Professor Jonathan Davies, Principal Investigator of the project Collaborative Governance under Austerity: An Eight-Case Comparative Study and Director of the Centre for Urban Research and Austerity (CURA), here introduces a new paper, ‘Austerity Urbanism: Patterns of…
This post, by John Bryson (Principal Investigator of the ESRC-funded Urban Living Birmingham project From Citizen to Co-innovator, from City Council to Facilitator) and Tasos Kitsos, was originally posted in The Conversation. It highlights the considerable…
The Centre for Urban Research on Austerity has launched a new dissemination report, outlining some of the key findings from its Collaborative Governance under Austerity: An Eight-Case Comparative Study project. Spanning cities in the UK (Leicester), Europe (Athens,…
UWE Bristol, through the ESRC-funded project Reuniting Planning and Health: Tackling the Implementation Gaps in Evidence, Governance and Knowledge, has been organising a series of expert seminars exploring the intersection between public health and urban planning…
Governing the Future City is an international ESRC-funded project looking at innovative approaches to urban governance and planning in Johannesburg, London and Shanghai. This blog, following on from an introductory article, an overview of research in the area…
While predicting the potential future of any city is fraught with complexity, this is especially so when like Birmingham it is currently undergoing dramatic change. John Bryson, Principal Investigator of the ESRC-funded Urban Living project From Citizen…
This blog was originally posted on the website of the ESRC-funded What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth and draws on their research on the drivers of prosperity in cities. This post explores the difficulties of…
The ESRC-funded Urban Living Birmingham project is inviting artists and creative organisations to submit proposals for innovative programmes that engage citizens in the design of imaginative approaches to urban service delivery. Spanning transport, employment, health, environmental…
Zhan Wang, Xiangzheng Deng, Cecilia Wong and Jiancheng Chen This is the final of a series of three blogs by the research team of the project Eco-Urbanisation: Promoting Sustainable Development in Metropolitan Regions in China, describing…
Urban Transformations has recently published a publication on the emerging landscape of ‘urban living labs’ in the UK, Europe and globally. Comparative International and Urban Living Labs – The Urban Living Global Challenge: A Prospectus is…
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