Cymunedau cysylltiedig 2: researching the industrial and post-industrial heritage of the Swansea valley
Principal Investigator: Professor Huw Bowen (Swansea University)
From 2013 to 2014
This multi-partner, bi-lingual community heritage project is focused on the history of industrial and post industrial communities in the Swansea Valley. Read more
Whose Remembrance? A scoping study of the available research on ex-colonial communities and the experience of two world wars
Principal Investigator: Suzanne Bardgett, Imperial War Museums
2012
Whose Remembrance? sought to investigate the state of research into the experiences of the peoples of Britain’s former empire in the two world wars, and the understanding and availability of this research to audiences and communities today. The project was carried out by the IWM Research team in consultation with an advisory group of academics and specialists. Read more
The age of we
Principal Investigator: Dr Tom Wakeford (University of Edinburgh)
To 2014
Our culture is increasingly moving towards an ethos of participation. Whether in government, which promotes co-production, social research that increasingly funded to undertake collaborative inquiry, medicine in which patients are increasingly recognised as experts or the arts, where citizen creativity is being scaled up through digital technologies, there are rapid changes underway. 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
Leeds stories of the Great War
Principal Investigator: Professor Alison Fell (University of Leeds)
From 2013 to 2014
Leeds Stories of the Great War is a project run by the University of Leeds. It is about investigating the experiences of people who were living in Leeds during the First World War. This is one part of a bigger project called Legacies of War which is about commemorating the centenary of the First World War. Read more
Time of the clock and time of the encounter
Principal Investigator: Dr Johan Siebers (University of Central Lancashire)
From 2012 to 2013
This project investigates the difference between the time of the clock and the lived time of experience. We live in a world dominated by the time of the clock, yet many aspects of life have a different rhythm and temporality. The time of community, especially, is very often more complex and differentiated that standardised clock time. Read more
Community Hacking and other projects
Principal Investigator: Prof. Chris Speed
Community Hacking covers a series of three small AHRC Connected Communities grants that has involved working closely with partners and residents across Wester Hailes in Edinburgh. The three projects (Community web2.0:Creative Control through Hacking, Ladders to the Cloud, and Communities within spaces of flows) explore the design and development of physical and virtual networks. Read more
AHRC/RSA Citizen Power in Peterborough collaborative research project: understanding the impacts of citizen participation in Peterborough
Principal Investigator: Dr Mark Roberts (De Montfort University)
From 2011 to 2013
The Citizen Power programme looks at how citizen power can and should shape civic and democratic renewal. Based on theoretical argument, action research and policy analysis, the programme aims to develop ideas and practical policy solutions for cultivating civic activism and reinvigorating decision-making in the UK. The programme feeds into the RSA’s broader work on pro-social behaviour and community empowerment. Read more
Connecting communities via culture-led regeneration – exploring incentive and momentum with UK city of culture 2013 shortlisted candidates
Principal Investigator: Mrs Kerry Wilson (Liverpool John Moores University)
From 2011 to 2012
The Cultural Cities Research Network was formed in March 2011 to discuss the impact of bidding for the UK City of Culture 2013 title. Network members included different individuals and communities involved with or interested in the bidding process from the three shortlisted cities of Birmingham, Norwich and Sheffield. Read more
Tailored trades: clothes, labour and professional communities (1880-1939)
Principal Investigator: Dr Vike Plock (University of Exeter)
From 2012 to 2014
The Industrial Revolution fundamentally changed the commercial, professional and social landscape of the modern world. While factory and clerical workers, sales assistants, parlour maids, trade unionists and other members of a newly established workforce faced changing working environments, a radical transformation of clothes paralleled this revolution in trades and industries. New vocations required new vestments. Read more
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