Collaborative infrastructures for just, ecological and transformative urban design
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Department Name: UCL Institute for Global Prosperity
Abstract
This transdisciplinary research explores possibilities of establishing place-based values for wellbeing and a good quality of life (QoL) in urban public spaces. Co-defines infrastructural challenges (water, waste, energy, food) and investigates how can these be addressed via nature-based solutions and ecosystem services, which in turn contribute to increasing wellbeing and QoL in an inclusive, diverse and ecological manner. The approach employs participatory methods and gamification in the research framework in two case study neighbourhoods in Budapest and Beirut, allowing for comparative analysis and concept refinement. Ultimately, the research aims to contribute to realizing SDGs via local actions linked to the global level.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Nikolett Puskas (Student) |
Publications
Barker N
(2023)
A collaborative research manifesto! An early career response to uncertainties
in International Journal of Social Research Methodology
Puskás N
(2021)
Assessing deeper levels of participation in nature-based solutions in urban landscapes - A literature review of real-world cases
in Landscape and Urban Planning
Studentship Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES/R501256/1 | 30/09/2017 | 29/09/2021 | |||
| 1923152 | Studentship | ES/R501256/1 | 30/09/2017 | 30/07/2021 | Nikolett Puskas |
| Title | Participation in the Exhibition - Vital Lebanon: Capacities of people, Capacities of cities |
| Description | The Malawan Game video filmed and produced by Christy Samaha was screened throughout the exhibition. This film was made as part of the PhD fieldwork in Beirut, as one of the tangible outputs. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Not measured yet. |
| URL | https://www.relief-centre.org/events/vital-lebanon-capacities-of-people-capacities-of-cities |
| Title | Photography exhibition of 'Beirut streetscapes' at the British Museum as part of the RELIEF Centre UK opening |
| Description | Photography exhibition of 'Beirut streetscapes' at the British Museum as part of the RELIEF Centre UK opening. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Offering the visitors of RELIEF Centre UK opening photographic images of contemporary Beirut. |
| Title | Tawari2. |
| Description | Artistic contribution to a digital anthology that has 2 parts: a curated selection of my own photographs and a piece of creative writing. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Thought provocation, food for thought, change of perspective, offering inspiration on how 'bad situations' are also opportunities - to change, amongst other things. Providing meaningful insights to a wider audience including members of the public on Lebanon. |
| URL | https://urbanmiscellanea.com/ |
| Description | - Games are an effective method to facilitate people's participation in urban design and development - Games are an effective method to help advance nature-based solutions - The novel framework developed in this PhD is able to successfully facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration for more just, ecological and transformative public spaces - The novel framework developed in this PhD is able to successfully facilitate various stakeholders' collaboration in neighbourhood-scale urban design and development projects, where they are able to co-create small-scale public interventions and build physical elements to increase their own wellbeing and quality of life. |
| Exploitation Route | The framework will be publicly available for various stakeholders to use as a tool to initiate their own neighbourhood-scale community projects for collaborative infrastructures. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Education Environment Government Democracy and Justice Other |
| Description | I have started disseminating my findings in international conferences and various academic events in 2022. The findings and data resulting from the case studies have informed consecutive activities both in Budapest and Beirut. It contributed to initiating dialogues between stakeholders which have not happened (or were not common) before, as well as a change in thinking and attitudes towards certain environmental and public space-related issues. The process had a positive impact on participants wellbeing. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Education,Environment,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Policy & public services |
| Description | Elected Community Advisor at Makesense |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | In 2019, across the 7 locations Makesense operates, a total of over 100,000 citizens were engaged by Makesense, working with over 200 institutional partners, supporting and financing over 3,200 local projects. The makesense community allows citizens to contribute to the UN's Sustainable development goals and make an impact by mobilizing people and raising awareness, using design-thinking methods and collective intelligence to accelerate the impact of social entrepreneurs, creating social business solutions, and collaborating with all stakeholders to make a considerable impact. Makesense design personalized and innovative programs to guide social entrepreneurs in their path. Developed cutting-edge methods to support entrepreneurs at different stages (from