Future Places: A Digital Economy Centre on Understanding Place Through Pervasive Computing
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Computing & Communications
Abstract
The Future Places Centre will explore how ubiquitous and pervasive technologies, the IoT, and new data science tools can let people reimagine what their future spaces might be. Today, the footprint of such systems extends well beyond the work environments where they first showed themselves and are now, quite literally, ubiquitous. Combined with advances in data science, particularly in the general area of AI, these are enabling entirely new forms of applications and expanding our understanding of how we can shape our physical spaces. The result of these trends is that the potential impact of these systems is no longer confined to work settings or the scientific imagination; it points towards all contexts in which the relationship between space and human practice might be altered through digitally-enabled comprehension of the worlds we inhabit.
Such change necessitates enriching the public imagination about what future places might be and how they might be understood. In particular, it points towards new ways of using pervasive technologies (such as the IoT), to shape healthy, sustainable living through the creation of appropriate places. To paraphrase Churchill: if he said we make our buildings, and our buildings come to shape us, the Future Places centre starts from the premise that new understanding of places (enabled by pervasive computing, data science and AI tools), can be combined with a public concern for sustainability and the environment to help shape healthier places and thus make healthier people.
It is thus the goal of the centre to reimagine and develop further Mark Weiser's original vision of ubiquitous computing. As it does this so it will cohere Lancaster's pioneering DE projects and create a world-class interdisciplinary research endeavour that binds Lancaster to the local community, to industry and government, making the North West a test-bed for what might be.
Such change necessitates enriching the public imagination about what future places might be and how they might be understood. In particular, it points towards new ways of using pervasive technologies (such as the IoT), to shape healthy, sustainable living through the creation of appropriate places. To paraphrase Churchill: if he said we make our buildings, and our buildings come to shape us, the Future Places centre starts from the premise that new understanding of places (enabled by pervasive computing, data science and AI tools), can be combined with a public concern for sustainability and the environment to help shape healthier places and thus make healthier people.
It is thus the goal of the centre to reimagine and develop further Mark Weiser's original vision of ubiquitous computing. As it does this so it will cohere Lancaster's pioneering DE projects and create a world-class interdisciplinary research endeavour that binds Lancaster to the local community, to industry and government, making the North West a test-bed for what might be.
Planned Impact
The Future Places Centre will be driven by an impact agenda - aiming to transform the way we think about the spaces we live in. Its premise is that ubiquitous and pervasive technologies, the IoT, and new data science tools, can let people reimagine what their future spaces might be. For this to occur, it is necessary that research facilitate academic and public discourse on the possibilities of future places and deepen comprehension of what these might be.
This proposition will be tested and made real through a series of long-term thematic case studies. Each will have a particular focal point, enabling in-depth investigation and practical impacts that can anchor more widespread research. Underpinning these will be innovative ubiquitous computing tools and techniques that provide the knowledge necessary for evolving future places.
The first domain of impact will be the natural environment, i.e. investigating the ecology of the North West coastal area to unfold the complex entanglements of human practice and the environment. Through a series of public engagement workshops and design processes, this theme will make visible that relationship to the public at large and a particular focus of this impact will be in the design and didactic role of Eden North and other longer-term transformative projects on the Bay area.
The second domain of impact will be the built environment. This will have as its focal point various new housing developments in the North West. The ambition behind these is to develop new housing community models that place environmentally sustainable living alongside reconfigured infrastructures. Through series of public engagement workshops and design processes (with local stakeholders ranging from developers through to planners and the potential occupants of these new settings), we will share information about the built environment enabled by IoT and data science and thus impact upon the future form of these developments.
Finally, we will impact through changing health outcomes. This is a bold ambition but we believe we can achieve this through using prior DE project insights to help exploit technology to evidence the relationship between space and human health outcomes. The focal point for this research is the development of the Health Innovation Campus at the University which will house the medical school alongside new 'healthy living' businesses and start-ups. It is expected that these will drive new directions for collaboration with the centre.
The aim is for the impact of the centre to go far beyond technology innovation and to suffuse the public imagination, providing new reasons to perceive and shape space. In so doing new opportunities for businesses and services will emerge too. To support these businesses and services we will train the next generation of interdisciplinary researches and this training will provide further impact on the research community as a whole.
This proposition will be tested and made real through a series of long-term thematic case studies. Each will have a particular focal point, enabling in-depth investigation and practical impacts that can anchor more widespread research. Underpinning these will be innovative ubiquitous computing tools and techniques that provide the knowledge necessary for evolving future places.
The first domain of impact will be the natural environment, i.e. investigating the ecology of the North West coastal area to unfold the complex entanglements of human practice and the environment. Through a series of public engagement workshops and design processes, this theme will make visible that relationship to the public at large and a particular focus of this impact will be in the design and didactic role of Eden North and other longer-term transformative projects on the Bay area.
The second domain of impact will be the built environment. This will have as its focal point various new housing developments in the North West. The ambition behind these is to develop new housing community models that place environmentally sustainable living alongside reconfigured infrastructures. Through series of public engagement workshops and design processes (with local stakeholders ranging from developers through to planners and the potential occupants of these new settings), we will share information about the built environment enabled by IoT and data science and thus impact upon the future form of these developments.
Finally, we will impact through changing health outcomes. This is a bold ambition but we believe we can achieve this through using prior DE project insights to help exploit technology to evidence the relationship between space and human health outcomes. The focal point for this research is the development of the Health Innovation Campus at the University which will house the medical school alongside new 'healthy living' businesses and start-ups. It is expected that these will drive new directions for collaboration with the centre.
The aim is for the impact of the centre to go far beyond technology innovation and to suffuse the public imagination, providing new reasons to perceive and shape space. In so doing new opportunities for businesses and services will emerge too. To support these businesses and services we will train the next generation of interdisciplinary researches and this training will provide further impact on the research community as a whole.
