Taking Yourselves Seriously
Principal Investigator: Kate Pahl
From 2015 to 2018
Taking Yourself Seriously is a year long project that aims to create a set of co-produced resources that are connected with arts methodologies with a particular focus on research in the voluntary and community sector. Read more
Everyday Lives in War: experience and memory of the First World War
Principal Investigator: Sarah Lloyd
From 2014 to 2016
The Everyday Lives in War centre is one of five First World War engagement centres funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Read more
The meaning and role of community cinema in rural Norfolk
Principal Investigator: Dr Mark Rimmer, (University of East Anglia)
From 2012 to 2015
This project seeks to explore the meanings and roles of rural community cinema projects in Norfolk, as these are understood by members of rural communities. The project began in September 2012. The project will engage with questions about the social experience of attendance at rural cinema screening events. Read more
Imagine: Connecting Communities Through Research
Principal Investigator: Professor Kate Pahl (University of Sheffield)
The Imagine Project Working in partnership with local communities, we are exploring the social, historical, cultural and democratic context of civic engagement to imagine better futures and make them happen. This five-year project, running from 2013 – 2017, brings together a range of different research projects working together across universities and communities. Read more
Connectivity and conflict in periods of austerity: What do we know about the middle class political activism and its effects on public services?
Principal Investigator: Annette Hastings (Glasgow University)
2011
Our project was a scoping review of middle class community activism – research evidence of the taken-for-granted fact that the middle classes shout louder and get more. Our review identified four causal mechanisms that explain how and why the middle classes benefit disproportionately from the state as individuals and as community groups of activists. Read more
Conceptualisations and meanings of “community”: the theory and operationalisation of a contested concept
Principal Investigator: Professor Graham Crow (University of Southampton)
2011
The project explored the many different ways that community relationships have been researched, focusing in particular on the range of research methods used by community researchers whose findings have been published since 2000. Read more
Collective Worship in Schools: An Evaluation of Law and Policy in the United Kingdom
Principal Investigator: Dr Alison Mawhnney Bangor University
From 2014 to 2015
The majority of schools in the UK are required by law to organise acts of collective worship (England, Northern Ireland, Wales) or religious observance (Scotland) for their pupils. Read more
Researching community heritage
Principal Investigator: Bob Johnston (University of Sheffield)
From 2013 to 2014
Researching Community Heritage brings together academics and community partners interested in researching local heritage. The team consists of a network of researchers with expertise in a wide range of subjects from landscape archaeology to storytelling and cultural history. Read more
Community hacking
Principal Investigator: Chris Speed (Edinburgh)
From 2010 to 2011
Based in the Edinburgh suburb of Wester Hailes, the team of academics, community organisations and local activists have been exploring the affordances of social media to construct ‘bonds’ and ‘bridges’ between and across existing people and groups. Read more
Dementia and imagination
Principal Investigator: Dr Gill Windle, Bangor University
From 2013 to 2016
The research explores how the vision for dementia supportive communities might benefit from creative activities. Read more
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