From Citizen to Co-innovator, from City Council to Facilitator: Integrating Urban Systems to Provide Better Outcomes for People (BOP)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: Management
Abstract
The Urban Living Birmingham (ULB) Consortium brings together the expertise of four universities; national and international academic institutions; and very many local, regional and national organisations. The core academic team, led by the University of Birmingham with Birmingham City University, Aston University and the University of Warwick, have world-leading track records in cities, engineering, services and social sciences; a portfolio of pioneering inter-disciplinary research; and a deep understanding of Birmingham and the West Midlands. On 20th November 2015 a meeting of 39 representatives from across Greater Birmingham's public, private and third sectors was held to discuss the Urban Living Partnership Pilot Call. Taking a city focus within the context of the region, this group noted that the appetite for innovation in the development and delivery of urban services was high in Birmingham, but the degree of success and ability to integrate these innovations into mainstream strategies and policies varied greatly. Therein lies the paradox and it became evident that there is a missed opportunity for Birmingham, and British cities more generally, to co-innovate by effectively drawing upon end-users.
As the largest city in the UK outside London, with one of the most diverse and youthful populations anywhere in the UK, the City of Birmingham has the potential to set a new agenda for 21st century urban living. Like most great cities, Birmingham is experiencing disruptive change brought about in part by global economic forces combined with reductions in national and local public expenditure. Since the late 1960s, Birmingham has performed poorly on all economic indicators. In addition, in 2014 a review of the city's governance and the organisational capabilities of the city council noted that Birmingham had problems that were so significant that they were of national importance. This project identifies the diverse and interdependent challenges facing the City of Birmingham by the application of a rigorous diagnostic process based on the analysis of datasets informed by end-users and representatives from the public, private and third sectors. The focus is on the identification of opportunities for innovation in integrated and city-wide solutions that cut across traditional policy silos and that have the potential to transform the city into a prosperous, healthy and vibrant living place. The Urban Living Birmingham consortium aims to identify improvements to urban services by combining top-down urban governance with bottom-up lay and expert knowledge to provide an environment that emphasizes and encourages innovations that generate a step change in urban service provision. It will do this by bringing together, developing and applying end-user and open innovation processes (from business disciplines) and participatory and cooperative design principles (from urban design disciplines) to selected urban services and systems to co-create a resilient Birmingham that provides 'better outcomes for people'. Most transformational service innovations occur when service providers go beyond listening to consumers to co-innovating with consumers. This user-centric approach to innovation reflects a process of end-user innovation in which users can modify existing products and services, but also service providers can learn from this process.
Urban Living Birmingham will contribute towards the transformation of Birmingham into a city that is a regional asset and a global beacon for urban service innovation; a city with an exceptionally rich quality of urban living, increased social cohesion, reduced deprivation, increased connectivity and productivity, and a healthy urban population.
As the largest city in the UK outside London, with one of the most diverse and youthful populations anywhere in the UK, the City of Birmingham has the potential to set a new agenda for 21st century urban living. Like most great cities, Birmingham is experiencing disruptive change brought about in part by global economic forces combined with reductions in national and local public expenditure. Since the late 1960s, Birmingham has performed poorly on all economic indicators. In addition, in 2014 a review of the city's governance and the organisational capabilities of the city council noted that Birmingham had problems that were so significant that they were of national importance. This project identifies the diverse and interdependent challenges facing the City of Birmingham by the application of a rigorous diagnostic process based on the analysis of datasets informed by end-users and representatives from the public, private and third sectors. The focus is on the identification of opportunities for innovation in integrated and city-wide solutions that cut across traditional policy silos and that have the potential to transform the city into a prosperous, healthy and vibrant living place. The Urban Living Birmingham consortium aims to identify improvements to urban services by combining top-down urban governance with bottom-up lay and expert knowledge to provide an environment that emphasizes and encourages innovations that generate a step change in urban service provision. It will do this by bringing together, developing and applying end-user and open innovation processes (from business disciplines) and participatory and cooperative design principles (from urban design disciplines) to selected urban services and systems to co-create a resilient Birmingham that provides 'better outcomes for people'. Most transformational service innovations occur when service providers go beyond listening to consumers to co-innovating with consumers. This user-centric approach to innovation reflects a process of end-user innovation in which users can modify existing products and services, but also service providers can learn from this process.
Urban Living Birmingham will contribute towards the transformation of Birmingham into a city that is a regional asset and a global beacon for urban service innovation; a city with an exceptionally rich quality of urban living, increased social cohesion, reduced deprivation, increased connectivity and productivity, and a healthy urban population.
Planned Impact
The UK has an urban-based economy and society. Cities disproportionately contribute to innovation, productivity, creativity and economic output but also have major concentrations of social and economic problems ranging from unemployment to congestion.
The ULB Consortium has been developed to create a partnership approach to identifying and understanding the challenges facing Birmingham and to identifying innovations in integrated and city-wide solutions that cut across traditional boundaries and policy silos. One of the strengths of our Consortium is the breadth and depth of our partnership with representatives from the public, private and third sectors (see letters of support). This partnership is reflected in the co-creation of this proposal with 39 end-users who attended a Co-Creation Workshop that was held in Birmingham on 20th November 2015. This workshop identified the approach developed in this proposal and highlighted the importance of applying a whole person/family frame and the application of end-user innovation to developing an integrated approach to urban challenges.
End-users are embedded throughout the project and in particular the project's Advisory and Touchstone Groups (AG/TG). High-level strategic direction will be provided by the AG whose membership includes representatives from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA); Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP); national and international academics; Sustainability West Midlands (SWM); the Energy Catapult, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford, and organisations with core capabilities in the project's emerging themes. The 'grounded' TG consisting of representatives from the public, private and third sector from across Birmingham and the West Midlands Combined Authority area will help to identify and understand the challenges. In addition, end-users will be nominated by the AG to join the project's Consortium Management Committee. This process will occur towards the end of WP1 as the critical challenges areas for intensive research are identified. Jointly created case studies with end-users will maximise impact and relevance. The main beneficiaries are:
1) All people living and working in Birmingham and the surrounding area.
2) Birmingham City Council and its partners and the West Midlands Combined Authority and its partners; all councils responsible for managing urban areas.
3) Public, private and third sector organisations involved in the provision of urban services of all types.
4) Local Enterprise Partnerships.
5) Central government departments and agencies (e.g. DfT, DCLG) involved in urban issues. The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission will work with the project team to position the project's outcomes across European end-users.
6) Consultancy firms (engineering and multi-disciplinary) providing services to city councils and other organisations involved in the provision of urban services.
7) Students at the four universities: Outcomes from the project will be incorporated into, and influence, teaching courses and postgraduate research.
Collaboration with the project partners will be managed to maximise the development of an integrated approach to urban challenges and related impacts by Bryson and Rogers, who have extensive experience of linking research with practice in industry and government. The AG will help steer the research and enhance dissemination and uptake, while our project partners will disseminate directly to the professional groups they represent.
The Pathways to Impact, developed in consultation with project partners, includes workshops (for dissemination and training), symposia, innovation stations and seminars that will make full use of our partnership's existing activities. In addition, to maximise impact and relevance roundtable discussions will be held with the full Cabinet of Birmingham City Council and the Leaders and Chief Executive Officers Group of the WMCA.
The ULB Consortium has been developed to create a partnership approach to identifying and understanding the challenges facing Birmingham and to identifying innovations in integrated and city-wide solutions that cut across traditional boundaries and policy silos. One of the strengths of our Consortium is the breadth and depth of our partnership with representatives from the public, private and third sectors (see letters of support). This partnership is reflected in the co-creation of this proposal with 39 end-users who attended a Co-Creation Workshop that was held in Birmingham on 20th November 2015. This workshop identified the approach developed in this proposal and highlighted the importance of applying a whole person/family frame and the application of end-user innovation to developing an integrated approach to urban challenges.
End-users are embedded throughout the project and in particular the project's Advisory and Touchstone Groups (AG/TG). High-level strategic direction will be provided by the AG whose membership includes representatives from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA); Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP); national and international academics; Sustainability West Midlands (SWM); the Energy Catapult, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Oxford, and organisations with core capabilities in the project's emerging themes. The 'grounded' TG consisting of representatives from the public, private and third sector from across Birmingham and the West Midlands Combined Authority area will help to identify and understand the challenges. In addition, end-users will be nominated by the AG to join the project's Consortium Management Committee. This process will occur towards the end of WP1 as the critical challenges areas for intensive research are identified. Jointly created case studies with end-users will maximise impact and relevance. The main beneficiaries are:
1) All people living and working in Birmingham and the surrounding area.
2) Birmingham City Council and its partners and the West Midlands Combined Authority and its partners; all councils responsible for managing urban areas.
3) Public, private and third sector organisations involved in the provision of urban services of all types.
4) Local Enterprise Partnerships.
5) Central government departments and agencies (e.g. DfT, DCLG) involved in urban issues. The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission will work with the project team to position the project's outcomes across European end-users.
6) Consultancy firms (engineering and multi-disciplinary) providing services to city councils and other organisations involved in the provision of urban services.
7) Students at the four universities: Outcomes from the project will be incorporated into, and influence, teaching courses and postgraduate research.
Collaboration with the project partners will be managed to maximise the development of an integrated approach to urban challenges and related impacts by Bryson and Rogers, who have extensive experience of linking research with practice in industry and government. The AG will help steer the research and enhance dissemination and uptake, while our project partners will disseminate directly to the professional groups they represent.
The Pathways to Impact, developed in consultation with project partners, includes workshops (for dissemination and training), symposia, innovation stations and seminars that will make full use of our partnership's existing activities. In addition, to maximise impact and relevance roundtable discussions will be held with the full Cabinet of Birmingham City Council and the Leaders and Chief Executive Officers Group of the WMCA.
Organisations
- University of Birmingham (Lead Research Organisation)
- Medical Research Council (Co-funder)
- Natural Environment Research Council (Co-funder)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Co-funder)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (Co-funder)
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (Co-funder)
- Innovate UK (Co-funder)
- Economic and Social Research Council (Co-funder)
- Natural England (Collaboration)
- Birmingham City Council (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Costain Group (Collaboration)
- UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC (Collaboration)
- Fraunhofer Society (Project Partner)
- Energy Systems Catapult (Project Partner)
- Futures Network West Midlands (FNWM) (Project Partner)
- Birmingham Science City (Project Partner)
- Networkfour (Project Partner)
- Atkins (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- Midlands Environmental Business Company (Project Partner)
- Redpill Group Ltd (Project Partner)
- Natural England (Project Partner)
- Birmingham Education Partnership (BEP) (Project Partner)
- Aston Reinvestment Trust (Project Partner)
- Localise West Midlands (Project Partner)
- Sustainability West Midlands (Project Partner)
- Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (Project Partner)
- Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (Project Partner)
- West Midlands Combined Authority (Project Partner)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Project Partner)
- Ferrovial (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Centro Public Transport (Project Partner)
Publications
Bryson John R.
(2018)
), A Research Agenda for Regeneration Economies: Reading City-Regions
Radcliffe J
(2022)
A regional approach to COVID-19 recovery: lessons from the West Midlands
in Town Planning Review
Andres L.
(2018)
A Research Agenda for Regeneration Economies: Reading City-Regions
Bryson John R.
(2018)
A Research Agenda for Regeneration Economies: Reading City-Regions
Cavada M
(2021)
A Soft Systems Methodology for Business Creation: The Lost World at Tyseley, Birmingham
in Urban Planning
Clarke J
(2017)
Adaptive governance in the complex city
Bryson, J.R.