Organisations
- Lancaster University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Lancaster City Council (Collaboration)
- Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (Collaboration)
- Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North merseyside (Collaboration)
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) (Collaboration)
- Natural History Museum (Collaboration)
- AGE UK (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- The Eden Project (Collaboration)
- Kendal Mountain Festival (Collaboration)
- Iceland Foods Ltd (Collaboration)
- University of Technology Sydney (Project Partner)
- Eden Project (Project Partner)
- University of Lisbon (Project Partner)
- NHS West Lancashire CCG (Project Partner)
- University of Sydney (Project Partner)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (Project Partner)
- Samsung (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Regenda Homes (Project Partner)
- Lancashire County Council (Project Partner)
- Blackpool and The Fylde College (Project Partner)
- Local Council Roads Innovation Group (Project Partner)
- Public Health England (Project Partner)
- Universita della Svizzera Italiana (Project Partner)
- Inprova Group Ltd (Project Partner)
- Heathfield Ladies Residential Home (Project Partner)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Project Partner)
- Connected Places Catapult (Project Partner)
- Microsoft Research (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Micro:bit Educational Foundation (Project Partner)
- Hardy & Ellis Inventions LTD (Project Partner)
- Bristol City Council (Project Partner)
- Matter 2 Media (Project Partner)
- Lancaster City Council (Project Partner)
- Small World Consulting Ltd (Project Partner)
- NHS Liverpool CCG (Project Partner)
- University of Melbourne (Project Partner)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Project Partner)
- Halton Housing (Project Partner)
- Morecambe Bay Hospital NHS Trust (Project Partner)
Publications
Anderson T
(2022)
Seeing Danger: Safety on an Offshore Oil and Gas Platform. Ethnographic Studies
in Ethnographic Studies
Borowiec D
(2023)
DOPpler: Parallel Measurement Infrastructure for Auto-Tuning Deep Learning Tensor Programs
in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
Borowiec D
(2022)
Trimmer: Cost-Efficient Deep Learning Auto-tuning for Cloud Datacenters
Borowiec D
(2021)
The environmental consequence of deep learning
in ITNOW
Budszus T
(2024)
The Aquarium is a Listening Glass
Carver L
(2024)
The Aquarium is a listening glass
Cunningham J
(2022)
Non-Fungible Tokens as a Mechanism for Representing Patient Consent.
in Studies in health technology and informatics
Devine J
(2022)
Plug-and-play Physical Computing with Jacdac
in Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
| Title | "Levelling Up" essay |
| Description | This essay was published on Caught by the River to accompany the launch of the North Country anthology, and discusses levelling up in social structures, in marine ecosystems and literature |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Wider global readership |
| URL | https://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2022/11/levelling-up-karen-lloyd-north-country/ |
| Title | Accidental or non-Accidental curatorial practices after the human destruction of the Earth and interspecies life |
| Description | I provided a performance lecture at exhibition opening night using metabolic milieu perspectives generated from Morecambe Bay. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Established networks and have prepared future plans including submitted an application (unsuccessful) to the Independent Social Research Foundation for an extended set of working group sessions towards a cultural programme called Convivial Islands (for the Croatian islands) as an investigation into the life and works of Ivan Illich. The purpose of which would be to unfold degrowth perspectives around coastal tourism in Croatia. |
| URL | https://mavena.hr/curatorial-school-2023/ |
| Title | Anthropophony |
| Description | Poem published on Ink Sweat and Tears site for the Poetry Society's Environment day |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Wide international readership |
| URL | https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/for-national-poetry-day-the-environment-karen-lloyd-penelope-shuttle-... |
| Title | Carlisle City Fire Show November 2023 |
| Description | Anthem for Cumberland - a long narrative poem to narrate the fire show, with accompanying musical score (Mary Keith) and soundscape by Uni of Cumbria media students |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Engagement with 35,000 people |
| URL | https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/news/2023/carlisle-fireshow |
| Title | Come Forth into the Light |
| Description | Essay on new forms of lighting and global light proliferation. |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Title | FPC Digital Anthology |
| Description | Online digital anthology featuring creative writing from the shortlisted writers in the first FPC Environmental Literature prize |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Wide readership |
| URL | https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/future-places/activities/the-future-places-environmental-essay-and-poetr... |
| Title | Future pervasive displays in care settings |
| Description | Video describing pervasive display research in care homes |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | n/a |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evRznHE44cs&ab_channel=LU-DataScienceInstitute |
| Title | Going Around the Houses |
| Description | This neurodivergent artist amassed stories from participants in Barrow-in-Furness to produce an ambitious illustrative mapping of voices of positive reflection and wellbeing. It's called 'Going Around the Houses' to indicate the benefits of her neurodivergent approach in understanding a place. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Title | Inside the Rockpool Shrimp there is a Dying Star |
| Description | An essay exploring microplastics in marine and freshwater organisms in Morecambe Bay and beyond |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Published by UEA Anthology of Speculative Nature Writing |
| Title | Lugworm Walks |
| Description | This work investigates the non-human cartographies of lugworms, through data collection tools such as GPS tracking. The artist's own walks searching for lugworm castings on the mudflats in Morecambe Bay, were recorded through video and GPS. She made casts of the castings which were part of an installation at White Elephant Contemporary, a gallery in Morecambe. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://www.nuriarovira.art/nr-cartographic-interventions |
| Title | Mapping Health Art - Lancaster Health Week |
| Description | A two-day exhibition of the Cartographic Intervention commissioned works displayed at a local arts and community centre. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Title | Morecambe Bay: three short audio works |
| Description | This artist created three short audio works as a soundscape of birds in the Bay, which can be used as a form of therapy in residential care homes. This is particularly effective for people experiencing memory loss, through listening to the 'bird landscape of sound', which would have been the background to their daily lives. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | http://www.jogorner.co.uk/research/cartographic-intervention/ |
| Title | On Bewilderment |
| Description | Piece for New Networks for Nature booklet |
| Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Booklet distributed at NNN annual conference November 22 |
| URL | https://www.newnetworksfornature.org.uk/ |
| Title | Playground for the Soul |
| Description | Rachael and Maria's |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://exploremorecambebay.org.uk/things-to-do/playground-for-the-soul-a-morecambe-soundmap/ |
| Title | Rurban Hope Spots Maps |
| Description | A number of images describing the Rurban Hope Spots mapping approach. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Title | Rurban Hope Spots animations |
| Description | Four animations produced as part of the initial FPC walking trail 'Lancaster's food growing hope spots'. Animations highlight key findings of the Rurban Hope Spots project |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Title | State of Flux |
| Description | This work looked at the shifting dynamics of the salt marsh areas of Grange-over-Sands and Arnside. The two sets of prints reflect the changes, with what was once beach at Grange becoming salt marsh, and marsh turning to beach at Arnside. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None at this time |
