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    • Devo Manc
    • Eco-Urbanisation: Promoting Sustainable Development in Metropolitan Regions of China
    • European Energy Poverty Observatory
    • EVALUATE
    • Jam and Justice
    • Pandemics
    • Producing Urban Asylum
    • PROMISE: Youth involvement and social engagement
    • Triangulum
    • Well cities: implementing a wellbeing valuation toolkit for urban learning

Past projects

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Climate Resilient Cities and Infrastructure (RESIN)

This project combines seventeen partners experienced in urban resilience and climate change.

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Devo Manc hub

This research project focuses on exploring Greater Manchester’s devolution future.

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Eco-Urbanisation

Promoting sustainable development in metropolitan regions of China.

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European Energy Poverty Observatory

EPOV is aimed at engendering transformational change in knowledge about the extent of energy poverty in Europe, and measures to combat it.

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EVALUATE

Energy Vulnerability and Urban Transitions in Europe (EVALUATE) is a European Research Council-funded project, underway since March 2013.

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Jam and Justice

Jam and Justice aims to create a unique space for social innovation to co-produce, test and learn from new ways of governing cities.

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Pandemics

This project investigates preparedness against global pandemics, focusing principally on the social implications that arise.

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Producing Urban Asylum

Investigating the politics of urban asylum in contemporary Britain.

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PROMISE

PROMISE is a collaborative research project exploring young people’s role in shaping society, focussing specifically on young people ‘in conflict’ with authority.

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Triangulum

A project funded by the European Union to demonstrate cutting-edge smart city technologies and roll them out across the globe.

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Well cities

Implementing a wellbeing valuation toolkit for urban learning.

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  • Research
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    • Devo Manc
    • Eco-Urbanisation: Promoting Sustainable Development in Metropolitan Regions of China
    • European Energy Poverty Observatory
    • EVALUATE
    • Jam and Justice
    • Pandemics
    • Producing Urban Asylum
    • PROMISE: Youth involvement and social engagement
    • Triangulum
    • Well cities: implementing a wellbeing valuation toolkit for urban learning