill Group.

The first wave of the study was carried out in 2021-2022 and we are currently in the midst of analysing the data and producing outputs. Find more about the study here.