Connected Communities Festival: Cardiff 2014, Poetic Transect Video
This video is based on the idea of an ‘urban transect’ – a mode of creative practice developed by French architectural and urban design experts, where a team of researchers walks across a series of neighbourhoods collecting images, sounds and words that give meaning to spaces. Read more
New Connectivities: Civil Society, the ‘Third Sector’ and Dilemmas for Socially and Economically Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
This project aimed at better understanding the development of new forms of connectivity between health-related civil society organisations, user communities and healthcare stakeholders. Read more
Historicising Contemporary Civic Connection
This project, Historicising Contemporary Civic Connection (HCCC), sought to capitalise on historical frameworks for understanding contemporary issues around community and civic engagement. Read more
From bridging social capital to co-operative social capital? Mapping emergent connectivities across communities
In this scoping study we set out to examine emergent connectivities between particular types of communities in Southampton. We chose to focus on Faith Communities. Read more
CHORDS: Community, Healthcare Organisation and Regulationin a Diverse Society
Drawing on selected case studies and an extensive review of the literature, this project examined the concept of community as it has developed in health law and ethics. Read more
Community Music: History and Current Practice, its Constructions of ‘Community’, Digital Turns and Future Sounding
This document brings together and reviews research under the headings of history and definitions; practice; repertoire; community; pedagogy; digital technology; health and therapy; policy and funding, and impact and evaluation. Read more
Urban communities in early modern Europe (1400-1700): A Research Review
This literature review identifies current approaches to ideas and practices of “community” in European urban history between 1400 and 1700, and suggests where there is potential for new lines of enquiry. Read more
Connecting Localism and Community Empowerment
The Connecting Localism and Community Empowerment project sought to assess the merits of the assumption that localisms brings about community empowerment through a review of the existing academic and policy literatures. Read more
Power in Community: A Research and Social Action Scoping Review
This Scoping Review explores the academic debate on power and talks with communities about power. At a time when the state is proposing to “disengage” from society and hand “power” to communities, it reviews power in communities. Read more
New Migration, Neighbourhood Effects and Community Change
Public opinion has coalesced around the view that new migration is having a major impact on settled residents in effected locations. This project set out to test these claims through a review of the evidence base relating to local experiences of new migration. Read more