(2021)
Addressing the Climate Challenge
Leach JM
(2016)
Birmingham's Challenges
Leach JM
(2016)
Birmingham's Emerging Challenges - Evidence Analyses
Hargreaves A
(2020)
Briefing: Engineering for the far future: rethinking the value proposition
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability
Andres L
(2021)
Calling for responsible inclusive planning and healthy cities in Africa
in Town Planning Review
Bryson JR
(2020)
COVID-19 and Alternative Conceptualisations of Value and Risk in GPN Research.
in Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie = Journal of economic and social geography = Revue de geographie economique et humaine = Zeitschrift fur okonomische und soziale Geographie = Revista de geografia economica y social
Bryson JR
(2020)
COVID-19, Virtual Church Services and a New Temporary Geography of Home.
in Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie = Journal of economic and social geography = Revue de geographie economique et humaine = Zeitschrift fur okonomische und soziale Geographie = Revista de geografia economica y social
Bartle I
(2020)
End-user innovation of urban infrastructure: key factors in the direction of development
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer
Billing C
(2017)
End-user Innovation: a Literature Review
Rogers CDF
(2017)
Engineering Future Cities - The Value of Extreme Scenario Methodologies
Rogers C
(2018)
Engineering future liveable, resilient, sustainable cities using foresight
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
| Title | Innovation Station: Impromptu exhibition |
| Description | Innovation Station: Impromptu exhibition • Lead: Joanne Leach • Focus: an 'impromptu exhibition' was organised at a gathering of the ULB Touchstone Group for the purpose of identifying the best and worst things about Birmingham • Date Delivered: 20 March 2017 |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | The exhibition excited the delegates and led to interesting discussion and questions. From this, an arts-led public engagement was commissioned. |
| Title | Patchwork map |
| Description | Using arts-based practices to engender end-user innovation. Urban Living Birmingham commissioned No.11 Arts to test arts-led processes with Birmingham's residents for the purpose of engendering end-user innovation. Three groups were identified and engaged with this process, which included using arts facilitators. Through October 2017, the group at Woodgate Valley, Bartley Green, Birmingham, made a patchwork, fabric map of their neighbourhood, including those characteristics important to the group's members. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | This group continues to meet, craft and discuss local issues. |
| Title | Rap music |
| Description | Using arts-based practices to engender end-user innovation. Urban Living Birmingham commissioned No.11 Arts to test arts-led processes with Birmingham's residents for the purpose of engendering end-user innovation. Three groups were identified and engaged with this process, which included using arts facilitators. Through October 2017, the group at Aston, Birmingham, composed rap music that reflected their thoughts about local transportation. One composition was committed to video. |
| Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | The group seemed to value the experience, but unfortunately did not continue to meet once the artst-facilitator finished working with them. |
| Title | Yarn bombing |
| Description | Using arts-based practices to engender end-user innovation. Urban Living Birmingham commissioned No.11 Arts to test arts-led processes with Birmingham's residents for the purpose of engendering end-user innovation. Three groups were identified and engaged with this process, which included using arts facilitators. The group at Summerfield Crescent, Birmingham, undertook a yarn-bombing activity at the memorial hall on the 30th of October 2017. This artwork signified 'their patch': a powerful local sentiment that emerged through earlier conversations. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | This group continues to meet, knit and discuss local issues. |
| Description | The Urban Living Birmingham pilot project commenced on 1st June 2016 and concluded on 30 November 2017. The first six months of the project focused on developing and executing a diagnostic approach to understanding the challenges facing Birmingham. This has included a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) that draws upon 248 numeric data sets and an analysis of the evidence base used by the city to inform policy. This analysis has identified a disconnect between academic studies and the evidence base used to support policy development. Policy makers are trying to address much broader and more complex challenges than are dealt with in more narrowly-focused academic studies. The PCA analysis has identified that 'health & well-being' is related in Birmingham to 'energy', 'connectivity' and 'economy' in an apparent 'Birmingham nexus'. Subsequent research identified that this nexus was, in fact, a plexus in which all the elements of the system are interconnected. A key finding is the absence of research on urban diagnostics. The existing research is extremely limited with a focus on poverty and disadvantage rather than with the development of a rigorous and objective approach to diagnosing cities. This project has developed an urban diagnostics approach that fills this gap. This includes the ability to combine an analyse of data sets that have not been explored together before and to develop an approach to identifying intra-urban differences or place-based differentiation within cities. This is an important development that is being tested and refined in a project funded by DIFD and the East African Research Fund (Sept 2017-). The project's focus on end-user innovation and its application to public rather than private services has identified the barriers and enablers of this type of innovation to public services for the very first time. The analysis identified some limited individual end-user innovation and developments in public services, but this is predominantly focused on the development of apps intended to facilitate communications between citizens and policy-makers. In Birmingham, end-user innovation is unusual, but instead group end-user innovation was identified as an important contributor of local innovation that was place-based and targeting enhancements in quality of life and place-based well-being. Thus, the project has highlighted the importance of group rather than end-user innovation within cities. There have been some important methodological developments that have come from this project. First, the development and application of a board game as a methodological tool to facilitate multidisciplinary discussions between citizens and policy-makers. This is an effective mechanism for facilitating focus groups and encouraging debate. It also ensures that no one dominates the discussions. Second, the application of artistic facilitators to work with hard-to-reach residents and groups. This is a very effective tool. Bringing together citizens to work on a collective art project over a couple of weeks enables a trust-based dialogue to emerge. |
| Exploitation Route | The findings will inform the development of local, regional and national industrial policy across the UK. The project's approach to urban diagnostics can be applied to any city. This approach was developed from a study of one city - Birmingham, UK. It is critical that the approach is applied, tested and refined through application to other cities. This work is on-going through a DFID funded project that will apply the Urban Living Birmingham approach to three African cities. This is a welcome development as it will ensure that the outcomes from this research project are applied in other national settings. In 2018, the core conceptual and methodological contribution made by the Urban Living Project was used as one of the pillars to develop an application to the NERC RISE initiative. This led to the funding of the WM-AIR project,. This is a five year, £4.9m project that is applying and developing urban diagnostics in the context of air pollution across the geography of the West Midlands Combined Authority. From 2018, there have been six discussions with Public Health England regarding the application of the urban diagnostics approach to health care provision in city-region settings. These discussions have included two training events, a presentation at the national PHE conference, three teleconferences and meetings. In 2019, there have been invited presentations to UK events targeted at policy-makers and the general public including the presentation and discussion as part of the Malvern Festival of Innovation. In addition there has been on-going dialogue with colleagues - academics and policy-makers in India and Africa with one grant application submitted and we await the decision. During the last quarter of 2019 a dialogue opened with the European Commission. This took two forms. First, an invitation to present at the Metrolab conference, a ERDF funded initiative focused on enhancing urban outcomes in Brussels. Metrolab is currently working with policy makers involved with the management and planning of the city of Brussels on developing a new planning vision for the city. Second, an invitation by the European Commission to explore different aspects of this and related projects. One of the follow-on projects to this one has continued to extend the analysis to other urban contexts as is evident by the Regional Studies paper that was published last year. Another Regional Studies paper was accepted on the 29 February 2020 and will be included in the 2021 Research Fish submission. During December 2020, a series of discussions commenced with the Thurrock Public Health Management team. There were two online meetings and an extensive e-mail exchange. The context is the proposed application of one of the core techniques developed by this research project to inform public policymaking across this local authority. A policy paper has been developed by the Thurrock Public Health Management Team that will be considered by this local authority and a decision will be made in 2021 regarding the potential adoption of this technique. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275118303093 |
| Description | The findings informed the development of local, regional and national industrial policy across the UK. The project's approach to urban diagnostics can be applied to any city. This approach was developed from a study of one city - Birmingham, UK. It is critical that the approach is applied, tested and refined through application to other cities. This work is on-going through a DFID funded project that will apply the Urban Living Birmingham approach to three African cities. This is a welcome development as it will ensure that the outcomes from this research project are applied in other national settings. In 2018, the core conceptual and methodological contribution made by the Urban Living Project was used as one of the pillars to develop an application to the NERC RISE initiative. This led to the funding of the WM-AIR project,. This is a five year, £4.9m project that is applying and developing urban diagnostics in the context of air pollution across the geography of the West Midlands Combined Authority. From 2018, there have been six discussions with Public Health England regarding the application of the urban diagnostics approach to health care provision in city-region settings. These discussions have included two training events, a presentation at the national PHE conference, three teleconferences and meetings. In 2019, there have been invited presentations to UK events targeted at policy-makers and the general public including the presentation and discussion as part of the Malvern Festival of Innovation. In addition there has been on-going dialogue with colleagues - academics and policy-makers in India and Africa with one grant application submitted and we await the decision. During the last quarter of 2019 a dialogue opened with the European Commission. This took two forms. First, an invitation to present at the Metrolab conference, a ERDF funded initiative focused on enhancing urban outcomes in Brussels. Metrolab is currently working with policy makers involved with the management and planning of the city of Brussels on developing a new planning vision for the city. Second, an invitation by the European Commission to explore different aspects of this and related projects. One of the follow-on projects to this one has continued to extend the analysis to other urban contexts as is evident by the Regional Studies paper that was published last year. Another Regional Studies paper was accepted on the 29 February 2020 and will be included in the 2021 Research Fish submission. During December 2020, a series of discussions commenced with the Thurrock Public Health Management team. There were two online meetings and an extensive e-mail exchange. The context is the proposed application of one of the core techniques developed by this research project to inform public policymaking across this local authority. A policy paper has been developed by the Thurrock Public Health Management Team that will be considered by this local authority and a decision will be made in 2021 regarding the potential adoption of this technique. In 2023, the publication of the Urban Studies paper on citizen-led urban patching provides a conceptual and governance approach for understanding citizen-led place-building processes. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport,Other |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | A delegation of 21 city leaders and managers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania visit to CityREDI (University of Birmingham) to learn the outcomes from the Urban Living Birmingham project. 3 April 2017. |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Birmingham Science City Innovation and Low Carbon Working Group |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Commission for National Renewal Regional Action Plan |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Development of an innovation challenge process |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Invited to submit evidence to House of Lord sub-committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The submitted evidence was used to develop the final report that was then informed policy development, |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/7726/default/ |
| Description | Observatory of Birmingham-based research work |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Response to the UK Industrial Strategy 2017 consultation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Tony Hargreaves highlighted improvements to the annual travel to work survey of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals (SWMH) NHS Trust staff. November 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Tony Hargreaves highlighted to Francesca Silcocks, Sustainability Officer of the SWBH NHS Trust and Andy Thorpe of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council ways in which the SWBH NHS Trust staff travel survey could be improved. This includes collecting the data so that individual responses can be cross-tabulated for more detailed analysis and to provide the type of information needed to assess the suitability of innovative travel to work solutions. Andy Thorpe will host this next survey which is being carried out during the period January to March 2019 using an online questionnaire. Tony Hargreaves is analysing the Department for Transport National Travel Survey data for health workers in the West Midlands metropolitan area to compare with the results of the SWBH NHS Trust staff travel survey with the aim of identifying innovative and sustainable travel to work options. |
| URL | https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/midland-metropolitan-hospital/how-easy-will-it-be-for-patients-to-get-to-the... |
| Description | Tony Hargreaves highlighted innovative ideas that the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals (SWBH) NHS Trust could adopt for promoting and encouraging sustainable and active modes of travel to and from the forthcoming new Midlands Metropolitan Hospital (MMH). January 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Tony Hargreaves produced 'hot spots' mapping of SWBH NHS Trust staff home locations and travel to work distance profiles and sent this to Francesca Silcocks, Sustainability Officer of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Conrad Parke and Andy Thorpe of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Francesca Silcocks used this information in a MMH Transport meeting with local bus/travel providers. The NHS Trust will use these maps when working with the local travel providers and local councils to ensure that routes are in place to enable their staff to travel to and from work via sustainable and active modes (i.e. cycling, walking and public transport) and moving away from single occupancy car driving. |
| URL | https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/midland-metropolitan-hospital/how-easy-will-it-be-for-patients-to-get-to-the... |
| Description | WMCA COVID-19 Community Recovery Roadmap |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | All local authorities must develop COVID-19 recovery strategies. The West Midlands Combined Authority has developed an on-going Community Recovery initiative. This was developed based on citizen consultation and intensive engagement with former members of the Urban Living Birmingham project. The design and development of the WMCA Community Roadmap drew upon the analysis and approaches developed by the Urban Living project. The initial roadmap was published in November 2020, but this represents work in progress. The emphasis placed on citizen as end-user that was at the core of the Urban Living Birmingham project is also at the core of the WMCA roadmap. |
| URL | https://www.wmca.org.uk/media/4376/community-recovery-prospectus-nov-20.pdf |
| Description | 3S RECIPE - JPI Urban Europe ENSUF Smart Shrinkage Solutions - Fostering Resilient Cities in Inner Peripheries of Europe (CI) |
| Amount | € 1,688,585 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | ES/R000325 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | EDRF |
| Amount | £1,250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | EU (ERDF) Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) programme |
| Amount | € 3,640,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 11/2019 |
| Description | East African Research Fund (EARF) |
| Amount | £1,198,758 (GBP) |
| Organisation | East Africa Research Fund |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Kenya |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange Fellowships |
| Amount | £168,965 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/R00398X/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | NERC RISE |
| Amount | £4,000,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | S003487/1 |
| Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | NERC's GI (Green Infrastructure) Innovation Programme |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2017 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | UKCRIC Corona |
| Amount | £1,011,544 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R013411/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 01/2020 |
| Description | UKCRIC pump-priming |
| Amount | £1,011,544 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R013411/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 01/2020 |
| Description | UNESP and University of Birmingham (UoB) Fellowship Award |