ideation to acceleration) through workshops, trainings, community support, bootcamps, online resources, collective intelligence, design thinking, as well as financial support or legal advisory. At makesense, we believe the community is key and that's why we always make sure that social entrepreneurs are well connected to the ecosystem before we give them the right tools to thrive. Makesense help organisations to innovate and transform the way they operate in their ecosystem. From CSR to innovation, intrapreneurship, creativity workshops, collaboration between social entrepreneurs and big corporations, design thinking trainings, skill based volunteering, etc. We have supported several organisations in their path toward a more sustainable and responsible purpose. Together, we spark, catalyse and measure new social & environmental impacts inside and outside of the organisation. Makesense has designed various methodologies to help teams think out of the box. We break silos and empower people to transform and reinvent the organisation from inside. We have been working with several NGOs to identify solutions to their current issues. |
| URL | https://lebanon.makesense.org/ |
| Description | The Bartlett Community of Engagers Steering group member |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/research/impact-bartlett/bartlett-community-engagers |
| Description | Beacon Bursary |
| Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | Connected Curriculum |
| Amount | £3,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 07/2018 |
| Description | Global Engagement Fund |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | Performing Planet Activism |
| Amount | £8,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 02/2023 |
| Description | The Bartlett Conference Travel Fund |
| Amount | £750 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | The Bartlett Conference Travel Fund |
| Amount | £750 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | The Bartlett External Training Fund |
| Amount | £881 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | UBEL DTP Knowledge Exchange Fund |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | UBEL DTP Overseas Fieldwork Fund |
| Amount | £1,840 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Description | UBEL-DTP Difficult Language Training Fund |
| Amount | £2,840 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Co-poductive partnership involving a neighbourhood's community in various activities |
| Organisation | Nation Station |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Developing grant proposals for projects in which they were invited to be a partner. Two such projects were developed and both were awarded with the grant applied for. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing their community space/hub as the venue for projects, their embeddedness and data of the local neighbourhood to recruit participants for the projects. Collaboration in the development and execution of projects, material sourcing, logistics. |
| Impact | Projects are still underway. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Knowledge exchange and co-design partnership with Hungarian NGO Mindspace |
| Organisation | Mindspace |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The project team was led by Nikolett Puskas, a DTP PhD student exploring issues around global prosperity, urban design and ecosystem services. Nikolett shared knowledge on notions of prosperity in localized contexts and the multiple benefits of ecosystem services on wellbeing and quality of life. The collaboration was about co-designing a physical game which was then piloted in Nikolett's research fieldwork site in Budapest in 2018. The idea was multi-way knowledge exchange, working partnership between the two named bodies but also involving other local experts, charities and NGOs to contribute to the particular elements embedded in the game. All project team members gained hands-on experience on employing a holistic, interdisciplinary and transformative design approach through the collaborative development of an innovative tool. This approach encourages both co-design and co-development of the game and ensures that its development is informed by crucial areas of expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Mindspace, an NGO specialising in gamification methodologies and participatory design, provided technical expertise for the development of the game. Mindspace's substantial knowledge on urban games development and facilitation were contributed: particular contextualized knowledge on Budapest and Hungary, regional knowledge as they are partners on a number of EU-scale projects, as well as their general knowledge in this particular field. Mindspace was the main facilitator on the day of piloting the game in Budapest in 2018 and helped in co-ordinating the preparatory activities. |
| Impact | The results were a) a process of co-learning about nature-based solutions to address environmental and quality of life challenges in urban spaces; and b) co-constructed solutions to these challenges through sharing of knowledge and ideas. Collective, reflective learning gained from the experiences in Budapest informed the refinement of the game, which was taken to Beirut in 2019 for adaptation and piloting there. The collaboration was transdisciplinary: working with an NGO with specialized knowledge on gamification, urban games, bringing together various communities / community building, service design skills, events facilitation and organization. Disciplines involved from Nikolett's side: urban design, engineering, urban ecology / nature-based solutions, global prosperity. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Public engagement multiple collaboration for MOVE Beirut. part 2 |
