Join us with the Manchester Urban Institute for an informal networking lunch to discuss approaches to urban partnership and civic participation in research.
This research cafe will explore the methods and approaches to urban partnership and civic participation in research aiming to explore solutions to reduce poverty and urban inequalities in more joined-up ways across employment and skills, housing, transport, access to green spaces, health and wellbeing, and creative placemaking.
Over the past year, the Manchester Urban Institute has supported pilot studies to develop Methods for Change towards more socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable urban futures. The projects were funded internally by the UoM Humanities Social Investment Fund (HSIF) via an Innovation Lab with a range of external partners including Transport for the North, Transport for Greater Manchester, Oldham, Stockport and Wigan district councils.
Manchester Urban Institute (MUI), based within The University of Manchester, is a multidisciplinary hub for academics across the University with a common interest in urban research focused on ‘people and place’. MUI is structured around four main research challenges: i) the built environment; ii) green and blue resilience; iii) health and wellbeing; and iv) transport and mobilities. There are three cross-cutting themes of inequalities, polycrisis and political economy. We specialise in using mixed methods approaches to case studies that aim to coproduce research with a wide range of stakeholders to facilitate evidence-based policymaking.
Speakers
Jenna Ashton (Chair) - Senior Lecturer in Heritage Studies and Creative and Civic Futures research theme lead for Creative Manchester
Joe Ravetz - Research Fellow, Manchester Urban Institute and Co-Director of the Centre for Urban Resilience
Eric Lybeck - Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) and Manchester Urban Institute
Karen Lucas - Professor of Human Geography, Director of Research in the Department of Geography, Director of the Manchester Urban Institute
Joanna Barrow - Research Associate, Manchester Urban Institute
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