| Amount | £2,578 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EDITAL No. 01/2017 - PROPG/AREX |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | University of Birmingham's Institute of Global Innovation (IGI) programme of research on Urban Resilience |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Title | Arts-led public engagement method |
| Description | This method employs artist-facilitators to work with groups of members of the public to facilitate a discussion around a pre-determined theme (although it would work just as well if the theme were not pre-determined) and to employ artistic methods (of the group's choice) in exploring and expressing views about the theme. This is not the artist-facilitator teaching the group how to use a particular art form (e.g., sculpture); it is the artist-facilitator enabling the group to incorporate arts-based practices and methods. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This method was successfully used in Birmingham, UK, with three groups comprised of members of the public. Artistic outcomes included rap music, yarn bombing and a patchwork map. Two of the three groups (the yarn bombers and map makers) continue to meet. The outcomes from this work are being written-up as a journal paper and will be made openly available. |
| Title | Participology engagement tool |
| Description | The Participology engagement tool was refined in order to be made applicable to the delivery of urban services. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Participology was used with key stakeholders within Birmingham in order to engage them with the city's challenges. It proved highly popular and successful with delegates saying it had opened their eyes to different ways of thinking about the city's challenges. A number of delegates requested further information about Participology with the clear intention of using it within their organisation. It's application to Birmingham is being written up as a paper that will be made openly available. The generic Participology game is freely available from www.participology.com. |
| URL | http://www.participology.com/ |
| Title | Place-based characterisation methodology |
| Description | Applying innovative statistical techniques to existing, quantitative, urban datasets in order to identify intra-urban (ward and LSOA) differences. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This method was applied to Birmingham, UK, and discussed with the Local Authority and key stakeholders. It generated much interest and discussions continue with the Local Authority to unpick how this method might inform Council policies and restructuring going forward. A paper is being drafted and will be made publically available. A Little Book (lay audience) is also to be drafted and will be made publically available. |
| Title | Urban challenges diagnostics methodology |
| Description | The urban challenges diagnostics methodology combines quantitative and qualitative data and information using a mixed methods approach in order to diagnose a city's challenges. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The urban challenges diagnostics methodology has generated much interest within the UK and abroad and has been incorporated into a number of follow-on research projects, including one in Africa. Its application to Birmingham, UK, has been published in the academic journal Cities and it and the underpinning data are publically available. |
| URL | https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0264275118303093 |
| Title | Urban challenges diagnostics data for Birmingham UK |
| Description | This collection of data includes all the quantitative and qualitative data used for the urban challenges diagnostics methodology developed for Urban Living Birmingham. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The data, used with the urban challenges diagnostics model, identified an interconnected plexus or urban challenges for the city of Birmingham UK, which was presented to the Local Authority and other key stakeholders for the purpose of identifying better ways of addressing the city's problems. The data has been published in the academic journal Cities and is openly available to all. |
| URL | https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0264275118303093 |
| Description | C Rogers and D Hunt. University of Birmingham and United Utilities. |
| Organisation | United Utilities Group PLC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Professor Chris Rogers, Dr Dexter Hunt and two Liveable Cities PhD research students met with two senior staff of United Utilities to discuss collaboration. The various methodologies created over the past ~18 years were discussed in the context of a large water company. University of Birmingham is contributing research, capacity and capabilities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | United Utilities is contributing staff time, mentorship, access to data, access to case study sites, and training for the research students. |
| Impact | The expected outputs are two PhD theses, an as yet unknown number of publications and conference presentations. The expected outcome is embedding research methodologies into company practice. This collaboration is multi-disciplinary, combining Civil Engineering and Governance. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. EPSRC IAA. University of Birmingham, Costain and Birmingham City Council |
| Organisation | Birmingham City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Liveable Cities research team provided a suite of methodologies for enabling the better design and implementation of city interventions. The IAA award was used to trial these with different organisations; Birmingham City Council, Bristol City Council and Costain most intensively. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Costain (a major civil engineering contractor) sent several delegates to a workshop to receive presentations on the methods, debate them in detail and work out how they might be applied to their core business. Individuals from Costain then contacted specific Research Fellows to advance their application of the thinking in Costain projects (e.g. street lighting in Sussex). Birmingham City Council provided staff time and case study sites. |
| Impact | The primary outcome was always to educate and train professional staff in a different way of thinking and approaching their work. This was achieved, whether it was designing street lighting in Sussex, maintaining street trees in Bristol, designing green interventions in Birmingham or delivering a low-carbon energy zone in Coventry. The methodologies deliver greater social and environmental value. As new programmes of research are being proposed, we now have ready-made and willing collaborators to co-create proposals. This collaboration was multi-disciplinary, involving Construction, Transport, Environment, Infrastructure and Urban Systems, Health & Wellbeing, and Governance. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | C Rogers. EPSRC IAA. University of Birmingham, Costain and Birmingham City Council |
| Organisation | Costain Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The Liveable Cities research team provided a suite of methodologies for enabling the better design and implementation of city interventions. The IAA award was used to trial these with different organisations; Birmingham City Council, Bristol City Council and Costain most intensively. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Costain (a major civil engineering contractor) sent several delegates to a workshop to receive presentations on the methods, debate them in detail and work out how they might be applied to their core business. Individuals from Costain then contacted specific Research Fellows to advance their application of the thinking in Costain projects (e.g. street lighting in Sussex). Birmingham City Council provided staff time and case study sites. |
| Impact | The primary outcome was always to educate and train professional staff in a different way of thinking and approaching their work. This was achieved, whether it was designing street lighting in Sussex, maintaining street trees in Bristol, designing green interventions in Birmingham or delivering a low-carbon energy zone in Coventry. The methodologies deliver greater social and environmental value. As new programmes of research are being proposed, we now have ready-made and willing collaborators to co-create proposals. This collaboration was multi-disciplinary, involving Construction, Transport, Environment, Infrastructure and Urban Systems, Health & Wellbeing, and Governance. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Mike Grace: Natual England volunteering |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Innovation Station: Natural England volunteering • Lead: Mike Grace • Start and end dates: February 2017 onwards • Focus: This arrangement enables the Natural England North Mercia Area and national Specialist & Advisory teams to have a significant influence on the development of the Resilient Environment theme of the ULB project (and vice versa). Natural England is provided with regular project updates and is making available its expert advice and evidence to inform the project (e.g., advice on green space mapping, its understanding of the work of the other Urban Living Partnerships and insights into current priorities). • Progress: Mike Grace met with Dave Stone, NE's Deputy Chief Scientist on 24th May to explore common interests in evidence, research and the potential of urban areas. Natural England's Principal Advisor, Claire Warburton participated in the Innovation workshop on 12th September 2017 and contributed to the 'deeper dive' conversations. The potential exists through this arrangement for Natural Englend to help shape future follow-on work from ULB. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Natural England is provided with regular project updates and is making available its expert advice and evidence to inform the project (e.g., advice on green space mapping, its understanding of the work of the other Urban Living Partnerships and insights into current priorities). Mike Grace met with Dave Stone, NE's Deputy Chief Scientist on 24th May to explore common interests in evidence, research and the potential of urban areas. Natural England's Principal Advisor, Claire Warburton participated in the Innovation workshop on 12th September 2017 and contributed to the 'deeper dive' conversations. The potential exists through this arrangement for Natural Englend to help shape future follow-on work from ULB. |
| Impact | Progress: Mike Grace met with Dave Stone, NE's Deputy Chief Scientist on 24th May to explore common interests in evidence, research and the potential of urban areas. Natural England's Principal Advisor, Claire Warburton participated in the Innovation workshop on 12th September 2017 and contributed to the 'deeper dive' conversations. The potential exists through this arrangement for Natural Englend to help shape future follow-on work from ULB. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | A blog - Levelling-up and the Diocese of Worcester: What can be learnt? |
| 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 | This is a blog on levelling-up that draw upon the Urban Living and WM-Air projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/business-school/2022/02/09/levelling-up-and-the-diocese-of-worcester-what-ca... |
| Description | A blog on 'Good growth vs parasitic growth for responsible business', |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A blog that builds on these two projects - Urban Living Birmingham and Wm-AIR that explores good growth in the context of responsible business |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/business-school/2021/04/13/good-growth-vs-parasitic-growth-for-responsible-b... |
| Description | A blog on 'Climate change, pandemic preparedness, and a public inquiry' |
| 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 blog on climate change and pandemic preparedness |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/business-school/2021/05/17/climate-change-pandemic-preparedness-and-a-public... |
| Description | Alister Scott interviewed Waheed Nazir. November 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Alister Scott interviewed Waheed Nazir, Director of Planning and Regeneration at Birmingham City Council, on the 24th of November 2016 to discuss ULB's emerging outcomes and unpack his approach to leadership given his role in housing, regeneration, economic growth and planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Alister Scott. Should Britain build on its green spaces to solve the housing crisis? 7 Feb 2017 |
| 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 | Alister Scott. Online Blog. Should Britain build on its green spaces to solve the housing crisis? Posted 7 Feb 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/should-britain-build-on-its-green-spaces-to-solve-the-housing-crisis-725... |
| Description | AnalystFest, a day meeting organised by City-REDI, University of Birmingham. 24 January 2017 |
| 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 | AnalystFest, a day meeting organised by City-REDI, University of Birmingham, to bring together policy analysts from across local government and Whitehall to explore best practice in analysis. Four presentations and group discussions of the outcome of phase one, Urban Living, occurred. 65 policy-makers participated. 24 January 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | BBC on-line interview |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview for BBC on-line on public transport and cities. This led to a discussion on busses and access including spatial exclusion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47061771 |
| Description | BLog on COP26 - Climate Change and the need to Shift Beyond 'Blah, Blah, Blah' towards Individual Responsibility |
| 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 blog that drew upon the Urban Living project and the WM-AIR project to explore climate change and individual action - end-user engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/cop26-need-to-shift-beyond-blah.aspx |
| Description | Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 19/03/2019, 'A Bollywood Solution to Air Pollution: Linking Research and Policy to the Cinema Screen', |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/a-bollywood-solution-to-air-pollution-linking-research-and-policy-t... |
| Description | Blog |
| 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 | Bryson J.R., 'The COVID-19 Effect: why coronavirus is eclipsing Thunberg on climate change', read over 50,000 times by Jan. 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/covid-19-climate-change.aspx |
| Description | Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A blog on "Overcoming wicked problems: structural inequality, discrimination and racism" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/business-school/2020/06/09/overcoming-wicked-problems/ |
| Description | Blog |
| 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 | Beyond Nation First? COVID-19, Climate Change and Global Solutions Required for Global Problems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/debate/index.aspx |
| Description | Blog |
| 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 | Bryson J.R., 'Responsible Business and Responsible Citizenship: Mutual Aid, Self-Isolation and the Covid-19 Pandemic', https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/responsible-business-covid-19.aspx, 17 to 25 March 2020 on front page of the University website, viewed 923 times by 15 November 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/responsible-business-covid-19.aspx |
| Description | Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 04/04/2019, 'From Washington DC: Geographies of Human Rights, Responsible Inclusive Prosperity and the Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers', |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/from-washington-dc-geographies-of-human-rights-responsible-inclusiv... |
| Description | Blog |
| 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 | 08/05/2019, 'Spacetime and Singapore: Towards a Four-Dimensional Understanding of City-Region Economies'. https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/spacetime-and-singapore-towards-a-four-dimensional-understanding-of-city-region-economies/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/spacetime-and-singapore-towards-a-four-dimensional-understanding-of... |
| Description | Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | COVID-19, the Domino Effect and Enhancing Pandemic Resilience across the West Midlands |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/business-school/2020/09/14/enhancing-pandemic-resilience-across-the-west-mid... |
| Description | Blog by Alister Scott: The disintegration of planning policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Alister Scott. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/07/18/the-disintegration-of-planning-policy/ |
| Description | Blog by Chloe Billing: ULB Skype Session: End-user innovation of public services - through the backdoor via smart phone apps |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Chloe Billing advertising an Innvation Station Skype Session that led to requests for attending the Skype Session and further involvement in the research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/ulb-skype-session-end-user-innovation-of-publ... |
| Description | Blog by Christopher J Bouch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Christopher J Bouch which led to requests to be involved in the Skype Session and the wider research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/skype-session-systems-thinking-support-for-en... |
| Description | Blog by Joanne Leach: Brief for Creative Engagement: Reimagining City Service Delivery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Joanne Leach that resulted in expressions of interest and applications for the Urban Living Birmingham arts-led commission. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2007 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/brief-for-creative-engagement-reimagining-cit... |
| Description | Blog by John Bryson: Final dissemination event, 1st November |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog by John Bryson that led to requests for further engagement and knowledge exchange into thrid-sector organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/final-dissemination-event-1st-november/ |
| Description | Blog by John Bryson: From Boston with Ducklings! Interdependent Challenges and Urban Living and the Management of Complex Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog by John Bryson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/from-boston-with-ducklings-interdependent-cha... |
| Description | Blog by John Bryson: The Metro Mayor's Election - 4 May 2017: A Comment on the Task Ahead for the New Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | ULB blog by John Bryson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/the-metro-mayors-election-4-may-2017-a-commen... |
| Description | Blog by John Bryson: The economic black hole at the heart of the shift to electric vehicles |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog by John R Bryson: The economic black hole at the heart of the shift to electric vehicles |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/the-economic-black-hole-at-the-heart-of-the-s... |
| Description | Blog by John R Bryson: Birmingham 2040: The Ban on New Petrol and Diesel Engines, Electric Vehicles and Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog by John Bryson. The ULB blog was promoted to members of the Birmingham Science City (BSC) Innovate for Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG) on the 31st of July 2017. "The Urban Living Birmingham (ULB) consortium is running a very interesting blog on a variety of topics pertaining to the ULB project. The most recent one focuses on last week's announcement from government that all new petrol and diesel engines will be stopped by 2040 and the impact that this may have on Birmingham." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/birmingham-2040-the-ban-on-new-petrol-and-die... |