| URL | https://karenlester-66208.medium.com/state-of-flux-431c83028f16 |
| Title | The Once and Future Land |
| Description | A film of interviews in situ in the Lake District with environmentalists, landowners, farmers, artists and business owners |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Title | The Sound Canopy |
| Description | Collaboration with Emma Sayer (LEC). The Sound Canopy was designed for Glastonbury Science. The installation includes 4 tin can listening devices connected to the canopy that play audio when lifted from can holders designed to represent sounds. All the audio recordings submitted represent different examples of science research from researchers across the country. Current recordings include sounds of Antarctic ice, dolphin communication, MRI scans and natural radio emmissions of the planet. The audio files can be adapted so the installation can be used in other settings. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Installed in the Science Futures areas at Glastonbury (in The Green Fields). Unknown number of engagements at present. The Science Future area as a whole had thousands of visitors and engagements. National and international audience. |
| URL | https://glastosciencefutures.org/the-sound-canopy/ |
| Description | In the past year the FPC continued to explore how digital tools and technologies shape the way places are understood and renewed. It continues to demonstrate how different forms of data can allow new perspectives and points of view on processes of change and renewal. These activities are building deeper connections with relevant partners and stakeholders and allowing findings and data sets to be further developed for partners and researchers within the FPC. |
| Exploitation Route | These activities have built deeper connections with relevant partners and stakeholders and are allowing preliminary findings and data sets to be further developed and given over to future development both within the FPC's time span and over the longer term. |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Environment Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Culture Heritage Museums and Collections |
| Description | This year the FPC convened conferences on narratives about data and nature, undertook benchmark research with local charities seeking to drive change, adding insight into aspects of local and community knowledge about the relationship between human practices and natural ecology. Increasingly extensive ties with schools throughout the area entailing the use of digital tools and devices contributing to the shaping of more regional and environmentally connected curricula that will become a further benchmark as well as placing the FPC at the fulcrum of these endeavours. The further development of open source platforms on socio-demographic and other data types is leading to new modes of engagement between regional councils and the communities they serve, and affording opportunities for insight and exchange that is altering the criteria used to judge the merits of planning policy and protocols. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Policy & public services |
| Description | Rurban Hope Spots GIS Layer |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | (eCampus For Care) Impact Acceleration Account Seed Funding |
| Amount | £14,851 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Department | Impact Acceleration Account Lancaster |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | (eCampus For Care) Lean Launch Programme Cohort 10 |
| Amount | £3,700 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | Closing Loops |
| Amount | £1,496,371 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 20167559 |
| Organisation | National Lottery |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2021 |
| End | 04/2027 |
| Description | DSI: Lancaster and South Cumbria Secure Data Environment - Research Infrastructure Engineer |
| Amount | £70,095 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2023 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | Digital Scholar Scholarship "Shaping thought for better digital futures: a Digital Future" |
| Amount | 80,000 kr (SEK) |
| Organisation | Royal Institute of Technology |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Sweden |
| Start | |
| Description | Equity for the Older: Beyond Digital Access |
| Amount | £984,746 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W025337/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | ICURe follow on funding: FY21 round 4 |
| Amount | £300,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | QUENCH Network: A Network Linking the Quality of Urban Environments with Nature-Connectedness and Health |
| Amount | £313,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Rurban Hope Spots |
| Amount | £9,364 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Department | Impact Acceleration Account Lancaster |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | SaMPaS (Salt Marsh Participatory Sensing) |
| Amount | £36,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2023 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Title | Rurban Hope Spots Methodology |
| Description | A GIS methodology for analysing open source datasets to enable land suitability for food growing to be assessed based on a series of defined but flexible parameters. Open source methodology made available via Github |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Description | (Lancs & South Cumbia NHS) IAA Evaluation Study Collaboration |
| Organisation | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Technical lead on the IAA project, provision and deployment of eCampus infrastructure. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to deployment building, development of user requirements and participation in user engagement activities (i.e. interviews) |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Blueprint for the Bay collaboration |
| Organisation | The Eden Project |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Role on the Advisory Board |
| Collaborator Contribution | Resources and activities to combat loneliness and social isolation in three areas around Morecambe Bay, over 2 years |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Eden Partnership on Future Places Centre Environmental Literature Prize |
| Organisation | The Eden Project |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Planned and delivered the literature prize event. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sponsored a prize |
| Impact | Ongoing partnership |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Freezone study with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Organisation | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Equipment and eCampus infrastructure |
| Collaborator Contribution | Purchase of equipment and effort contribution in supporting the study |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Iceland Partnership on The Future Places Centre Environmental Literature Prize |
| Organisation | Iceland Foods Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Planned and delivered the literature prize event. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sponsored a prize |
| Impact | Ongoing partnership |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Joining the Dots; FASS seminar on embedding arts practice across Lancaster University |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Department | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A round table cross disciplinary workshop on embedding arts practice and research across the university |
| Collaborator Contribution | Generating ideas and identifying problems |
| Impact | Not yet known |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Kendal Mountain Festival Partner on Future Places Centre Environmental Literature Prize |
| Organisation | Kendal Mountain Festival |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Planned and delivered the literature prize event. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Promoted the Literature prize and provided a space for delivering the award ceremony. |
| Impact | Delivered the Future Places Environmental Essay and Poetry Prize event. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Lancaster City Council Deployment (Salt Ayre Leisure Centre) Partnership |
| Organisation | Lancaster City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Installation and support of the system deployment. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to Salt Ayre Leisure centre and support for the deployment of e-Campus. |
