Co-producing Urbanisms

UI Director Professor Beth Perry and her colleagues have published a new open access article on the “Leadership and the hidden politics of co-produced research: a Q-methodology study”. Researchers have been encouraged to co-produce research in order to re-shape relations between the…

On 22nd June 2021, Professor Beth Perry (Urban Institute Director) and her colleagues’ Dr Catherine Durose (Director of Research, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham) and Professor Liz Richardson (Politics, University of Manchester) presented at a seminar hosted by the Ministry…

This project connects learning institutions across Sheffield to address socio-economic disadvantage in Arbourthorne, through sharing knowledge and expertise, fostering relationships and supporting community capacity-building. There is clear evidence of the link between educational outcomes and place-based disadvantage. A complex ecosystem…

To assess whether research is relevant to society, ask the stakeholders, say Beth Perry, Catherine Durose, and Liz Richardson. A comment piece co-authored by the Urban Institute's Beth Perry, with colleagues from the University's of Manchester and Birmingham has been…

We are pleased to announce that Sheffield University’s Urban Institute has been awarded funding, in collaboration with the African Centre for Cities (Cape Town, South Africa) and the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (Kisumu, Kenya) for a…