| Description | Blog by Jonathan Clarke: Reflections on the 20 March 2017 ULB Touchstone Group Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Jonathan Clarke reflecting on a meeting of the ULB Touchstone Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/reflections-on-the-20-march-2017-ulb-touchsto... |
| Description | Blog by Mike Grace: After the [Metro Mayor's] Election is Over.. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog by Mike Grace |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/after-the-metro-mayors-election-is-over/ |
| Description | Blog by Mike Grace: Integrating 'smart' and 'sustainable': why more work is needed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | ULB blog by Mike Grace |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/integrating-smart-and-sustainable-why-more-wo... |
| Description | Blog on Building back better - Building Back Better and the UK's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A blog on building back better and the new UK green strategy that was informed by WM-Air and Urban Living Birmingham project insights |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/business-school/2021/03/15/building-back-better-and-the-uks-ten-point-plan-f... |
| Description | Blog: From Birmingham with a Smile: Public Art, Streetscapes and the 'Economic' Impacts of a Liveable City |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Onling blog written by John Bryson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/11/30/from-birmingham-with-a-smile-public-art-stree... |
| Description | Blog: Gauri Kangai. The Geovation Challenge: Greener, Smarter Communities. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Guest-editd blog by Gauri Kangai or Ordnance Survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/the-geovation-challenge-greener-smarter-commu... |
| Description | Blog: John Bryson: The Autumn Budget 2017: For Whom and for What Purpose, or Just an Exercise in Whistling in the Wind? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Blog by John Bryson. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/the-autumn-budget-2017-for-whom-and-for-what-... |
| Description | Bryson J. BBC WM Live interview, local radio. A discussion of the wider implications of Theresa May's Lancaster House Speech on Brexit and what this means for Birmingham. 18 Jan 2017, 09:20 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson was interviewed on BBC WM Live, local radio. A discussion of the wider implications of Theresa May's Lancaster House Speech on Brexit and what this means for Birmingham. 18 Jan 2017, 09:20 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Bryson J.R. : (2017), All Change? What Theresa May's Speech Means For Everyday Britons, Invited Blog, The Huffington Post, 17/01/2017. |
| 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 | Bryson J.R. : (2017), All Change? What Theresa May's Speech Means For Everyday Britons, Invited Blog, The Huffington Post, 17/01/2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/professor-john-bryson/single-market-brexit_b_14223306.html?148466647... |
| Description | Bryson JR. 2017. Post-Brexit: What defines an outstanding Modern Industrial Strategy for a Great Global Trading Nation? Birmingham Perspectives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bryson J.R. (2017), 'Post-Brexit: What defines an outstanding Modern Industrial Strategy for a Great Global Trading Nation?', Birmingham Perspectives, University of Birmingham Perspective, published on the University's front page of the Website (Feb 2017) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/perspective/industrial-strategy-for-great-global-trading-nation... |
| Description | Bryson JR. Brexit and Birmingham. Invited to take part in a round table discussion with 9 business leaders, 26 July 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Bryson J.R. (2016), Brexit and Birmingham. Invited to take part in a round table discussion with 9 business leaders, 26 July 2016, Birmingham, to explore Brexit and the implications for the city |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Bryson JR. Entrepreneurs in the City: Adaption, Renewal and the Financing of Infrastructure across the city of Birmingham, UK. Cities in Transformation Conference, St Catherine's College, University of Cambridge. 14-15 July 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Bryson JR. (2016), 'Entrepreneurs in the City: Adaption, Renewal and the Financing of Infrastructure across the city of Birmingham, UK', presentation to the Cities in Transformation Conference, St Catherine's College, University of Cambridge, 14-15 July, 95 in audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Bryson JR. From Rabbits to Ubers: What the 'new' gig economy means for employment, education and politics. Invited Blog for the Academy of Social Sciences as part of their Campaign for Social Sciences. 17/11/16 |
| 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 | Bryson, J.R. (2016), 'From Rabbits to Ubers: What the 'new' gig economy means for employment, education and politics', invited Blog for the Academy of Social Sciences as part of their Campaign for Social Sciences. 17/11/16 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/rabbits-ubers-new-gig-economy-means-employment-education-pol... |
| Description | Bryson JR. Midlands Beyond Brexit Roundtable 2016. Online article at Insider Media website. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Bryson J.R. (2016) 'Midlands Beyond Brexit Roundtable 2016', online article at Insider Media website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.insidermedia.com/digital-events/midlands-beyond-brexit-round-table |
| Description | Bryson JR. Urban Diagnostics and the Measurement of Innovation. Indonesian Government. 9 Sept 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Bryson JR. (2016), 'Urban Diagnostics and the Measurement of Innovation', presentation to a group of 15 government official from the Indonesian Government, as part of a DFID organised programme to understand public service transformation., 9 Sept 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Bryson JR. Urban Living Birmingham: Challenges and Opportunities to create Better Outcomes for All. Citizens UK: Birmingham. Birmingham, 17 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bryson JR. (2016), Urban Living Birmingham: Challenges and Opportunities to create Better Outcomes for All, invited presentation and a discussion to Citizens UK: Birmingham, a diverse civil society alliance bringing together over 25 member institutions, including education, community, trade union and faith-based organisations from across the city. St Marys Convent, Handsworth, Birmingham, 17 June 2016. 14 participated |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Bryson JR. Urban Living Birmingham: From Citizen to Co-innovator, from City Council to Facilitator: Integrating Urban Systems to Provide Better Outcomes for People. Birmingham Science City Innovation Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG), 09 Jun 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Bryson JR. (2016), 'Urban Living Birmingham: From Citizen to Co-innovator, from City Council to Facilitator: Integrating Urban Systems to Provide Better Outcomes for People', presentation and related discussion to the Birmingham Science City Innovation Low Carbon Working Group (ILCWG), 09/06/2016, 24 attended |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Bryson JR. Urban Living Birmingham: Skilling Property? ESRC Festival of Science Workshop: Bricks, Concrete and Steel - A look at Birmingham's future commercial and residential property and local infrastructure development. 10 Nov 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Bryson JR. (2016), 'Urban Living Birmingham: Skilling Property?', presentation to an ESRC Festival of Science Workshop organised by the University of Birmingham with KPMG. The workshop was entitled: Bricks, Concrete and Steel - A look at Birmingham's future commercial and residential property and local infrastructure development'. 45 people attended from the city's policy community and property development and investment sectors. 10 Nov 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Bryson JR. What makes Birmingham the UK's most investable city? European Investment Bank (EIB). 21 October 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Bryson JR. 'What makes Birmingham the UK's most investable city?, invited presentation in Birmingham to a group from the European Investment Bank (EIB) who were undertaking due diligence as part of the decision-making process to provide £60m loan finance for a local organisation, 21 October 2016, three attended from EIB. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | C Bouch. 4th International Conference on Trees, People and the Built Environment. 3-4 Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Bouch attended the 4th International Conference on Trees, People and the Built Environment on 3rd and 4th February 2021, and presented a paper entitled Creating Business Models for Green Infrastructure. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Pipebots and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers and D Hunt. Meeting with United Utilities. 26 January 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers, Dr Dexter Hunt and two Liveable Cities Research Students met with two senior staff of United Utilities on 26th January 2021 to discuss potential plans for collaboration. The various methodologies created over the past ~18 years were discussed in the context of a large water company. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, S-RC, Pipebots, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers and J Leach. UKCRIC: Living with COVID and Climate Change - impact on cities and infrastructure. 4 August 2020 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers and Dr Joanne Leach attended a workshop entitled UKCRIC: Living with COVID and Climate Change - impact on cities and infrastructure on 4th August 2020 with ~30, mainly practitioners, in attendance. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were introduced in discussions relating to the workshop topic. The workshop formed the basis of a UKCRIC report available at www.ukcric.com/insights/rethinking-infrastructure-and-cities-for-a-covid-19-world-a-ukcric-prospectus. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers et al hosted Dan Murray USEPA on 21 Nov 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers, Chris Bouch and Lis Shrimpton hosted Dan Murray of the US Environmental Protection Agency on 21st November 2019 and introduced the full suite of UKCRIC methodologies that might be applied to any system intervention, whether the introduction of Pipebots or otherwise This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers et al. Cities Methodologies presentations at ICE. 20 May 2019 |
| 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 | Chris Rogers, Chris Bouch and Marianna Cavada presented the full suite of city methodologies to 20 professionals from different disciplinary backgrounds and took part in workshop discussions on 20th May 2019 at the Institution of Civil Engineers This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC UO and UKCRIC CORONA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers et al. Cities Workshop with Costain. 15 May 2019. Birmingham |
| 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 | Chris Rogers, Chris Bouch, Lewis Makana and Marianna Cavada presented the full suite of city methodologies to eight professionals with different specialisms from Costain on 15th May 2019 at Winterbourne House, Birmingham. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS and UKCRIC CORONA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers et al. MSc in Sustainable Construction module. U of Birmingham. 2-6 Mar 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers, Joanne Leach, Chris Bouch, Mike Goodfellow-Smith, Dexter Hunt, Marianna Cavada, Giovani Palafox and Lis Shrimpton delivered lectures on the findings from the sustainable, resilient and liveable cities research portfolio led by the University of Birmingham from 2003-present to the Sustainable Construction MSc module to 102 students from 2nd - 6th March. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC UO, UKCRIC CORONA, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers et al. Sustainable Construction MSc module 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers, Joanne Leach, Chris Bouch, Mike Goodfellow-Smith, Dexter Hunt, Marianna Cavada, Giovani Palafox and Lis Shrimpton delivered lectures on the findings from the sustainable, resilient and liveable cities research portfolio led by the University of Birmingham from 2003-present to the Sustainable Construction MSc module to 100 students from 22nd - 26th March 2021. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC UO, UKCRIC CORONA, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. 1st Water Engineering Science & Technology (WEST) Conference on 16th March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers gave a presentation entitled 'Assessing The Underworld - Three Interdependent Infrastructures' to the 1st Water Engineering Science & Technology (WEST) Conference on 16th March 2022 and took part in a Q&A session organised by OFWAT. The conference was attended by 250 delegates consisting of water industry practitioners and professionals. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | C Rogers. 4th International Conference on Trees, People and the Built Environment. 3-4 Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers attended the 4th International Conference on Trees, People and the Built Environment on 3rd and 4th February 2021. He presented a paper entitled Interconnected Green Infrastructure Corridors - A Route to Car-Free Cities and attended an extended panel discussion on The Case for Change - How Trees can contribute to Resilient Cities for People and Place. These plenary sessions were attended by 650 delegates, the vast majority of which were practitioners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. BEIS Scientific Team on 17th February 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers and two colleagues from UKCRIC attended a meeting with three members of the BEIS Scientific Team on 17th February 2022 to present UKCRIC's facilities, capacity and capability and discuss a response to the Sir Paul Nurse Review of the Research, Development and Innovation Landscape. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, S-RC, Pipebots, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | C Rogers. Below Ground Planning on 9th February 2022 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers attended a workshop with a group of 12 practitioners on Below Ground Planning on 9th February 2022, during which he disseiminated findings from his infrastrcuture and urban systems research. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, S-RC, Pipebots, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | C Rogers. Birmingham City Council. 19 Aug 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a meeting with a Senior Public Health practitioner and Councillor from Birmingham City Council on 19th August 2020 to discuss the engineering cities to improve the health and welbeing of people. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were presented and discussed. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. Birmingham City Council. Digital Birmingham 28 October 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a workshop organised by Birmingham City Council entitled Digital Birmingham on 28th October 2020. Attended by 15 non-academic stakeholders, he introduced the new quick methodologies for assessment of city sustainability, resilience and livability. This served as dissemination from Urban Futures, Liveable Cities, Urban Living Birmingham, Self-Repairing Cities, the UKCRIC Coordination Node and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. Birmingham Energy Institute, City/WM REDI and Air Quality: action plan. 8th July 2020 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers took part in a workshop entitled Birmingham Energy Institute, City/WM REDI and Air Quality: action plan discussion on 8th July 2020 in which he described to an audience of ~10 academics from different disciplines the various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. Birmingham Urban Observatory. 4 Apr 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC methodologies and the findings from Liveable Cities, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC UO, iBUILD, UF, S-RC and ULB to 7 researchers engaged in green infrastructure case studies on 4th April 2019 with the aim of generating collaboration with the Birmingham Urban Observatory. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC UO and UKCRIC CORONA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. Blue Green Infrastructure. 15 Feb 2021 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers attended a meeting on 15th February 2021 on Blue Green Infrastructure with approximately 30 participants consisting primarily of urban professionals, from many disciplinary backgrounds, and academics. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were described and are to feature in a Manual on Blue Green Infrastructure. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. CIRIA workshops. Dec 2019 - Apr 2020 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers attended a sequence of four workshops organised by the Construction Industry Research & Information Association (CIRIA) between December 2019 and April 2020 to draft a practice guidance note (RP1090) entitled Improving Performance of Linear Assets through Green Infrastructure. He introduced the various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years, as well as the findings from his work on green infrastructure. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and Self-Repairing Cities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. COP26 Glasgow. A Systems Approach to Urban Resilience and Sustainable, Liveable, Adaptable and (Truly) Smart Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers presented to a workshop and panel discussion at COP26 in Glasgow entitled 'What makes Urban Infrastructure Resilient to Weather and Climate Change?' on 11th November 2021 attended by 100 international practitioners (in person and live online). He delivered a presentation entitled 'A Systems Approach to Urban Resilience and Sustainable, Liveable, Adaptable and (Truly) Smart Cities' and took part in a Q&A and panel discussion session. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past 20 years, along with specific research findings on urban resilience, formed the basis of the presentation. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, Self-Repairing Cities, Pipebots and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. Changing the Environment. 6 October 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a University of Birmingham workshop entitled Changing the Environment on 6th October 2020. This was attended by 25 academics from academic disciplines that ranged across the full campus. This served as dissemination from Urban Futures, Liveable Cities, Urban Living Birmingham, Self-Repairing Cities, the UKCRIC Coordination Node and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. Circular Economy. West Midlands Combined Authority. 