| Organisation | Nation Station |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Via the UCL Beacon Bursary for Public Engagement, £2,000 we donated them tatami mats which they are still using to this day to host yoga and other physical exercise activities, we brought and facilitated a series of muaythai-based exercise workshops for their neighbourhood and community 4x a week for the duration of 2 months free of charge, providing Covid-equipment (e.g. masks, sanitizers), snacks, water. Involving the partner in an academic research project housed at UCL. Contribution of expertise and knowledge-sharing with partner. PR and communications that benefitted the partner in getting them known for a wider audience. Contributing to their work of neighbourhood engagement with another programme which was significant in contributing to the neighbours' mental and physical wellbeing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing us with free of charge use of space to host the workshop sessions. |
| Impact | - consecutive invitations to speak of this project, participate in teaching module at UCL based on these experiences (all listed individually under outputs) - achieved aims and impact on local people's physical and mental wellbeing - consecutive invitations to facilitate and replicate the program in different locations in Lebanon, not only in Beirut but also in Tripoli and the Beqaa valley. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Article at the Landscape Journal |
| 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 | Last year the Landscape Institute declared a state of climate emergency to open up discussions and call for transformative responses from the professional community. They invited IGP PhD student Nikolett Puskas, who is undertaking fieldwork in Beirut, Lebanon, to write a piece in a special thematic issue of their journal. The issue explores 'the ground we stand on', which is often taken for granted, arguing that we need to seriously rethink our relationship with the soil, the way we use the ground, compost and fertiliser, and our overall human relationship with the landscape. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://issuu.com/landscape-institute/docs/landscape_journal_2020-1_-_12066__1_/18 |
| Description | Article in the UK's Landscape Journal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article in the LJ's 2021 first issue 'Food, landscape and land use'. As we struggle to adapt our personal lives and professional behaviour to the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic and on the cusp of the departure of the UK from the EU, the topic of food merits detailed attention. How we grow it, where we grow it, how we transport it to our homes and the impact that this has on climate emergency are at the heart of our thinking about land, landscape and land use. The article discuss the Beiruti context and introduces two urban agriculture related initiatives but also discusses the importance of soil and soil health and the relationship with human health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://issuu.com/landscape-institute/docs/12421_landscape_issue_1-2021_v8a_issuu/16 |
| Description | British Academy Smyposium: Discarding Infrastructures: Waste Politics in Lebanon and Beyond invited panel participant |
| 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 panel is an invitation to think about the toxic and exclusionary politics associated with waste management in Lebanon and the region at large. If politics is broadly concerned with a struggle over value, what role does waste have in forging structures of inequality prevalent to our era of so-called late capitalism? Framed another way: how does the saliency of waste, which is manifested through narrative and different bodily encounters, generate what the anthropologist, P. Harvey (2018) has referred to as toxic vitality? To address this question of infrastructure, materiality and power, the panel intends to examine "the kinds of alliances people forge with things" (Fredericks 2018:9). To facilitate conversation that cuts across multi-dimensions of waste politics, the aim is to invite participants from different disciplines working on diverse facets of waste management. These themes can include but are not limited to the spatial, technological, labor, and sensorial components of waste infrastructures. By bringing together different perspectives and methodologies, the goal is to reflect in a more holistic way, upon the disparate experiences and differentiated accesses people living in Lebanon and beyond have to waste infrastructure. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Duologue: Sara C Motta and Nikolett Puskas: Threading space - dignity against and beyond hope at the Utopian Studies Association Conference. |
| 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 | We presented a duologue at the conference with Sara C Motta. It stimulated a number of follow-up discussions with various academic colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/utopianstudiessocietyconf22/ |
| Description | Feminist panel: Kinship across borders: Feminist collaborative writing-dancing across time and space at ISA Annual Convention, Nashville, 2022 |
