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Festival of the Future City

3rd May 2018

On the 19th of October 2017, Urban-ID was invited to talk about our research at a session at Bristol’s Festive of the Future City, alongside other institutions in the Urban Living Partnership. The session brought together researchers, their partners and funders with the public to identify what has been learned about cities; identify strategies and programmes […]

Staple Hill blog

23rd October 2017

The Staple Hill Case study is now in a write-up phase. Findings have been fed back to residents and authorities in Staple Hill. Responses have been positive and our findings seem to ‘ring true’ with those who have heard them so far. In our findings we focus on themes that we found to be relevant […]

MetroBus community workshops get underway

28th June 2017

The first MetroBus community workshop was held in Patchway on the 22nd June, and a group of local residents came along to talk about their perceptions of the new MetroBus network, and discuss ways in which it might fit into their daily lives.   The MetroBus case study includes three of these workshops: in Patchway, […]

Co-producing research with Up Our Street

28th June 2017

Co-produced research – one of Urban ID’s core methodological tools – is emerging already on the East Bristol case study, where research is being undertaken in close collaboration with the community organisation Up Our Street. Up Our Street is a resident led voluntary organisation working in the Easton and Lawrence Hill wards of Bristol. They […]

The Staple Hill blog – May

26th May 2017

Michael and I recently visited Staple Hill to further define and contextualise our study. We visited during a Friday morning/lunchtime. What stood out most to us, as we walked the neighbourhood and stopped in a café, was just how many older people were out walking in the ward at that time of day. We encountered […]