| Impact | Active deployment of the e-campus system. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Lancs Wildlife Trust Collaboration On The Lost Sounds & Biodiversity Logbooks |
| Organisation | Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North merseyside |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Demonstrating workshop activities to staff for use within the organisation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-delivery of activities in schools and community |
| Impact | Ongoing co-delivery of workshops in schools and community. Use of workshop activities within the organisation. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Openshaw Resource Centre Display Wall Collaboration |
| Organisation | Age UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Provision and installation of large-screen displays and supporting computing equipment. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to deployment building, development of user requirements and participation in user engagement activities (i.e. interviews) |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Research and collaboration |
| Organisation | Natural History Museum |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Approached to engage with the urban nature project for collaboration with ClipBits and for research for new book |
| Collaborator Contribution | Offer (from colleague) to provide NHM with ClipBits and other tech for monitoring urban nature with children |
| Impact | Outputs ongoing |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Title | Clip:bit Makecode Extension |
| Description | Software to support users of the Clip:bit and software derrived from it |
| Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | Engineering department in Lancaster City Council plan to use the toolkit for future works |
| URL | https://johnvidler.co.uk/blog/the-clipbit-an-addon-for-the-microbit/ |
| Title | Digital interactive feedback display |
| Description | A web-based system that allows users to report their experiences of engaging with a Future Places Centre trail. Specifically designed to operate on large screen public displays, the system enables users to report audio snippets tagged to particular waypoints along a defined trail. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | None as yet. |
| URL | https://fpc-walk.lancs.ac.uk |
| Title | GPS web tool development |
| Description | Web tool to map GPS coordinates from the GPS add-on for the clip:bit. Allows uploading of data, images and customisation. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | The GPS data from the clip:bit can be visualised |
| Title | Hope Spots Walking Trail Guide System |
| Description | A mobile, location-aware web-based application that delivers localised content to a user's mobile device. Specifically, the system leverages Bluetooth beacons to identify the proximity of users and provides dynamic content that describes new ideas for adapting local environments along a defined trail to engender discussions on food sustainability. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Through an initial trial of the system in a city in the NW, the technology is now being repurposed to facilitate new trails within Morecambe and surrounding areas. |
| Company Name | If Give |
| Description | If Give develops an online platform which aims to help charities to run fundraising campaigns, and receive regular donations. |
| Year Established | 2022 |
| Impact | Through the establishment of IF GIVE LTD, the company has been invited to apply for seed funding via Innovate UK's ICure programme to support additional industrial research activities over a 12 month period. In particular, IF GIVE as a commercial entry has allowed the founding researchers to formalise and strengthen partnerships with NGOs including Oxfam Australia who are working closely with IF GIVE LTD to support design and productisation activities. As a company registered in the NW, we expect IF GIVE LTD to bring economic impacts to the region and will look to engage with smaller local charities and social good projects throughout. |
| Website | https://www.ifgive.app/ |
| Description | "Laguna dal basso": A Series of Workshops Exploring Political Biogeomorphology in Venetian Lagoon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was a scientific advisor on the topic of values and knowledge to the artist lead participatory workshops that was mediating knowledge systems between fisherfolk and conservation practitioners in the Venice Lagoon. The project used an artist film made under the water (and screened at the Milieu conference) as the starting point for participatory workshop discussions which I helped shape. This project aims to develop fresh insights into the Lagoon's history, agency, and governance by adopting a material and analytical perspective "from below." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.marineboard.eu/sonia-levy |
| Description | 'Reimagining the Lake District Uplands' Facebook Page |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A page where comments and interesting links can be posted concerning the Lake District but also other posts relevant to the environment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | 'Reimagining the Lake District' Goldsmith Press website, co-written with Charlie Gere, Karen Lloyd, Ian Convery and Simon Stainer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 4000 word co-written article on the need to re-imagine the environment of the Lake District uplands in relation to the climate crisis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 'Reimagining the Lake District' The Ecologist Magazine, co-written with Charlie Gere, Karen Lloyd, Ian Convery and Simon Stainer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 1600 word co-written article on the need to re-imagine the environment of the Lake District uplands in relation to the climate crisis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2022 |
| Description | A Short Cultural and Natural History of Morecambe Bay |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk for the Morecambe Milieux/Aqueous Futures conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | A talk about The Gathering Tide and FPC work on microplastics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk for Manchester Geographical Society |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | AHRC - Future Observatory Researcher's Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participated in a panel of researchers discussing AHRC Future Observatory funded projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Abundance: Nature in Recovery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk about one of the FPC's researchers PhD research and book for the Birdwatching and Wildlife Club Grantown on Spey, Cairngorms. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://allevents.in/inverness/evening-talk-nature-in-recovery-by-karen-lloyd/200024521700921 |
| Description | Biodiversity in Ryelands Park |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Planting a hedge and planting snowdrops in Ryelands Park. Learning about the newly planted white cherry trees. 57 children in Year 1, teachers, classroom asistants and some parents. This is the start of a longterm project in Ryelands Park to monitor biodiversity and care from the hedgerow. Micro:bit surveys will follow. This project was run with a land manager, council engagement representative and a member of the Friends of the Park. The aim of the activities are to build knowledge and connection with the park space. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Biodiversity meetings with Westmorland and Furness authority |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Looking at ways to engage local councils and communities with nature restoration in urban spaces |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Bird count with clip:bits. Supporting Alex Hall at St Patrics Primary School - Year 6 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Ran a bird count with a class of Year 6 children at St Patrics Primary School using clip:bits - to support Alex Hall. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Birdwatching with Alex Hall at Mossgate Primary School, Heysham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Alex Hall is a professional practitioner who delivers environmental/nature-based activities in local schools. She delivers activities for Morecambe Bay Curriculum. Led a bird watching activity. I demonstrated use of the clip:bits for collecting the bird count data. We worked with 27 children in Year 1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Book Talk at Keswick Literature Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk about Karen Lloyd's PhD research and her published book |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Book Talk at Timber Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk about the research and writing of my book abundance nature in recovery |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://timberfestival.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timber2022_PrintProgramme_final.pdf |