19 Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a meeting on 19th February 2021 on waste-flows and the Circular Economy organised by the West Midlands Combined Authority with 30 urban practioners and academics. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years, along with specific research findings on the urban metabolism, were described and discussed. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. Climate change workshop. 28 October 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a University of Birmingham workshop focused on climate change on 28th October 2020. This was attended by 25 academics from academic disciplines that ranged across the full campus. This served as dissemination from Urban Futures, Liveable Cities, Urban Living Birmingham, Self-Repairing Cities, the UKCRIC Coordination Node and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. Connected an Autonomous Vehicles. 1st July 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a workshop on Connected an Autonomous Vehicles on 1st July 2021 attended by 10 automotive practitioners and academics. He delivered a presentation entitled 'Connected and Autonomous Vehicles - Transforming future cities' urban metabolisms?' and held a Q&A session. The presentation formed the basis of three workshop sessions. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past 20 years, along with specific research findings on Sustainable Cities and Communities, formed the basis of the presentation. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, S-RC and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. EPSRC and NIHR. 11 Jan and 8 Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended two three-hour workshops (on 11th January and 8th February 2021) organised by EPSRC and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) attended by ~60 academics from a wide range of disciplines. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were described and featured in the workshop discussions. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. EPSRC consultation for Engineering Healthier Cities. 16 September 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers took part as one of nine senior academics in an EPSRC consultation on the future research direction for Engineering Healthier Cities on 16th September 2020. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. Engineering Sustainable, Resilient and Liveable Cities". ICE Middle East Seminar on 29th November 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers presented a lecture entitled "Engineering Sustainable, Resilient and Liveable Cities" to an Institution of Civil Engineers Middle East Seminar on 29th November 2021 attended by 63 urban practitioners and policy makers. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were presented and discussed. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, S-RC, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. Euronews article by Maeve Campbell. 10 Mar 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers was interviewed by Maeve Campbell for a Euronews article entitled "WHAT'S LIFE LIKE INSIDE THE UK'S FIRST ZERO CARBON, ECO VILLAGE?" This served as dissemination from LC, ULB and UKCRIC CN. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/03/10/what-s-life-like-inside-the-uk-s-first-zero-carbon-eco-vi... |
| Description | C Rogers. Future Infrastructure Challenges for Sustainable Cities organised by the Centre for Researching Cities at Newcastle University on 19th April 2021 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers attended a seminar entitled Future Infrastructure Challenges for Sustainable Cities organised by the Centre for Researching Cities at the University of Newcastle-upon on 19th April 2021 attended by ~30 academics and urban policy-makers from a wide range of disciplines. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past 20 years, along with specific research findings on Sustainable Cities and Communities, were presented, following which he took part in a panel discussion. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, S-RC, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. Health and wellbeing of people workshops. Jul, Oct, Nov 2020 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers led a series of three workshops on 2nd July, 20th October and 11th November 2020 with ~50 city stakeholders representing a wide range of urban professionals who work on cities with an aspiration to improve the health and wellbeing of people. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were described and discussed. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. ICE blog for World Habitat Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers was invited to create a blog on behalf of the Institution of Civil Engineers as its contribution to World Habitat Day addressing the topic of Accelerating Urban Action for a Carbon-Free World. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, and the UKCRIC CN. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/page/ice-news/174-accelerating-urban-action-for-a-carbon-free-worl... |
| Description | C Rogers. InSIS-UKCRIC Workshop. Oxford University. 12-13 November 2019 |
| 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 | Chris Rogers attended an InSIS-UKCRIC Workshop hosted by the Institute for Science Innovation and Society (InSIS) at Oxford University on 12th and 13th November 2019 attended by ~20 academics and practitioners. He disseminated the findings from his infrastructure and cities research portfolio. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC UO and Self-Repairing Cities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. Institution of Civil Engineers. UK to Net Zero. 15 Sep 2020 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers took part in a half-day workshop hosted on 15th September 2020 by the Institution of Civil Engineers, and involving ~20 practitioners and academics, on the role of civil engineers in helping to move the UK to Net Zero. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were described and discussed. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. Issues being faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on plans for Smart Cities. Dubai 15 July 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers took part in a live panel session entitled "Issues being faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on plans for Smart Cities" broadcast in Dubai on 15th July 2020 in which he Dr Sabih Getea Khisaf (Head of Engineering Middle East and North Africa, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc.) were posed a series of questions by a local journalist and subsequently answered listener's questions. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. Launch event NBIF. University of Birmingham. 20th October 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers gave a general presentation in which he outlined the history of research leading up to, and progress to date, of UKCRIC NBIF to 60 practitioners during the launch event for the new National Buried Infrastructure Facility on campus at the University of Birmingham on 20th October 2021. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, Self-Repairing Cities, Pipebots and UKCRIC NBIF grants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham City Councils. Sept - Nov 2020 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers attended a series of meetings between September and November 2020 with representatives from Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham City Councils and urban professionals who work in these places on engineering cities to improve the health and welbeing of people. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years were described and discussed. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure. 29th March 2021 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers attended an evening panel meeting on Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure on 29th March 2021 representing UKCRIC and the Institution of Civil Engineers attended by ~50 urban practitioners and policy makers. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years, along with specific research findings on ecosystem services, green infrastructure and its (robotic) maintenance, were presented and discussed. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, S-RC, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. PLEXUS stakeholder event, Birmingham. 3 Jul 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers hosted the Annual PLEXUS Stakeholder Event on 3rd July 2019 in Birmingham, attended by academics from a range of universities and ~20 industry practitioners, during which he disseminated the findings from his infrastructure and cities research portfolio. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. Pipebots meeting. 1 Apr 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC methodologies to the first team meeting of 30 academic researchers attending the Pipebots Team meeting on 1st April 2019. This served as dissemination from LC, UF, iBUILD, ULB, UKCRIC CN and UKCRIC PLEXUS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. Pre-recorded presentation and panel discussion for a session: "The Future of Cities: Green Buildings and Sustainable Infrastructure". 8 Feb 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers provided a pre-recorded presentation and took part in a Panel discussion for a session entitled The Future of Cities: Green Buildings and Sustainable Infrastructure on 8th February 2021 at the Annual American Association for the Advancement of Science International Conference representing UKRI. The session was attended primarily by academics and scientists. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. Presentation on cities research and UKCRIC. Healthcare Strategic Advisory. 26 Jun 2019 Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers delivered a presentation on his cities research portfolio and UKCRIC to the ~30 strong EPSRC Healthcare Strategic Advisory Team, consisting of academics and some industry practitioners, on 26th June 2019 in Birmingham, followed by questions and discussion on the potential for infrastructure and the built environment to contribute to the healthcare agenda. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC UO and UKCRIC CORONA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. Stratford on Avon climate and transport action groups. 19 January 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers and the Liveable Cities Research Group met with three representatives from Stratford on Avon climate and transport action groups on 19th January 2021 to discuss potential plans to reform the transport systems operating in the town. The various methodologies created over the past ~18 years were discussed in the context of a large town that serves as a tourist destination. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change organised by the Institute for Global Innovation at the University of Birmingham. March 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a series of three three-hour seminars on Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change organised by the Institute for Global Innovation at the University of Birmingham on 3rd. 16th and 18th March 2021 attended by ~70 academics and urban policy-makers from a wide range of disciplines. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past 20 years, along with specific research findings on Sustainable Cities and Communities, were presented at the third of these seminars, following which he took part in a one-hour panel discussion. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, S-RC, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. TRT World Roundtable. Net Zero: Car-Free Cities. 27-28 Feb 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers took part in a 30-minute TV debate as part of the TRT World Roundtable series focussing on Net Zero. The debate was hosted by David Frost and along with Chris Rogers (representing Liveable Cities and the University of Birmingham) the panel members were Christian Woolmar (journalist specialising on the History of Transport Policy), Danny Harris (Executive Director of Transport Alternatives, New York), and Ian Taylor (Director, Alliance of British Drivers) broadcast by TRT World (Sky Channel 516) on 27th and 28th February 2020. The episode is available on YouTube at the URL given. TRT World has a global audience of 260 million in 190 countries. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxE0UJ9cfjUD_FLJkxKaH5w/search?query=car-free |
| Description | C Rogers. The Urban Metabolism and its accommodation in our streets". Department for Transport, Jan 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled "The Urban Metabolism and its accommodation in our streets" to the Department for Transport, attended by ~60 DfT practitioners and policy-makers on 14th January 2022. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past 20 years, along with specific research findings on road and buried infrastructure condition assessment and damage avoidance using trenchless technologies, were presented, following which he took part in a 20-minute Q&A session. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, S-RC, UKCRIC NBIF and the Pipebots grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | C Rogers. UK Prevention Research Partnership workshop in London. 24 Sep 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers attended a UK Prevention Research Partnership workshop in London on 24th September 2019, where he disseminated his research on sustainable, resilient and liveable cities and deliverd a short presentation, as an elevator pitch, on UKCRIC and its cities methodologies for an infrastructure or city systems intervention. The audience of ~100 were primarily academics from communities other than engineering. This served as dissemination from UF, LC, iBUILD, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA and UKCRIC UO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in Cambridge. 7th November 2019. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers attended the UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in Cambridge on 7th November 2019. He disseminated the findings from his research portfolio during workshop discussions with ~30 UKCRIC academic partners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC UO, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in London. 3rd December 2019. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers attended the UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in London on 3rd December 2019. He disseminated the findings from his research portfolio during workshop discussions with ~30 UKCRIC academic partners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. UKCRIC All Hands meeting, Birmingham UK. 31 Jul 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers attended the UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in Birmingham on 31st July 2019. He disseminated the findings from his research portfolio during workshop discussions with ~30 UKCRIC academic partners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC UO, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. UKCRIC All Hands meeting, Southampton UK. 3 Sep 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers attended the UKCRIC All Hands Meeting in Southampton on 3rd September 2019. He disseminated the findings from his research portfolio during workshop discussions with ~30 UKCRIC academic partners. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, UKCRIC UO, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. UKCRIC International Advisory Board. 11-12 March 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a sequence of teleconference calls with the UKCRIC International Advisory Board on 11th and 12th March 2020 during which he disseminated findings from his infrastructure and cities research portfolio. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC PLEXUS, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF, Self-Repairing Cities and Pipebots. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | C Rogers. UKRI Cities Workshop. Leeds 10 Jun 2019 |
| 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 | Chris Rogers attended the UKRI Cities Workshop in Leeds on 10th June 2019 at which he outlined thinking on Liveable Cities, iBUILD, UKCRIC and ULB in a plenary Q&A session and via individual conversations. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC UO, UKCRIC CORONA and ULB. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | C Rogers. UKRI Tomorrow's Engineering Research Challenges Workshops. 30th November and 1st, 7th and 9th December 2021. |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers attended a series of four half-day UKRI Tomorrow's Engineering Research Challenges Workshops to help to define the research agenda on 30th November and 1st, 7th and 9th December 2021. One of 50 delegates, he brought his experience of infrastructure and urban systems research to bear on the discussions. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, S-RC, Pipebots, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. Urban Assemblage: The City as Architecture, Media, AI and Big Data Conference on 28th June 2021 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers attended a session at the Urban Assemblage: The City as Architecture, Media, AI and Big Data Conference on 28th June 2021 attended by ~10 academics and urban designers at which a joint paper entitled 'A Smart System Approach for Urban Engineering' was presented and a Q&A session was held. The various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past 20 years, along with specific research findings on Sustainable Cities and Communities, were presented, following which he took part in a panel discussion. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | C Rogers. Workshop to establish EPSRC-funded Circular Economy Hub. 28-29 April 2020 |
| 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 | Professor Chris Rogers took part in a two-day workshop to establish the foundations for the EPSRC-funded Circular Economy Hub on 28th and 29th April 2020. He introduced to an audience of ~50 stakeholders, a mix of academics and practitioners from different disciplines, the various infrastructure and urban systems methodologies created over the past ~18 years, as well as the findings from his work on the urban metabolism. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB, UKCRIC CN, UKCRIC CORONA, UKCRIC NBIF and the Birmingham Urban Observatory grants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Chloe Billing. Online Blog. Developing Citizen-Centric Urban Services: End-user Innovation in Birmingham. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chloe Billing. Online Blog. Developing Citizen-Centric Urban Services: End-user Innovation in Birmingham. Posted 4 May 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/developing-citizen-centric-urban-services-end... |
| Description | Chris Bouch met with Birmingham City Council's Cllr Lisa Trickett on the 28th of November 2017 to discuss the ULB project. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chris Bouch met with Birmingham City Council's Cllr Lisa Trickett on the 28th of November 2017 to discuss the ULB project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Chris Bouch. Online Blog. May I be so Bold? A Plan for the New West Midlands Combined Authority Mayor. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chris Bouch. Online Blog. May I be so Bold? A Plan for the New West Midlands Combined Authority Mayor. Posted 27 June 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/may-i-be-so-bold-a-plan-for-the-new-west-midl... |
| Description | Chris Rogers, Joanne Leach and others. Panel Discussion. Urban Living Birmingham Touchstone Group meeting. 1st June 2017 |