| 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 | Feminist collaboration across time and space. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.isanet.org/Conferences/ISA2022 |
| Description | Guest lecture at ELTE University's Faculty of Cultural Anthropology (Hungary) as part of an Erasmus course, lecture on research methodologies and approaches for conducting participatory field research and a brief introduction to urban anthropology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave an extensive guest lecture on research methodologies and approaches for conducting participatory field research, including the discussion of my experiences, unexpected practical challenges around these types of methods. Furthermore, a brief overall introduction to urban anthropology and its approaches, since the student audience does not have such lecture in their curriculum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Guest lectures at Budapest University of Technology and Economics Faculty of Urban Design and Architecture (Hungary) on participatory urban design, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A number of guest lectures on the concepts of ecosystem services, nature-based solutions, participatory urban design and how these notions can be incorporated in the planning and development of our built environment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Interview by Hungarian Forbes Magazine 'For sustainable cities we need more mad geniuses and enthusiastic civilians' article |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | I was interviewed by the Hungaria forbes magazine to discuss my background and current research activities in their 'The good life' section under urbanism and future cities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://forbes.hu/a-jo-elet/puskas-niki-urbanisztika-jovo/ |
| Description | Invited panel speaker at the Contemporary Architecture Center's (Budapest) monthly series 'Trust your architect!' in the Sustainable Architecture edition. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented about my background and current research activities like the other invited panel members, followed by a roundtable discussion on sustainable architecture and urban design. The whole event is actually available on YouTube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9kTd5CFLm8 |
| Description | Landscape Institute, Landscape Journal - Autumn 2021: Knowledge transfer in the era of climate emergency. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recommendations and reflections on 'teaching net zero' and 'the classroom of the future' ahead of COP26. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://issuu.com/landscape-institute/docs/li_journal_4_cop_edition/16?fbclid=IwAR3cbxmqyss50k8abhuc... |
| Description | Landscape Institute, Landscape Journal - Winter 2021: Dirt! |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dirt is about the ground we stand on, from an ecological and landscape planning point of view. More than half of the Lebanese population now lives in poverty as a result of multiple crises. Food security and land use are more relevant than ever. We are living in a moment where a globally shared collective memory is being created by COVID-19, but it is important to emphasize the even larger on-going crisis: the climate emergency. These two major challenges have an immediate impact on our daily lives. However, the situation is further exacerbated in some corners of the world. One such place is Lebanon, which is facing extraordinarily tough times. In addition to these two challenges, there is an ongoing economic crisis, topped off by the Beirut blast of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate on 4th August 2020. The port and the grain silos were destroyed, resulting in the loss of approximately 15,000 tonnes of grain. In this gloomy context, we can still find seeds of hope and inspiration in Lebanon. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://issuu.com/landscape-institute/docs/12421_landscape_issue_1-2021_v8a_issuu/16?fbclid=IwAR0B98... |
| Description | Lecture at the Department of Landscape Architecture of Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem, Budapest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | As part of the course's 'design workshops' module I was invited as a 'young urbanist' to talk about conducting interdisciplinary research activities and pursuing an unconventional career path. I shared research experiences from London, Budapest and Beirut and discussed how to formulate pathways into transformative approaches, seeking to redefine our urban environments, investigate collaborative approaches to their design and development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Oral and poster presentation at the World Biodiversity Forum 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at the session of 'Nature-based solutions for adapting and mitigating climate change', on 'The importance of nature-based solutions for people, the planet and prosperity'. Sharing some research experiences and findings from Budapest and Beirut, highlighting the importance of collaborative and enabling approaches as pathways to facilitate a deeper understanding of people on nature's impact on human mental and physical wellbeing, in creating a sense of ownership, utilizing local knowledge, and bringing together multiple stakeholders to exchange knowledge and work together. Furthermore, discussed the need for a holistic approach and open-ended design, noting that scientists and researchers should become more of facilitators in this transformative process of creating pathways to prosperity, in which nature-based solutions must play a fundamental role. Poster summarizing PhD research approach and methodology, which was exhibited at the Forum throughout the week, drawing attention to the importance of participatory and collaborative approaches in research, and the power of play. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.worldbiodiversityforum.org/en |