| Description | Book Talk for Buxton Field Club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Karen Lloyd's PhD and latest book |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Book Talk for Natural England Regional Office |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk about Karen Lloyd's PhD research and published book |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Buxton International Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Book talk with Mark Cocker and Professor Tim Birkhead |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://buxtonfestival.co.uk/news-and-blog/2022-buxton-international-festival-programme-highlights |
| Description | CACI Case Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Case study generated by CACI detailing the way their socio-demographic data is being used by the Future Places Centre (FPC) in their research. This is a different way to how universities normally use their data and CACI were keen to showcase the FPC approach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Charnley Fold meeting with NHS foundation / Age Concern |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Staff and NHS collaborators working at the Charnley Fold Enhanced Dementia Day Support Centre, Preston regarding the presentation/explanation of our system and subsequent plans to explore a deployment for evaluation as part of the IAA eCampus For Care project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Convivial Conservation Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I co-founded and participate as the formal working group the Convivial Conservation Centre with colleagues from Wagenengen NL, universities in South Africa, Brazil, India and Tanzania and the Univerrsity of West Indies. Collectively we are establishing a research, advocacy and membership network hub to advance transformative and radical propositions for changing the conversation and norms related to biodiversity conservation, by 2030. We are working towards a large research grant > £5m to establish a network of country case studies as Living Laboratories over the next 5 years. I am developing the marine aspect of the propositions, and would still like to elaborate aspects of these in Morecambe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.convivialconservation.com/about/ |
| Description | Convivial Seas. From Protection to Connection |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I provided a keynote talk "out of the box" moment about my research to the EU Marine Protected Area network managers at the Brussels based membership advocacy organisation Seas at Risk. The event was a strategy meeting where they all come together to review progress on their project. I presented perspectives about transformative conservation approaches that use environmental philosophy to integrate nature and culture. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://seas-at-risk.org/what-we-do/rewilding-the-ocean/marine-protected-areas/#:~:text=Seas%20At%20... |
| Description | Curlew Poetry Workshops - Ryland's Primary School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Continuing curlew project work on curlews with 2 classes of year 5 pupils - writing poetry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dallam Secondary School Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Following an invite from the school, I went to meet a group of young people from Year 10 who are running an environmental project in the school grounds. This involved land management and environmental monitoring activities using Micro:bit. The students showed me their work to date, involving using Microbit to gather soil humidity and air temperature data and their plans for different areas of the school grounds. I showed similar ongoing projects including Biodiversity Logbooks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Data literacy using the clip:bit and Cloudlet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to explore data collected from beach survey using the Cloudlet. Tables, Bar charts, Maps, Visualisations. Comparison of two ecosystems (Morecambe Bay & Amaon Rainforest) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Digital Naturalists |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Invited to speak to educators about use of digital technology and interdisciplinary approach in outdoor environmental learning. The group represent early years, primary schools and other outdoor educator providers. They meet regularly to share good practice on deliveing 'education outside the classroon'. I was asked to present and discuss my approach using examples. As a result I was asked to contribute to an event in September. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Digital Naturalists Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk to trainee teachers and newly qualified teachers who are members of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum Think Tank at the University of Cumbria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Eden/Lancaster University Zoom Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 8 speakers providing 5-minute talks connected to Eden projects and Eden's collaborations with Lancaster University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Education in the context of a climate crisis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Short talks by staff at Lancaster University, Eden Project and local schools involved in the Morecambe Bay Curriculum, followed by online Q&A. Videos shared online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Environmental Literature Prize Award Ceremony |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The award ceremony connected to the Environmental Literature Prize which took place during the Kendal Mountain Literature Festival. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ernest Cook Trust Founders Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Following a talk to a group of Outdoor Learning Educators I was invite to run an activity with children and present/run an activity with Ernest Cook Trust staff and trustees. A colleague and I ran an activity in Morecambe with a class of year 5s about birds. We demonstrated the clip:bit and Classroom Cloudlet with 45 adults from Ernest Cook Trust and staff had an opportunity to use the equipment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Ethnography and 'Implications for Design' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ethnography and 'Implications for Design' or 'Paul Dourish's Blues' - a talk given at the University of Siegen |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | FPC Environment Season - Kathleen Jamie in Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Scots Makar Kathleen Jamie in conversation with Karen LLoyd |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/events/environment-literature-and-the-arts-seas... |
| Description | FPC Environment Season - Mark Cocker In Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mark Cocker in conversation with FPC writer in residence Karen Lloyd about his new book One Midsummer's Day: The Story of Swifts and All Life on Earth |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/health-and-medicine/events/environment-literature-and-the-arts-season-20... |
| Description | FPC Environment Season - Panel Discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Panel Discussion - how can the arts communicate environmental issues in a way that science cannot? Chaired by Prof. Charlie Gere |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/leading-north-west-writers-and-thinkers-to-gather-in... |