| 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 | Chris Rogers, Joanne Leach and others attended the Urban Living Birmingham Touchstone Group meeting on 1st June 2017 and introduced the findings from Liveable Cities' research in panel and workshop discussions to an audience of ~30 urban practitioners and stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Launch of the ICE East Midlands Annual Theme of Liveable Cities on 30th January 2019 in Derby |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, UKCRIC-PLEXUS and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to the launch of the ICE East Midlands Annual Theme of Liveable Cities on 30th January 2019 in Derby. The audience of 80 delegates consisted primarily of city stakeholders and practicing engineers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. A Civil Engineer's Modern Art in an Urban Landscape |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Urban Futures, Urban Living Birmingham, CLI, UKCRIC-PLEXUS, UKCRIC-NBIF and the UKCRIC Coordination Node in a conference presentation entitled "A Civil Engineer's Modern Art in an Urban Landscape" at the Malvern Innovation Festival on 10th October. The audience of approximately 40 consisted of business people and members of the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. EPSRC Resilient Nation Aspiration interview 13 June 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers was interviewed by Phil Sivell, who was tasked with reporting on progress towards EPSRC's Resilient Nation aspiration, on 13th June 2018, during which he described his findings from LC, iBUILD, ULB, UF and the UKCRIC Coordination Node. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. EU meeting and workshop on Shrinking Cities on 1st and 2nd October 2018 in Porto, Portugal. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Urban Futures, ULB the UKCRIC Coordination Node to an EU meeting and workshop on Shrinking Cities on 1st and 2nd October 2018 in Porto, Portugal. The audience of 40 delegates consisted of international academics (50%) and city stakeholders (50%). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Housing Roundtable Workshop. Sustainable Housing Action Partnership in Birmingham. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a half-day Housing Roundtable Workshop organised by the Sustainable Housing Action Partnership in Birmingham, attended by 30 urban practitioners, at which he presented his findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD and Urban Living Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Key Cities workshop on 21st February 2019 in Southampton |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, UKCRIC-PLEXUS and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a Key Cities workshop on 21st February 2019 in Southampton. The audience of 50 delegates consisted of city stakeholders (75%) and UKCRIC academics (25%). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Lecture: Engineering Smart Cities - Our 21st Century Challenge. Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a lecture entitled 'Engineering Smart Cities - Our 21st Century Challenge' to 50 students comprising the MSc cohorts at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, on 16th February 2018, in which he presented the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Urban Living Birmingham, Urban Futures and Resilience Through Innovation - Critical Local Infrastructures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Meeting with Indian academics. 12th Sept 2018 in Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, ULB and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a delegation of Indian academics on 12th September 2018 in Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Productive Cities - should they not also be Sustainable, Resilient, Liveable and Smart Cities? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled "Productive Cities - should they not also be Sustainable, Resilient, Liveable and Smart Cities?" to a Half-Day Seminar entitled City of the Future on 7th December 2018 in Cardiff. The audience of around 60 delegates consisted mostly of academics from a wide range of disciplines. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Series of lectures to 40 Sustainable Construction MSc students at the University of Birmingham on 5th March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Urban Futures, Urban Living Birmingham and the UKCRIC Coordination Node in a series of lectures to 40 Sustainable Construction MSc students at the University of Birmingham on 5th March 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Sustainable Housing Action Plan workshop on 15th May 2018 in Birmingham |
| 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 | Chris Rogers attended a Sustainable Housing Action Plan workshop on 15th May 2018 in Birmingham, at which he presented the thinking behind and the findings from Liveable Cities, ULB and iBUILD. The audience of 20 delegates consisted of urban practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Sustainable, Resilient and Liveable Cities - Realising the Aspiration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Urban Futures, Urban Living Birmingham, UKCRIC-PLEXUS and the UKCRIC Coordination Node in a conference presentation entitled "Sustainable, Resilient and Liveable Cities - Realising the Aspiration" and three posters to the Urban Transitions Conference on 25-27th November 2018 in Barcelona. The audience of 150 delegates consisted of city stakeholders and urban practitioners (50%) and academics from a wide range of disciplines (50%). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Towards a Holistic Resilient National Infrastructure System: A Conversation with UK Catapult Centres. Transport Systems Catapult, Milton Keynes. 20-21 Oct 2016 |
| 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 | Chris Rogers represented Urban Living Birmingham in two days of workshop discussions at the Towards a Holistic Resilient National Infrastructure System: A Conversation with UK Catapult Centres at the Transport Systems Catapult, Milton Keynes, on 20th and 21st October, 2016. The audience of 25 included academics, research funders and infrastructure innovators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. UKCRIC at Birmingham- Buried Infrastructure Research for Engineering Future Cities. UKCRIC and Innovate UK Workshop. 10 Oct 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled "UKCRIC at Birmingham- Buried Infrastructure Research for Engineering Future Cities" to the UKCRIC and Innovate UK Workshop: Towards a Holistic Resilient National Infrastructure System - Focus on Urban Living at the Future Cities Catapult, London, on 10th October, 2016. He presented the emerging findings from Assessing the Underworld, Liveable Cities and iBUILD. The audience of 20 included academics, research funders and future city innovators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. UKRI Workshop on Cities. 3rd September 2018 in London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, ULB and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a UKRI Workshop Cities via table and plenary discussions on 3rd September 2018 in London. The audience of 30 delegates consisted of academics (60%) and research funders (40%). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Workshop entitled Toward a Re-Definition of Current and Future Urban Challenges on 20th November 2018 in Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision during a two-day Workshop entitled Toward a Re-Definition of Current and Future Urban Challenges on 20th November 2018 in Birmingham. The audience of around 40 delegates consisted of 60% academics and 40% city stakeholders and practitioners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chris Rogers. Workshop on Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure on 7th February 2019 at the RTPI in London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the UKCRIC vision and the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Urban Living Birmingham and the UKCRIC Coordination Node to a workshop on Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure on 7th February 2019 at the RTPI in London. The audience of 20 delegates consisted primarily of practicing urban professionals representing different learned societies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Chris Rogers: ICE webinar entitled "Engineering the Liveable City - A Partnership with the Natural Environment" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a webinar entitled "Engineering the Liveable City - A Partnership with the Natural Environment" organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers on 5th October 2017. The webinar was viewed live by 50 people, some of whom contributed to a live Q&A session, and was recorded for archive viewing by ICE members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Chris Rogers: UKCRIC and Innovate UK Workshop: Towards a Holistic Resilient National Infrastructure System - Focus on Urban Living at the Future Cities Catapult, London, on 10th October, 2016 |
| 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 | Chris Rogers represented Urban Living Birmingham at the UKCRIC and Innovate UK Workshop: Towards a Holistic Resilient National Infrastructure System - Focus on Urban Living at the Future Cities Catapult, London, on 10th October, 2016. The audience of 20 included academics, research funders and future city innovators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Chris Rogers: presentation entitled "Servicing Birmingham's Future - Infrastructure and Urban Systems Fit for the Far Future" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled "Servicing Birmingham's Future - Infrastructure and Urban Systems Fit for the Far Future" to ~50 practitioners from six EU countries on 12th July 2017, in which he described the outcomes from Urban Futures, Liveable Cities, iBUILD, Critical Local Infrastructures and Urban Living Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Circular Cities Hub Workshop. 26 - 27 Sep 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers represented Assessing the Underworld, Liveable Cities, iBUILD and Urban Living Birmingham at the Circular Cities Hub Workshop on 26th and 27th September 2016 at the Future Cities Catapult, London, attended by 30 national and international researchers on the use of resources in future cities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Conversation Piece on cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bryson J.R. (2018), Singapore 'smoking ban' sounds radical, but it's an odd way to reduce air pollution, The Conversation, 31 December, 2018. This was a piece published in The Conversation that resulted in a lively on-line debate amongst readers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/singapore-smoking-ban-sounds-radical-but-its-an-odd-way-to-reduce-air-po... |
| Description | Conversation piece in Indonesian language |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bryson J.R. (2019) "Terkesan radikal namun larangan merokok di Singapura adalah cara aneh untuk kurangi polusi udara", The Conversation, 04 February 2019 09:17, .http://theconversation.com/terkesan-radikal-namun-larangan-merokok-di-singapura-adalah-cara-aneh-untuk-kurangi-polusi-udara-110605. This was a piece published in Indonesian that explored the impact of a policy alteration on streets in Singapore. It led to an on-line debate on this topic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/terkesan-radikal-namun-larangan-merokok-di-singapura-adalah-cara-aneh-un... |
| Description | Dubai and Urban Diagnostics |
| 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 | Blog on Unravelling the "Dubai Intertwingularity": Reading City Regions', |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/unravelling-the-dubai-intertwingularity-reading-the-city-regions/ |
| Description | Future of Work and Reading City-Regions |
| 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 | Blog on the "The Future of Work during an Era of Disruptive Process and Technological Change" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/the-future-of-work-during-an-era-of-disruptive-process-and-technolo... |
| Description | Guest blog by David Thew: Birmingham: a city of visible negatives and hidden positives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Guest-ULB blog by David Thew. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/08/04/birmingham-a-city-of-visible-negatives-and-hi... |
| Description | Guest blog by Jonathan Ward: Missed and Missing Opportunities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog by Jonathan Ward arising from an 'improptu exhibition' about Birmingham's urban services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/06/21/missed-and-missing-opportunities/ |
| Description | Guest blog by Mark Tewdwr-Jones: Stories from the Academy: Newcastle City Futures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog by Mark Tewdwr-Jones |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/stories-from-the-academy-newcastle-city-futur... |
| Description | Guest blog by Tasos Kitsos: West Midlands' Service exports to the EU: Brexit will not be the same for every region |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog by Tasos Kitsos |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/west-midlands-service-exports-to-the-eu-brexi... |
| Description | Guest blog by Vida Vanchan: Urban Livability and Integrated Challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gues ULB blog by Vida Vanchan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/urban-livability-and-integrated-challenges/ |
| Description | Guest blog: City-REDI welcomes Guangzhou University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Guest blog by Charlotte Hoole to raise awareness of visiting researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/city-redi-welcomes-guangzhou-university/ |
| Description | ICIF Infrastructure Grand Challenges: Exhibition and Networking Forum at a world café event of rolling conversations on ICIF's four primary themes. London, on 21st February. |
| 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 | Professor Rogers attended the ICIF Infrastructure Grand Challenges: Exhibition and Networking Forum. At the Institution of Civil Engineers, during which he represented the Urban Futures, Liveable Cities, iBUILD and Urban Living Birmingham projects, by feeding the learning into a world café event of rolling conversations on ICIF's four primary themes. London, on 21st February. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Ian Nabney: Love Your Place |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ian Nabney presented emerging results from Urban Living Birmingham at the Love Your Place event led by TIN Smart Social and held on the 3rd of July 2017. The event sought to find ways to increase social inclusion in Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation Station: 'Urban Development and Change in the Age of Austerity' round table discussion at the Bristol Connected Communities Conference 2017: Co-Creating Cities and Communities Summer Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | • Lead: John Bryson • Focus: Urban Living pilot projects round table discussion: What contribution can university-community collaborations make to the creation of flourishing cities? • Participants: Colin Taylor, Ges Rosenberg and David Relph (all University of Bristol), Louise Kempton and Paul Vallance (both Newcastle City Futures), John Bryson (University of Birmingham) • Date delivered: 12-13 July 2017, Bristol. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation Station: End-of-project (Urban Living Birmingham) event |
| 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 | • Focus: This event was for the Urban Living Birmingham Touchstone Group and presented the outcomes from the arts commission alongside emerging academic outcomes • Date delivered: 1 November 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation Station: Getting Smarter with Nature |
| 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 | Innovation Station: Getting Smarter with Nature Lead: Mike Grace Focus and Progress: Mike Grace, Alister Scott, Jon Sadler and Nick Grayson (the ULB Resilient Environments team) hosted a workshop 0n 12th September 2017 entitled 'Getting Smarter with Nature'. This workshop was a proactive attempt to try and join up smart and natural city / biophilic city frameworks. It drew on appropriate digital, carbon and green/natural expertise of some 25 practitioners from across the city and region to explore the potential to combine and add value to these two different discourses for the future of the city. It was informed by a number of vignettes or narratives direct from current and emerging practice. The workshop was followed by a series of 'deeper dives' with selected experts (conducted via face to face discussions, Skype and email) to identify the unique conceptual themes that characterise the interface between smart and natural approaches. Detailed summaries were produced. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation Station: Participology with Touchstone Group |
| 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 | Innovation Station: Participology with Touchstone Group • Lead: Joanne Leach and WP3 • Focus: using the Participology game to address questions arising from the WP2 and WP3 research • Date Delivered: 1 July 2017, at the Touchstone Group meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation Station: Skype Session on complexity, end-user innovation and the search for value.Chris Bouch - 11 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This Skype session was about ongoing research that aimed to break through the complexity and provide visual representations of the interfaces that an urban service has with its wider environment. Theiidea was that in presenting this data to end-users, it would help them understand where their idea fits in the greater scheme of things, and help them to explore how it might be integrated with other concerns to deliver a proposal for change of sufficient weight to catch the eye and interest of the procurers and providers of urban services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation station: Two linked conference sessions at the American Association of Geographers 2017 Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | • Lead: John Bryson • Focus: Interdependent Challenges and Urban Living: Managing Complex Cities • Date delivered: 8 April 2017 • Conference dates: 5-9 April 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC), Cities Theme, 28th June 2016, Cambridge, UK. Professor Chris Rogers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk based on my strong research record in future cities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited presentation to the Tackling the Challenges of Urban air Pollution: Linking Research and Policy for Air Quality Improvement, workshop, Indian Habitat Centre: Delhi, India |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 2019 "Air Quality Management in the Global North and South", invited presentation to the Tackling the Challenges of Urban air Pollution: Linking Research and Policy for Air Quality Improvement, workshop, Indian Habitat Centre: Delhi, India: 6th - 7th March 2019. 120 people attended this event that stretched over two days and resulted in a very lively debate. Grant applications were developed from this work which on currently under review. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited presentation to the Worcester Diocesan Synod on Where now for Church and Society |
