News & Events
Ph.D Bursaries
Fellowships are available to undertake full time MPhil/PhD research degress in research areas in which the Cities Institute is working. For details see the Advert and Application Form
New Projects
Frances Hollis, who recently completed her Ph.D on 'the Workhome: a New Building Type?' has been awarded a grant from the Daiwa Foundation for a research trip to study the live-work building type in Japan.
Cities Institute’s Centre for Housing & Community Research has been successful in a bid for European Union Framework 7 (FP7) funding for a 3 year project starting in May 2008: Combating social exclusion among young homeless populations (CSEYHP), a comparative investigation of homelessness among local white, ethnic and migrant young men and women. For more details
Cities Institute is a participating stakeholder in an Urban Design Charrette being held over the next few months in Deptford south east London. Hosted by Creative Process (ex-Creative Lewisham Agency) with the support of the BRE and Greenwich and Lewisham boroughs, a series of public consultation and design workshops are being held in the area, leading to a design and planning vision for Deptford Creekside. Details: www.creeksidecharrette.org
Talks and Conference Presentations
Cities Insitute Director Graeme Evans gave a presentation at London Metropolitan University's Enterprise Conference on 7th July 2008. For a copy of the presentation entitled "Innovation and Knowledge Transfer: HEIs and the Intelligent Region" click here
Graeme Evans and Maggie and John Gold presented at the Regeneration Games, Olympics Legacy Conference, Greenwich, in May For a copy of their presentation see Urban Olympics and Decipering the Meaning of the Olympic Legacy
New Staff
Fairia Sharmeen and Julius Bas have joined the AUNT-SUE research team, undertaking resident surveys and guided map walks in Somerstown King’s Cross around issues of accessibility, safety and transport. A video of the AUNT-SUE project is being produced by Chris Lane [DASS] and MA Digital Media students, which will be premiered at the London Festival of Architecture on 3 July (below).
New Publications
Graeme Evans with Jo Foord. 'Cultural Mapping and Sustainable Communities: Planning for the Arts revisited', Cultural Trends 16(5) forthcoming
Graeme Evans, Jo Foord with EDAW, North Northamptonshire Cultural Infrastructure Study, May
Jo Foord 'Strategies for Creative Industries: An International Review', Creative Industries Journal 1(2)
For more details of past and recent publications see our Publications page.
Forthcoming events
Cities Institute will be participating in the London Festival of Architecture (LFA08) having exhibited at previous biennales in 2004 & 2006. This July we will be holding exhibitions and workshops at two venues: firstly on 3 July, AUNT-SUE (accessible transport and urban design) workshop and video presentation at the LFA HQ in the Building Centre located in Store Street, W1, and also in Clerkenwell where we will be mounting an exhibition and talks on VivaCity2020: urban sustainability & quality of life, between 11-20 July at the Curved Angel, Clerkenwell Close, EC1.
Event details: www.lfa2008.org