| Description | PhD presentation at The Bartlett PhD Research Projects 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A 15 minutes presentation on my PhD research 'Collaborative Infrastructures for Just, Ecological and Transformative Urban Design'. Sparked exciting discussion and further interest in the following Q&A session with academic colleagues and PhD peers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://phd2021.bartlettarchucl.com/ |
| Description | Presentation at the 26th International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | It was an oral presentation at the ISDRS Conference 2020 July "Sustainability in Transforming Societies" in section 9c Public Participation and Role of Stakeholders. The topic of the speech was 'Collaborative infrastructures for a transformative and prosperous future'. Discussing the importance of public participation, nature-based solutions and transformative approaches to designing urban public spaces. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.isdrsconference.org/ |
| Description | Presentation: Developing a Framework for Deeper Levels of Participation in Urban Nature Based Solutions at the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation followed by a stimulating and constructive Q&A and follow-up conversations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/view/fabos2022/home |
| Description | Talk: A framework to create collaborative infrastructures for more just, ecological and transformative urban design - Lessons from Beirut at the first Middle East Landscape Forum. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation followed by a lively Q&A and follow-up conversations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.aub.edu.lb/fafs/ldem/Pages/Middle-East-Landscape-Forum.aspx |
| Description | The Bartlett 'Imperfect by Design' event guest speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A Bartlett celebration of how we embrace the uncertain and imperfect to create meaningful, mutually beneficial partnerships. Presentation on my existing public engagement projects and notably reflecting on MOVE Beirut, sharing experiences and imperfections to learn from. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.are.na/tadhg-caffrey/imperfect-by-design-a-bartlett-celebration-of-engagement |
| Description | UBEL DTP Research Blog - Participatory Placemaking in Budapest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Disseminate my fieldwork experience for fellow DTP students to encourage them to pursue similar activities if relevant to their research, inform future research applicants on possible activities supported by my academic institution. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://ubel-dtp.ac.uk/category/research-blog/ |
| Description | UCL Culture's Public Engagement: Skills and Practice Training - Guest speaker and facilitator |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was a guest lecturer on this UCL professional training module, giving a presentation and then helping facilitate breakout group activities and critical reflection. The participants reported that my participation helped to encourage and inspire them to engage in public engagement projects and activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/projects/public-engagement-skills-and-practice |
| Description | UCL Urban Lab's Urban Miscellanea launch event speech on 'Tawari2.' - Contribution to the digital anthology on 'Emergency'. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I contributed to the first Urban Miscellanea anthology and as part of its launch event and exhibition at Chiswick House, I gave a speech reflecting on my piece. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/urban-miscellanea-at-chiswick-house-tickets-194963901277# |
| Description | World Biodiversity Forum 2022 presentation: A framework to facilitate participation to create collaborative infrastructures for more just, ecological and transformative urban design - Lessons from Budapest. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | World Biodiversity Forum 2022 presentation in the Urban Biodiversity - European best practice examples for a better future panel. What can be learned from examples around the world? This interdisciplinary session called for contributions on: - What goals do European cities pursue? - How is the "value" of a city defined? - How to develop and manage urban biodiversity best? - Who are the decision makers/ who are the stakeholders and how to include them in the process? - How to implement the necessary changes in terms of policy? - How to monitor the process independently from legislative terms? In our session, we touched upon these topics in a workshop format and aim to develop a joint position paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.worldbiodiversityforum.org/resources/WBF2022_program.pdf |