| 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 | This was an invited presentation to the Synod of the Diocese of Worcester to explore societal change that include a discussion of the reading cities approach developed from the Urban Living Project and air quality issues linked to WM-AIR |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Joanne Leach presented ULB at Ecobuild 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Joanne Leach and Adriana Ortegon presented Liveable Cities (the video, City Life and City Futures) and the ULB diagnostics at Ecobuild 2018. The presentation was part of the Institution of Civil Engineers' display. It was delivered on the 7th of March 2018 at Excel, London. The audience consisted of ~20 people, about half were practicing engineers or industry/third sector and half were members of the public. The presentation has been made generally available by the event organiser. Following the event, requests for further information were received, including how the outcomes can be transferred into an engineering practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Joanne Leach. Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. 20 Jan 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Joanne Leach presented emerging outcomes from Liveable Cities, Designing Resilient Cities (Urban Futures) and Urban Living Birmingham to ~20 staff of the Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India on the 20 January 2017. The purpose was to further the knowledge sharing activities begun in late 2016 and shape a project in preparation for forthcoming GCRF funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson and Chris Rogers. Urban Living Partnership board. Birmingham. 28 September 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson and Chris Rogers presented emerging outcomes from Urban Living Birmingham to the Urban Living Partnership board. Birmingham. 20 attendees, all academic. 28 September 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | John Bryson and Chris Rogers. Urban Living Partnership pilot projects, York. 20 Jun 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson and Chris Rogers presented emerging outcomes from Urban Living Birmingham to a collective meeting of the Urban Living Partnership pilot projects in York. 20 attendees, all academic. 20 Jun 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | John Bryson and Richard Kenny met with Councillor Lisa Trickett, June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson and Richard Kenny met with Councillor Lisa Trickett (Birmingham City Council) and Piali Dasgupta (Assistant Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council) to discuss synergies between the Urban Living Project and Birmingham City Council. 20 June 2016. BCC remained involved with ULB through to the project's completion in November 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | John Bryson chaired a meeting of 12 representatives from across business and professional service firms and banks (HSBC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 26 January 2017, John Bryson chaired a meeting of 12 representatives from across business and professional service firms and banks (HSBC) to discuss financial and business professional services and Birmingham. The focus was on housing, skills and transport and the integrated challenges facing the city (20 participated in the discussion). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson participated in Devo question time: What will Labour's metro majors do for you? Fringe event at Labour Party Conference. September 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 26 September 2016, John Bryson participated in Devo question time: What will Labour's metro majors do for you? Fringe event at Labour Party Conference. This was an organised panel discussion with three candidates standing for Mayor, The Tate on Albert Dock, Liverpool, 95 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | John Bryson presented ULB at the 2017 Bristol Festival of the Future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Innovation Station. John Bryson presented ULB at the 2017 Bristol Festival of the Future, as part of a dedicated session on the Urban Living Partnership pilot projects. The audience was a mix of academics, practitioners and the general public. The Festival ran from the 18th to the 20th of October 2017. The ULP session was on the 20th of October. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson presented to the DFID funded ASAP-East Africa Inception Meeting and Workshop, Thursday 1 February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Bryson, J.R. (2018), "From Citizen to Co-innovator, from City Council to Facilitator: Integrating Urban Systems to Provide Better Outcomes for People", presentation to the DFID funded ASAP-East Africa Inception Meeting and Workshop, Thursday 1 February 2018. There were 18 participants, including 12 from East Africa. Of these, 6 were end-users including representatives from National Transport Authorities (Africa), African Bank and DFID. The rest were academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | John Bryson, Chloe Billing and Deniz Sevinc presented the ULB work to the Core Cities Smart Cities subgroup, 11 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson, Chloe Billing and Deniz Sevinc presented the ULB work to the Core Cities Smart Cities subgroup (~10 members). The meeting was held at the Impact Hub, Birmingham, on the 11th of November 2017. This went well, the place-based characterisation was well-received and here was a robust discussion about links between health and air quality - a key interest for the group. Innovate UK are seeking scalable ideas related to urban innovations. In response, John suggested they support a pilot project where each core city appoints an 'innovation champion' for six months, citing the currently low capacity of cities to identify and scale innovations. It was noted that Innovate UK currently has a call for 'people and city services', with cities to lead bids. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson, Jon Sadler and Chloe Billing met with Councillor Lisa Trickett, Anne Shaw and Piali Dasgupta, January 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 31 January 2017 John Bryson, Jon Sadler and Chloe Billing met with Councillor Lisa Trickett, Anne Shaw (Head of Transportation Strategy, Birmingham City Council) and Piali Dasgupta ( Assistant Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council) to discuss the outcome of the first stage of the ULB project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson, Miles Tight and Joanne Leach attended a workshop with academics from UNEP in Sao Paulo, Brazil. March 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson, Miles Tight and Joanne Leach attended a workshop with academics from UNEP in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to exchange knowledge and investigate synergies with a view to developing projects. 13-14 March 2017. A research project focusing upon urban waste was submitted, but unfortunately was not funded. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson, Miles Tight and Joanne Leach attended meetings with academics from USP in Sao Paulo, Brazil in March 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson, Miles Tight and Joanne Leach attended meetings with academics from USP in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to exchange knowledge and investigate synergies with a view to developing projects. 13-14 March 2017. A project with USP that included application of the Urban Living Birmingham urban challenges diagnostics method was scoped, but unfortunately was not funded; however, a knowledge transfer travel exchange was funded. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson. Cabinet Office and BEIS. 26 January 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson. Presentation to a team consisting of six members from the Cabinet Office and BEIS. This group visited Birmingham to explore the industrial strategy and Birmingham. The Urban Living diagnostic approach was explored. 26 January 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson. London Finance Commission, Birmingham. 21 October 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson was invited by the Greater London Authority (GLA) to present oral evidence to the London Finance Commission, Birmingham. This Commission was exploring fiscal devolution and large cities (a session involving 3 individuals responding to questions given by a team of 6 with another 6 support staff. The evidence was published and included in the Commission's final report. 21 October 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | John Bryson. Panel Discussion of the Northern Powerhouse and the Midlands Engine. Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham. 3 October 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson was invited to join a panel of 6 to discuss the Northern Powerhouse and the Midlands Engine. A fringe event organised at the Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham, 35 attendees. 3 October 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | John Bryson. Roundtable discussion: Where next for UK infrastructure investment. The Guardian with Alstom, the Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham. 4 October 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 'Where next for UK infrastructure investment', John Bryson was invited to participate in roundtable discussion as part of a Fringe Event organised by The Guardian with Alstom, the Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham, 20 attendees from politics, business and the media. 4 October 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | John Bryson: "What will it be like to live and work in Post-Brexit Birmingham?", Presentation and panel discussion to a session (part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science) entitled: Brexit: The Road Ahead |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "What will it be like to live and work in Post-Brexit Birmingham?", Presentation and panel discussion to a session organised as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science entitled: Brexit: The Road Ahead. Tuesday 7, November 2017, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, attended by 185 - these were members of the public and policy-makers. The session was recorded and the presentations placed on the Web. The focus of this presentation was based on Brexit and urban living in Birmingham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/socsci/events/2017/landing-brexit-the-road-ahead.as... |
| Description | John Bryson: Fringe Event at the Conservative Party Conference 2016, What will the Northern Powerhouse and Midlands Engine do for you? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 4 October 2016, John Bryson participated in the Fringe Event at the Conservative Party Conference, Birmingham Devo Question Time, What will the Northern Powerhouse and Midlands Engine do for you? This was an organised panel discussion with three candidates standing for Mayor (Cllr Sean Anstee, Leader of Trafford Council (Greater Manchester, Cllr Tim Warren, Leader of Bath and NE Somerset Council (West of England), Cllr Rob Waltham, Deputy Leader of North Lincolnshire Council (Greater Lincolnshire). Attendance - 85. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | John Bryson: Live radio interview on local radio (BBC West Midlands) on an integrated approach to understanding the impacts of a hard and soft Brexit on Birmingham and the West Midlands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson was interviewed on live radio (BBC West Midlands) on the 27 July 2017 about an integrated approach to understanding the impacts of a hard and soft Brexit on Birmingham and the West Midlands. This generated questions and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson: RCUK Urban living Partnership End of Project Showcase, 19 February 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson attended the RCUK Urban living Partnership End of Project Showcase on the 19 February 2017 at the University of Leeds. The event was attended by 60 delegates drawn from the Urban Living Partnership project partners and consisting mainly of policy-makers and academics. John presented outcomes from the project, with a particular emphasis upon Participology. In a series of three mini-workshops, John played the Participology game with delegates (8 per session), consisting primarily of policymakers from Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol and Cambridge. This led to some interesting discussions and highlighted that the game could facilitate a cross city comparative discussion. The game was considered to be a useful tool for exploring and identifying inter-dependencies between systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson: The End (of the Project) is Near |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Online blog by John Bryson summarising the outcomes from the Urban Living Birmingham project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://urbanlivingbirmingham.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/the-end-of-the-project-is-near/ |
| Description | John Bryson: invited to present and moderate two sessions at the National Renewal Birmingham Convention on Renewing the West Midlands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson was invited by Gisela Stuart (former Birmingham MP) to present and moderate two sessions ("Regional Assets and Innovation" and "Conclusions and Recommendations for the Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority") at the National Renewal Birmingham Convention on Renewing the West Midlands, Birmingham Business School, 19-20 July 2017. Attending were 35 delegates, mostly policymakers and practitioners as well as social enterprise representatives. This is an independent policy commission established by the Change Britain and the Common Good Foundation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | John Bryson: live interview on BBC Coventry on an integrated approach to understanding the impacts of a hard or soft Brexit on Coventry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | John Bryson was interviewed live on live BBC radio Coventry on an integrated approach to understanding the impacts of a hard or soft Brexit on Coventry. 27 July 2017. This generated questions and discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Jonathan Clarke presented on 'Smart Cities' at the University or Warwick's 'COLONY: The Future of Living Spaces' student conference on the 8th of November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Jonathan Clarke presented on 'Smart Cities' at the University or Warwick's 'COLONY: The Future of Living Spaces' student conference on the 8th of November 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Julie Christian used the Participology game within her module Communities and Social Action |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Innovation Station: Participology within module • Lead: Julie Christian • Focus: used the Participology game for her module Communities and Social Action (55 students enrolled). This was over 3 sessions: 24 January, 3rd & 10 February 2017. • Date delivered: 24 January, 3 & 10 February 2017 • Arising outcomes: journal paper (see above) This application gave rise to a teaching commendation award. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Julie discussed ULB with her local MP, Neil Carmichael. October 2016. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Julie Christian discussed ULB with her local MP, Neil Carmichael, on the 13th of October 2016 (3.30pm). Neil sits on education and transportation committees and the outcome of the meeting was that ULB would feed back any relevant information to him. This will hopefully lead to a second meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Keynote Paper to Re-Engineering Our Cities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chris Rogers presented the Keynote Paper to the Re-Engineering Our Cities Conference, Coventry University, 14th September 2016, entitled "Re-Engineering Future Sustainable, Resilient and Liveable Cities". It described the outcomes of the Urban Futures and Liveable Cities ESPRC funded programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/re-engineering-our-cities-coventry |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This was a knowledge exchange event held on 14 Feb 2022 with the audience being postgraduate students from UCL on a professional planning degree. Thus, this is about educating future planners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | L D'Acci. Ecocity World Summit in Rotterdam 27th - 30th Sept 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Luca D'Acci presented a paper entitled Planning, Environmental, Economic Perspectives of Urban Isobenefit Morphogenesis to the Ecocity World Summit in Rotterdam (27th - 30th September 2021, though held virtually) on behalf of the authors: D'Acci LS, Marshall S, van Oort F, Rogers CDF, Gabrielli T and Voto M. Audience: Leading international experts, thousands of innovators, researchers, engineers, designers, policy makers, environmentalists, teachers, and students. This served as dissemination from LC, iBUILD, UF, ULB and UKCRIC CN. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.climate-chance.org/en/event-calendar/ecocity-world-summit-2021/ |
| Description | Meeting to discuss the research with Public Health England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A meeting with Rebecca Willans, Public Health England, to discuss urban diagnostics and the relevance of this approach for the analysis of public health in urban areas. The impacts from this meeting included an invitation to present at the national PHE conference, and to hold a training workshop for PHE professionals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Turrock Council to discuss approaches to underpinning city-region policy with diagnostics |
| 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 | A meeting with officers from Thurrock Council to explore Urban Diagnostics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Meeting with policy-makers and academics from India |
| 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 | A meeting with policy-makers (planners) and academics from India to discuss urban diagnostics and resilience in the context of India urbanisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Michel Randrianandrasana attended the 2017 Traffex exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Michel Randrianandrasana and the Data Discovery Centre team (http://deft153.com/) attended the 2017 Traffex exhibition in order to showcase the ULB data visualisation work on Birmingham's place-based characterisation. The exhibition took place from the 4th to the 6th of April 2017, NEC, Birmingham. This was a stand, not a formal presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Mike Grace facilitated a table session at the workshop: What kind of green infrastructure do we want? Building better bridges between research and practice. 16 February 2018. |
