QuickStart guide: Building a community-policy-research ecosystem

guide for university research institutes, government bodies or voluntary sector organisations who want to experiment with new ways of working together in their place

QuickStart guide: Building a community-policy-research ecosystem

guide for university research institutes, government bodies or voluntary sector organisations who want to experiment with new ways of working together in their place

Building a relational community-policy-research ecosystem (full report)

Creating spaces for diverse voices to connect and build relationships, building partnerships with regional governmen

Book review: Revolutionary routines: the habits of social transformation by Carolyn Pedwell

In Revolutionary Routines: The Habits of Social Transformation, Carolyn Pedwell examines how social change can be enacted through everyday habits and routinised practices, arguing that such ‘minor’ gestures may be just as transformative as major events. This exploration of the conditions of political possibility is an important endeavour, write Alice Menzel and Jessica Pykett, and will be of particular interest to those concerned with social justice. Revolutionary Routines: The Habits of Social Transformation. Carolyn Pedwell. McGill-Queen’s University Press. 2021

Book review: Revolutionary routines: the habits of social transformation by Carolyn Pedwell

In Revolutionary Routines: The Habits of Social Transformation, Carolyn Pedwell examines how social change can be enacted through everyday habits and routinised practices, arguing that such ‘minor’ gestures may be just as transformative as major events. This exploration of the conditions of political possibility is an important endeavour, write Alice Menzel and Jessica Pykett, and will be of particular interest to those concerned with social justice

Urban Wellbeing Futures Stories

In Spring 2023, The Centre For Urban Wellbeing and BVSC launched the 'UrbanFutures Story Competition'. The competition was part of the 'Urban Wellbeing inPolicy' project, which sought to combine research, policy and community expertise to develop new thinking on addressing health and wellbeing inequalities in the West Midlands. The competition asked entrants to create a short story, in written or spoken word, which imagined a city of the future which is more equitable, sustainable and just. The brief required consideration of the challenges facing urban populations across the West Midlands, whether environmental, economic or social, and asked authors to present a means through which these could be overcome. Judges were looking for looking for stories which demonstrated an optimistic future for the West Midlands, painting a picture of a vibrant, thriving environment which enabled the wellbeing of all its residents.<br/

Book review: Revolutionary routines: the habits of social transformation by Carolyn Pedwell

In Revolutionary Routines: The Habits of Social Transformation, Carolyn Pedwell examines how social change can be enacted through everyday habits and routinised practices, arguing that such ‘minor’ gestures may be just as transformative as major events. This exploration of the conditions of political possibility is an important endeavour, write Alice Menzel and Jessica Pykett, and will be of particular interest to those concerned with social justice. Revolutionary Routines: The Habits of Social Transformation. Carolyn Pedwell. McGill-Queen’s University Press. 2021