Realising Just Cities
Realising Just Cities was a programme of research and action hosted at the University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ -- a partnership between scholars, activists, policy-makers, social enterprises and community organisations aimed at supporting progressive social, economic and environmental change in the North of England.
Our distinctive approach was to create platforms for organising knowledge from different urban stakeholders to support sustainable transitions. These Local Interaction Platforms (LIPs) worked to co-produce knowledge and action through transdisciplinary and comparative urban research. LIPs were based in Gothenburg, Skane, Kisumu, Cape Town and º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½-Manchester.
The º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½-Manchester Local Interaction Platform was hosted by the Urban Institute at the University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½.
At the heart of the º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ programme was the need to develop and integrate knowledge and action to rethink how to manage and develop cities to address chronic injustices.
The programme comprised over 15 action research projects, designed and delivered with partner organisations across the Greater Manchester and º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ city-regions. These included:
Realising Just Cities was also part of an international network of cities for change in Sweden, Kenya and South Africa within the Mistra Urban Futures centre (2010-2019). .
Team
Beth Perry | Tim May | Vicky Simpson | Nick Taylor Buck | Sophie King | Victoria Habermehl | Bert Russell | Iona Hine | Kristina Diprose | Charlie Spring
The programme involved collaborators across sectors, geographies and organisations. For a full list of everyone involved, .