| 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 | Invitees were from across policy/practice (local authority, development industry, consultants) and academia/researchers working on green infrastructure and nature-based solutions to infrastructure and societal challenges (many had been or are working on projects funded by NERC but others were e.g. involved in EU funded projects). The attendees worked in group and plenary sessions designed to share experiences and knowledge across the policy/practice - research divide. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Mike Grace made a presentation to the Midland Trees Design Action Group (TDAG) meeting in Birmingham, 14th September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mike Grace made a presentation to the Midland Trees Design Action Group (TDAG) meeting in Birmingham, 14th September 2017 on the Getting Smarter with Nature concepts; leading a discussion with 15 leading practitioners and academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Mike Grace. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mike Grace; article in 'Tripwire' January 2017, the quarterly magazine of the Royal Town Planning Institute in the West Midlands. A regional publication with a readership of several hundreds of local authority and consultancy planners, other built environment professions and community organisations across the West Midlands. The magazine informs its readership of news, current events and reflections on planning practice, so widening the awareness of the ULB project. Grace M. Falcons, Hyenas and Pigs - are all important for spatial planning. Tripwire Magazine of the R.T.P.I. West Midlands. Issue 92, Winter 2016, p6-7. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.rtpi.org.uk/media/2160115/tripwire__winter_2016.pdf |
| Description | Mike Grace. "Landscape Scale Approaches", 2nd & 3rd of November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mike Grace joined a two day event "Landscape Scale Approaches" in St. David's, Pembrokeshire on the 2nd & 3rd of November 2017 to share innovative work emerging on landscape scale approaches to deliver sustainable development outcomes, with a particular focus on the business community. Collaborators were; Ann Humble of the Welsh Government who described scenarios for agri and rural tourism businesses under Brexit and what this might mean for the landscape and social implications; David Burton, senior advisor for supply chains, landscape scale land management with Natural England who demonstrated the 'Agrimetrics' tool being developed with land managers to deliver more ecosystem services; and Richard Sheane and Tom Curtis of 3Keel Consulting who presented a working model of how businesses dependent on their surrounding landscapes could change decisions to improve the impact of their supply chains on the landscape and reduce the vulnerabilities to their business. Mike Grace described the 'Getting Smarter with Nature' work addressing the urban landscape and complexity of decision making. The event was also attended by Oxford academic and farmer Dr. Sarah Benyon and Pau Renfro of the Pembroke Coastal Forum who presented their approaches to community engagement and innovative farming and business practices in their unique coastal environment. This event drew on previous work in 2016 regarding landscape scale approaches and there remains a commitment to continue to share knowledge on an annual basis. From this, Mike offered some thoughts to the Welsh Government about urban landscapes, communities, integration of planning and landscape management approaches. These were incorporated into a document for their policy team (in particular the use of vacant land on a temporary basis for food production). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Mike Grace. Contribution to 'Ecometrics' workshop hosted by NERC KE Fellow, Natural England and University of Oxford on 5th December 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mike Grace contributed to the 'Ecometrics' workshop hosted by NERC KE Fellow, Natural England and University of Oxford on 5th December 2017 in Birmingham; exploring tools and models for measuring ecosystem services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Mike Grace. Facilitating role at NERC Knowledge Exchange workshop on 16th February 2018, exploring 'What kind of green infrastructure do we want; building better bridges between research and practice' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mike Grace facilitated at a NERC Knowledge Exchange workshop on 16th February 2018, exploring 'What kind of green infrastructure do we want; building better bridges between research and practice'. Held at Arcadis Consulting, London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Mike Grace. Poster sessions on 'Getting Smarter with Nature' at the Valuing Nature conference held at the University of Edinburgh, 18th and 19th October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Mike Grace presented a poster on 'Getting Smarter with Nature' at the Valuing Nature conference held at the University of Edinburgh, 18th and 19th October 2017 attended by over 400 participants from the UK and overseas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Mike Grace: seminar presentation on 'Getting Smarter with Nature' to the Faculty of Computing, Built Environment & Engineering at Birmingham City University on 4th October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mike Grace delivered a seminar presentation on 'Getting Smarter with Nature' to the Faculty of Computing, Built Environment & Engineering at Birmingham City University on 4th October 2017; 15 participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | National Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation on urban diagnostics to the Public Health England national annual conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Panel discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Panel discussion on the Future of Work and implications for urban living held in Dubai. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation entitled "Resources, Waste and Future Cities" to a delegation from Turkey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers delivered a presentation entitled "Resources, Waste and Future Cities" to a delegation of 20 practitioners and academics from Turkey, plus 6 UK practitioners, attending an international training and practice workshop on Industrial Symbiosis, on 20th February 2017 in Birmingham during which he described the Urban Futures, Liveable Cities, iBUILD and Urban Living Birmingham Diagnosis methodologies. He also engaged in an all-day workshop discussion on barriers to implementation of industrial symbiosis in cities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation to professional practitioners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation to the Conference of Professors of Accounting and Finance Annual Conference, Cass Business School, London, 6th September 2019. This highlighted the negative impacts of innovation on employment and regional economic growth. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation to professional practitioners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 2019 "The End of Manufacturing as we Know it: New Forms of Urban Production", invited seminar to the Conférence Urban Production, organised by Metrolab, Brussels. November 14 and 15, 2019, http://www.metrolab.brussels/events/conference-urban-production, 120 attendees, but the presentation is available on YouTube and on the Metrolab website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.metrolab.brussels/events/conference-urban-production |
| Description | Presentation to professional practitioners working for the European Commission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 2019 "Repatriation or Reshoring of Manufacturing to the US and UK: Dynamics and Global Production Networks or from Here to There and Back Again", invited presentation to the Social Situation Monitor Research Seminar, European Commission, SSM Seminar Global Value Chains workshop, Brussels, 17 December 2019, https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=88&eventsId=1542&furtherEvents=yes, 35 attendees |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=88&eventsId=1542&furtherEvents=yes |
| Description | Public Health England Training 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 training event co-organised with Public Health England, West Midlands, to provide training on urban diagnostics to trainee public health registrars |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Public lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 45 people attended this special session that was organised as part of the Malvern Festival of Innovation on Friday 11 October 2019. This led to a lively discussion amongst this group who were unaware of many of the aspects covered in the presentation regarding the role citizens can play in shaping place-based outcomes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.visitthemalverns.org/blog/malvern-festival-of-innovation-environment-sustainability-day/ |
| Description | Radio interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Al Jazera English, 9.25pm. live interview on COVID-19 and climate impacts linked to the blog published on the University of Birmingham Perspectives Blog, Wednesday 11 March 2020, 53million reach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Reading City-Regions and Dubai |
| 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 | Blog on the application of the urban diagnostics approach to Dubai - From Birmingham to Dubai (with Rihanna): Reading City-Regions' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/from-birmingham-to-dubai-with-rihanna-reading-city-regions/. |
| Description | Reading City-Regions and Public Health |
| 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 | Reading City-Regions as a Process of Urban Diagnostics: A Public Health England Masterclass, Leeds 29 January 2019', |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/reading-city-regions-as-a-process-of-urban-diagnostics-a-public-hea... |
| Description | Reading Retail in Dubai blog |
| 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 | Blog on Reading Dubai Mall: Service Spaces, Experience Spaces and Strolling Spaces' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/reading-dubai-mall-service-spaces-experience-spaces-and-strolling-s... |
| Description | Skype session: End user innovation of public services - through the backdoor via smart phone apps. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The aim of this Skype session is to identify the role that users play in consultation and the shaping of service delivery in Birmingham. We were particularly interested in the emergence of smart phone apps and websites as a way of facilitating public participation in the improvement of urban services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sports and Economic Development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog on "Wolverhampton Wanderers Return to the English Premier League: Football, Property and Local Economic Development" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/wolverhampton-wanderers-return-to-the-english-premier-league-footba... |
| Description | Tony Hargreaves met Andy Thorpe, Healthy Urban Development Officer, and his colleagues Talvinder Sandhu and Conrad Parke. November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, 7th November 2017, Tony Hargreaves met Andy Thorpe, Healthy Urban Development Officer, and his colleagues Talvinder Sandhu and Conrad Parke to discuss the Travel Plan for the Midlands Metropolitan Hospital. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tony Hargreaves met Conrad Parke, Partnerships and Regeneration Manager and his colleague Alan Reynolds. August 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, 23rd August 2017, Tony Hargreaves met Conrad Parke, Partnerships and Regeneration Manager and his colleague Alan Reynolds to discuss the travel and interconnectivity opportunities/challenges linked to the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital, due to open Spring 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tony Hargreaves met Francesca Silcocks, Sustainability Officer of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Conrad Parke of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, 14th November 2017, Tony Hargreaves met Francesca Silcocks, Sustainability Officer of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Conrad Parke of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council to discuss progress and initial findings from the ULB travel study for the Midlands Metropolitan Hospital and next steps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tony Hargreaves met Francesca Silcocks, Sustainability Officer of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Conrad Parke of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, 26th September 2017, Tony Hargreaves met Francesca Silcocks, Sustainability Officer of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Conrad Parke of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council for an introductory meeting about Urban Living Birmingham and the proposed study of innovative mobility and interconnectivity for the forthcoming Midlands Metropolitan Hospital. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tony Hargreaves met with Amir Ali, Head of Employee Benefits and Engagement, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sandwell General Hospital, 31st October 2017, Tony Hargreaves met with Amir Ali, Head of Employee Benefits and Engagement, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and discussed the mobile app and staff benefits and the possibilities of having a travel to work transport service for staff that could be booked by mobile phone. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tony Hargreaves met with Shilpi Akbar, Assistant Director of Employment and her colleagues Kam Hundal, Jane Newman of the Economy Directorate, Birmingham City Council, July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Birmingham City Council, 27th July 2017, Tony Hargreaves met with Shilpi Akbar, Assistant Director of Employment and her colleagues Kam Hundal, Jane Newman of the Economy Directorate, Birmingham City Council to discuss the extent to which transport and interconnectivity is limiting the opportunities for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and lower income people in Birmingham to fully realise their potential. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tony Hargreaves: Futures Network West Midlands (FNWM), 15th May 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Futures Network West Midlands (FNWM), 15th May 2017, Tony Hargreaves and Miles Tight met with David Thew and Gerald Kells of FNWM to discuss the potential overlaps/linkages on spatial planning and transport between FNWM and Urban Living Birmingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Training Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to develop and run a day long workshop for Public Health England targeted at practitioners working in Northern England. The workshop was held in Leeds. The topic was reading city-regions as a process of urban diagnostics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/reading-city-regions-as-a-process-of-urban-diagnostics-a-public-hea... |
| Description | Transition towards Industrial Symbiosis. 24-26 Jan 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Chris Rogers attended a two-day EU Interreg-funded programme meeting entitled Transition towards Industrial Symbiosis in Vaxjo, Sweden, at which he presented the findings from Liveable Cities, iBUILD and Urban Living Birmingham to a delegation of 25 practitioners and academics from six European countries. 24-26 Jan 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.interregeurope.eu/tris/events/event/451/project-meeting-for-tris-and-cense/ |
| Description | Tyseley and Hay Mills Community Engagement Event |
| 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 | The outputs of the 'Smart-Natural' work informing a wider piece of research linked to economic and social regeneration in Tyseley & Hay Mills in East Birmingham. A partnership of local organisations has emerged, led by the Tyseley Energy Park, and we held a successful community engagement event on 26th February 2019 which attracted some 40-50 school children and a public attendance during the day of around 200 people. The broad research objectives are to prove and apply the conceptual interface we identified through this research project. Birmingham City University is considering how some of its teaching modules can exploit this opportunity to provide dynamic and real world experiences for its built environment students in 2019-20. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | University undergraduate lecture: Urban diagnostics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | One hour lecture focusing upon the research conducted to develop and apply the urban diagnostics methodology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Webinar - policymakers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to participate in the IGI, Birmingham, COVID-19 Webinar Series 'Living with the Pandemic', my topic was Social Distancing: People are the Problem (3 June 2020), about 300 people, with viewers from Brazil, Nigeria, Kenya, Romania, Belgium, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia and 'Facebook friends from the Arab world'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Webinar for Health Education England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to participate and present in a webinar organised by Health Education England on 10 November 2020 (90 delegates) on the topic "Covid-19 and the Economy: Forms of Life and the Tensions between the Biological, the Biographical and the Environmental". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Webinar on Cities as Systems, DFID East African Research Fund |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 20 August 2019, Webinar on Cities as Systems that applied the analysis of this project to an on-going project funded by the DFID East African Research Fund |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Webinar targeted at American policy-makers and businesses |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Webinar discussion organised by Small Business Development Centre, University of New York (SUNY) on COVID-19 and the Management of Risk and Alternative Values, on Thursday 17 September 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Webinar targeted at Business |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation and discussion as part of the Business Bites webinar series run out of the Dubai campus of the University of Birmingham. The topic was: Covid-19 Pandemic and precarious Economies: Risk and Value in existing business models and the change required for recovery |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://anchor.fm/unibirminghamdubai/episodes/COVID-19-Pandemic-and-precarious-Economies-Risk-and-Va... |
| Description | West Midlands Poicy blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A blog entitled - 'What Sort of Policy is Required for What Sort of Regional Outcome: Reflections on the West Midlands from New Orleans' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/what-sort-of-policy-is-required-for-what-sort-of-regional-outcome-re... |
| Description | Westminster Business Forum Keynote Seminar: Next steps for the West Midland's Local Industrial Strategy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 2019 " Responsible Inclusive Prosperity, Infrastructure and the West Midland's Local Industrial Strategy", Westminster Business Forum Keynote Seminar: Next steps for the West Midland's Local Industrial Strategy, Thursday, 27th June 2019, NEC, Birmingham, 120 attendees |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Workshop to Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) practitioners |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An invited presentation by SUMPS-Up (Sustainability Urban Mobility Plans) to explore the relationship between urban diagnostics and urban mobility plans |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | World Cities day blog |
| 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 | Blog on World Cities Day, 31 October 2018, and Reading City-Regions: Responsible Inclusive Prosperity and Environmental Quality', |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://blog.bham.ac.uk/cityredi/world-cities-day-31-october-2018-and-reading-city-regions-responsib... |