| Description | From Tolkein's Shire to Thatchers England' in Freize Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 900-word article on Chelsea in the 1960-70s in relation to the counter-culture and punk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Future Places Centre Environmental Literature Prize Anthology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A collection of environmental essays and poetry submitted for the Future Places Enviromental Essay and Poety Competition |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Future Places Centre Environmental Literature Prize Twitter Account |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Twitter account to maintain engagment and awareness of the prize (from 2021) and ahead of the next anticipated literary competition in 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Future Places Centre Lecture Series on Morecambe Bay |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A series of 6 lectures on research around Morecambe Bay organised by the Future Places Centre as part of the Arnside Leture Group. Audience was predominantly retirees with a mix of ex-academics, -professionals and -government |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Future Places Centre Lecture Series on Morecambe Bay - The Gathering Tide |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A public lecture given as part of the FPC lecture series on the people and landscapes of Morecambe Bay in collaboration with Arnside Lecture Group. Session recorded for upload on to the FPC website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Future Places Centre lecture series on Morecambe Bay - Food Futures in Morecambe Bay |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A public lecture given as part of the FPC lecture series on the people and landscapes of Morecambe Bay in collaboration with Arnside Lecture Group. Session recorded for upload on to the FPC website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Future Places Centre lecture series on Morecambe Bay - Timescapes of Morecambe Bay |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk with Serena Pollastri and Suzana Ilic to Arnside Lecture Group about the Timescapes of Morecambe Bay project. The theme of the project was engaging young people in work about coastal futures in the local area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Futurum Educational Resource |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Futurum Careers is a free online resource and magazine showcasing different careers to 14-19-year-olds worldwide. This article will be used to engage students with the FPC research and to inspire them about what is possible for an academic / social research career. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Guest Reader at Arvon Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I talk on the writing life, and writing the environment for a group of student writers at the Hurst Shropshire |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.arvon.org/ |
| Description | Guided FPC trail (Hope Spots) at the Northern Real Farming Conference 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Guided walking trails were offered as part of the 'Lancaster's Food Growing Hope Spots' walking trail. Guided tours were given to farmers and local food campaigners as part of the Northern Real Farming Conference, and additional guided trails were carried out with project collaborators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Heathfield Expansion Planning Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visited Heathfield Care Home to discuss with residential care professionals future plans for expansion of our research activities (including further CEDE experiments) and broadening the existing system deployment. Furthermore, we agreed to engage further with users of the system including the onboarding of new patients and suitable methods to capture user behaviours with the system. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Hest Bank Shore Expore and Cyanotype Making |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Drop in activity with Morecambe Bay Partnership. Set up Gazebo at Hest Bank with drop in activities including mapping walks and mapping items on the beach and in the strandline using clip:bits. The activities also included cyanotype making. The data collected was shared on a projected map and this stimulated conversation about council plans for saltmarsh management trials that are due to start in 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Literature Talk on 'Abundance' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to the general public at Words by the Water Literature Festival on the experiences of writing 'Abundance' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Literature Talk on 'Abundance' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to the general public at Words by the Water Literature Festival on the experiences of writing 'Abundance' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Literature Talk on 'Women on Nature Anthology' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to the general public at Lancaster Literature Festival on 'Women on Nature Anthology' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Lunchtime Talk with Natural England: Abundance and the Future Places Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk to Natural England Regional Offices about experiences of writing the book 'Abundance' and working with the FPC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Lune: A Journal of Literary Misrule |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An online journal supporting experimental and hybrid forms of writing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | Mark Rouncefield and Bill Gaver in dialogue |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mark Rouncefield and Bill Gaver in dialogue at the EUSSET colloquium 'From Empirical Work to Design (and back)' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Masterclass on nature and environmental writing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Masterclass on nature and environmental writing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Measures That Matter Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This virtual workshop brought together key partners and influencers of the Future Places Centre to help shape the centre's research agenda. A series of 'future scenarios' proposed ahead of the workshop were further developed during the session with participants engaging in future thinking to identify and clarify key measures (of place) that matter for the scenarios outlined and for the centre as a whole. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Minibeasts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Minibeasts workshops with 2 classes of Year 2s at Ryelands Primary School. Using clip:bits and Classroom Cloudlet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Morecambe 'Vision' Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with Lancaster County Council and local organisations (e.g. Morecambe BID) regarding the use of footfall data to support the digital economy in Morecambe and the sharing of data with the Future Places Centre including access to datasets to explore the novel application of real-time place informatics in the NW region. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Morecambe Milieu: Aqueous Futures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Morecambe Milieu was a free and public conference. It hosted 18 speakers, over 6 paper panel conversations and a keynote talk, an exhibition with 8 artworks, 1 artistic performance, as well as an artist lead field-trip as a cross Bay walk. Over 60 people attended the conference on each day, with 33 people attending the field trip. The activity enabled discussion and learning about the possibilities and difficulties of digital environmental data sciences pertaining to complex uncertainties in management. It also staged a number of digital media art works in the Aquaeous Futures exhibition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/milieu/ |
| Description | Nature Writing week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Nature writing week tutored by Karen Lloyd and Mark Cocker for the Arvon Foundation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/events/arvon-residential-writing-week-nature-writing-harnessing-the-imagin... |
| Description | Nine Lessons for Curious People |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk on nature recovery across Europe |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://cosmicshambles.com/ninelessons |
| Description | North Country anthology panel Event - Bradford Literature Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A panel discussion based on the North Country Anthology with poets Helen Mort, Jason Allen Paissant and writer Anita Sethi, chaired by Karen - the book's editor. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/north-country/ |
| Description | Opening talk for exhibition at Space2Create voluntary organisation, Kendal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk to open a new exhibiton involving attenders making poetry inspired by works of art |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Place Transformed Colloquium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Follow up to the Back-in Place conference in Swansea (September 2021), progressing the conversation about in-person, virtual or hybrid working. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://back-in.place |
