News — 25 May 2022 New research programme explores the role of ‘social infrastructure’ in levelling up A new collaborative research programme, focused on levelling up social infrastructure, launches today.
Insight — 24 May 2022 Research Digest: Enough of the ‘grands projets’ Richard Harries, Associate Director, Institute for Community Studies, summarises the latest research on community power.
Video — 16 May 2022 People shaping places, places shaping people: Community asset ownership A video of our May 2022 roundtable exploring how asset ownership encourages communities to become more effective stewards in their places.
Insight — 29 Mar 2022 Research digest: 'Lessons in navigation’ Richard Harries, Associate Director, Institute for Community Studies, summarises the latest research on community power.
Insight — 25 Feb 2022 Exploring marginalisation with ‘compassion and empathy’ Eight students working in six countries have developed powerful activist research initiatives in their local communities, highlighting issues of diversity and discrimination.
Insight — 21 Feb 2022 Research digest: ‘Variety is the spice of life’ Richard Harries, Associate Director, Institute for Community Studies, summarises the latest research on community power.
News — 3 Feb 2022 Levelling Up White Paper pledges ‘huge shift of power’ from Whitehall The government publishes its long-term plan to address UK inequality.
Report — 31 Jan 2022 Ethnic minority postgraduates seek 'sense of belonging', report finds A new report, Understanding the Lived Experience of Ethnic Minority Students in Postgraduate Research, publishes today.
Insight — 25 Jan 2022 Research digest: ‘None of us is as smart as all of us’ Richard Harries, Associate Director, Institute for Community Studies, shares a new resource for those working in and with communities.
Event — 18 Jan 2022 Safe spaces? Exploring the role of community in public safety Catch up on our event which considered how local people can work with authorities to progress positive change and address their safety fears.
Report — 19 Nov 2021 New research highlights power of local engagement to increase Covid-19 vaccine take-up A new UK-US collaborative study examining vaccine engagement highlights the importance of tapping into local knowledge and leadership in efforts to improve Covid-19 vaccine take
Video — 9 Nov 2021 Talking transitions: the road to net zero The UK government has pledged to hit net zero targets by 2050 – but, if we are to achieve that goal, community engagement is crucial.