| Description | Reconnecting Communities & the Police: A Brief Reflection on Civic Collaboration Tools in Community Policing Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog co-authored with Morecambe BID that motivates the need for research into civic tools for building community-police partnerships in the reporting of ASB. Discussion with LCC and local organisations regarding the use of footfall data to support the digital economy in Morecambe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Reimagining Landscapes: Environment Communication and the Humanities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two day conference, including keynotes, panels, performances. The Reimagining Landscape conference is a call to help us reconfigure our relationships with the natural world. At this time of unprecedented change, our keynote speakers and panel discussions will open dialogue towards new ways in which literature and the arts can disseminate environmental issues and foster engagement amongst the wider community. Speakers and panellists include ecologists, land managers, farmers, writers, artists, photographers and musicians. The conference is a step towards establishing a new centre for environmental communication at Lancaster. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/future-places/activities/conference-reimagining-landscape-environment-co... |
| Description | Review of Wild Fell by Lee Schofield, on Caught by the River website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A review on Wild Fell which is a book about habitat restoration in the Lake District |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Rural Observatory Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop to discuss what rural observatories might look like, and how they may be used to promote data in place for the rural North of England/South Scotland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Rurban Hope Spots - Urban Agriculture Consortium Policy Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presented the Rurban Hope Spots methodology to a group of policymakers in Northern Ireland which had been convened by the Urban Agriculture Consortium. This was an opportunity to share land mapping approaches and methodologies for collecting data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Rurban Hope Spots- Urban Agriculture Consortium Land Mappers Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Presented on the Rurban Hope Spots project on two occasions to a new collaborative UK land mapping community. In June 2021 we introduced the approaches we were taking in the project and we presented project findings and resources to the group in February 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Ryelands 'Who's Calling' bird survey with clip:bits |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This is a follow-on activity from the one carried out last term. 2 x classes of year 5s (approx 45 children) over two days. Walked to Woodland and river area near Salt Ayre to watch and listen to bird calls with directional microphones. Recorded birds seen on clip:bits. Returned to school at lunchtime. In the afternoons the children took turns in small groups to make interactive bird soundscape display for school. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Science Week at Quernmore School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Science week career talk and introduction to Micro:bits for Class 1. Interactive demo of different micro:bits and coding together with Makecode. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Social Media and Policing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on 'Social Media and Policing' as part of 'The Effectiveness of Social Media Screening and the Impact of Increased Anonymity and Encryption in Policing' project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Stirling group - new writing and environment group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | New writers group formed from MLitt Stirling University alumni. Raising awareness of environment issues through literature, (online platform for new writing) plus specific actions and campaigns |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Summer of Hope Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A press release about the Back In Place Conference, held at Swansea University in September 2021. Keynote speakers included Alan Penn, Bishop June Osborne, Gutto Harri, Yvonne Rodgers and Charles Clarke. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Summer of Hope Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A gathering of 30 thought leaders to discuss the future of place. It was held at Swansea University and generated a white paper identifying key ways to transform our experience of place, both physical and digital. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Taking the Measure of Pollution |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Taking part in a panel discussion on pollution in lakes and rivers in the Northwest with Crispin Halsall of LEC and Rachel Marshall of FPC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.calameo.com/read/00759125243c4f5643a39 |
| Description | Talk and Poster at MobiUK'23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk and Poster at MobiUK'23 about the results acquired via an online survey and prototype deployment looking into the contemporary conception of media spaces |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk to girls at Dallam School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to talk to Year 9 girls at Dallam Secondary School about careers in computing. Lynne Blair led the talk and I talked about my experiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Teacher outreach and research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Workshop introducing clip:bit and Classroom Cloudlet and to primary school teachers. Exploring ways to use the clip:bit and Cloudlet in different subjects/key stages. This feeds into the IAA micro:mesh project and a postgrad's PhD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | The Cultural Landscape in the Anthropocene written by Karen Lloyd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A challenge to the precedent of landscape preservation in the Lake District. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The Lost Sounds (Who's Calling) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Digital Naturalists. Using digital technology for noticing. Drawing birds from local area and printmaking with conductive ink. Circuit making and coding with Scratch to make interactive prints. Then creating an interactive soundscape. Class of 26 year 3s directly involved. Parents and other classes engaged through interactive soundscape. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://www.thelostsounds.org |
| Description | The Lost Sounds at Big Wave Tidal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited by 'The Bay: A Blueprint for Recovery' to bring the Lost Sounds interactive display to their Big Wave Tidal event on Morecambe Prom. The event was affected by heavy rain so turn out was low. Approx 20 people made prints but more people saw the display. As a result of the display I was invited to take the Lost Sounds to RSPB Leighton Moss at half term. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Lost Sounds at Quernmore school |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Digital naturalist workshop involving drawing, printmaking, circuit-making and programming using Scratch with a focus on noticing birds and bird calls. Class 3-4 directly involved (approx 26 children, 1 teacher and 1 teaching assistant). Soundscape display installed for wider school and families (approx 100 people). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://www.thelostsounds.org |
| Description | The Lost Sounds at RSPB, Leighton Moss |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Visitors to Leighton Moss took part in creating a soundscape of the birds found at the RSPB reserve. This involved making prints with conductive ink and attaching them to a display using capacitance-sensing Touch Boards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/RSPBLeightonMoss/photos/5856130354434340 |
| Description | The Lost Sounds at Wildlife Trust, Heysham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited to run joint evet with Lancashire Wildlife Trust at Heysham. This activity extended the activity beyond the previous activities with bird calls to include insects and butterflies. Chris Hassall from the University of Leeds shared bioacoustic recordings to use for the event. Two wildlife recorders took part in leading the wildlife walk. Families took part in making prints of birds and insects for an interactive display, created for the Heysham site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Lost Sounds of Teesdale |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Event with TCR Hub in Teesdale. 10 families (25 direct participants). TCR Hub identified families. Two day workshop involving sound recording and bird watching walk with Natural England guide. This was followed by printmaking birds with conductive ink, circuit-making and programming with Pi-top laptops and Scratch to create bird prints that 'sing' when touched. The prints were used to make an interactive soundscape exhibit for visitors to the centre that was on display for approx 10 days. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Lost Sounds workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Digital naturalist workshops involving fieldwork, arts and programming to develop naturalist skills and create interactive soundscapes of local bird life. Delivered and exhibited in schools and community settings. Prints produced some children displayed in the Eden Pavillion at COP26. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | The Stories We Tell: Literature as a Force for Change |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk at Eco-i North West: Exploring the innovation needs of a sustainable future for all |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | The role of culture in the blue economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to give a panel contribution to the European Commission Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership event in Brussels to discuss the role of art and culture in the blue economy. The event was hosted by JPI Oceans which is the faciliating body coordinating the 450m EU Horizon grant for this blue economy research fund between 2023-20230. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://jpi-oceans.eu/en/1st-sustainable-blue-economy-partnership-symposium |
| Description | Tidescapes. Sea level rise and trash tides; engagement with coastal communities through citizen science and the arts (panel). |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Reimagining Landscape: Environment Communication and the Humanities - Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom Duration: 7/07/2022 ? 8/07/2022 Contribution to conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/future-places/activities/conference-reimagining-landscape-environment-co... |
| Description | Timescales of Morecambe Bay Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition of artwork produced by young people through the Timescapes of Morecambe Bay Project, which focused on local futures under climate change. The young people also took part in roundtable discussions with experts about coastal futures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Timescapes Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Timescapes of Morecambe Bay Exhibition at the Maritime Museum, Lancaster. Exhibition of art work produced by Young People during the Timescapes Project, which focused on imagined coastal futures in the light of climate change. Stereoscopic images and bespoke viewers used to view work. Activities designed for visitors to make their own coastal future postcards. Display of related artefacts from the museum's collection. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Treescapes Panel at Timber Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on UK objectives for tree planting - 'where will all the trees go?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Virtual Common Room - Film Showing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Premiere of "Once and Future Land" - a short film discussing issues facing land use and biodiversity in the Lake District |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Virtual Common Rooms |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 4 hosted virtual 'gatherings' throughout the year open to academics and interested parties working on, or connected to, research around Morecambe Bay. Individuals gave short talks about their work, followed by questions and general converstion. Links for futures collaboration were created. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Virtual FPC Trail (Hope Spots) given at the FoodFutures Strategy Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented a virtual version of the first Future Places Centre walking trail, 'Lancaster's Food Growing Hope Spots', followed by questions and discussion with a mixed audience of community organisations, anchor institutions, policymakers, farmers, businesses and researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Visit to The Old Vicarage Care Home, Grange-over-Sands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Initial engagement with potential collaboration partner. Our research goals and system were presented to said potential partner with a discussion leading to interest in beginning a deployment trial. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit to the Natural History Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the Education team of the Natural History Museum. John Tweddle, Head of Centre for UK Nature, UK Nature Recovery Theme Leader. Creating future links |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Visit to the Natural History Museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of clip:bits and cloudlet to the Natural History Museum education team. Discussion of their future activities involving technology, data science and where clip:bit/cloudlet could fit. Links and connections made for future collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Who's Calling? at Quernmore School (The Lost Sounds) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | This is a follow on from earlier work with this class of Year 3s and 4s at Quernmore Primary School. Birdwatching and sound recording field trip at Birk Bank. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Who's Calling? at Ryelands School (The Lost Sounds) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Worked with two classes of Year 5s (1 day each) on a project to do with noticing birds and their calls. Involved printmaking, learning calls, making a circuit and coding with Scratch. Return visit for birdwatching and sound recording is being scheduled. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Who's Calling? at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe (Yr 3) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | FPC researchers conducted Session 1: Intro to clip:bits and bird calls FPC researchers and representative from Morecambe Bay Curriculum conducted Session 2: Birdwatching, sound recording and data gathering using clip:bits on Morecambe Prom FPC and MBC conducted Session3: Printmaking with conductive ink and construction of interactive display. Approx 25 children involved directly but display shared with wider school and parents, extending its reach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Who's Calling? at Wyre Country Park |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Two day workshop run with rangers at Wyre Country Park, delivered to 1 class of Year 5s at Baines, Endowed Primary School. Birdwatching, sound recording, printmaking, circuit-making and coding with Scratch. We produced an interactive soundscape which was displayed in Wyre Country Park and shown to other groups visiting the site. Additional activities were led by the Rangers team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | World Heritage Watch visit to the Lake District World Heritage Site |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Investigating inhibiting land use practices under the Lake's World Heritage inscription, alternative models and meeting residents and communities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Writing course for Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Writing day at Wordsworth Trust looking at gardens, mosses and manuscripts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://wordsworth.org.uk/blog/events/gardens-mosses-and-manuscripts-all-day-writing-workshop/ |
| Description | clip:bits and Classroom Cloudlet at St Mary's, Morecambe (micro:mesh) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Using clip:bits and Cloudlet as part of Rainforest project - KS2 National Curriculum Geography This is part of the IAA micro:mesh project and a postgrad's PhD research. Session 1: Intro to clip:bit and cloudlet. Rainforest animal count using video. Session2: Programming the clip:bit (focussing on events). Interrogating data on the Classroom Cloudlet. Session 3: Beach survey (Morecambe) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |