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Urban Transformations is an ESRC network, coordinated from the University of Oxford, showcasing research on cities. Comparative International Urban and Living Labs
The Urban Living Global Challenge: A Prospectus
Michael Keith and Nicola Headlam
Urban Transformatons is based at the Centre on Migraton, Policy and Society (COMPAS) University of Oxford s 58 Banbury Road s Oxford s OX2 6QS T: +44 (0)1865 274711 s E: [email protected]
45 THE URBAN LIVING GLOBAL CHALLENGE: A PROSPECTUS
COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL EXEMPLAR URBAN AND LIVING LABS
Michael Keith and Nicola Headlam, 2017
CONTENTS:
1. EXEC SUMMARY: GLOBAL LEARNING, NATIONAL DELIVERY, LOCALLY EMBEDDED .. 2
2. CONTEXT: UK URBAN LIVING ...... 6
3. CITIES AND KNOWLEDGE (CO) PRODUCTION ...... 7
4. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON: FINDING “THE CURVE” ...... 12
5. LESSONS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE URBAN LIVING PROGRAMME ...... 23
TABLES AND FIGURES:
Table 1: Learning from Living Lab exemplars ...... 3
Table 2: Programme-level labs and number of projects ...... 14
Figure 1: Traditional University spheres ...... 9
Figure 2: The civic university ...... 9
Figure 3: Co-production of scientific knowledge ...... 10
Figure 4: Project Fieldwork Phases ...... 13
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
GLOBAL LEARNING, NATIONAL DELIVERY, LOCALLY EMBEDDED
There is a wealth of international learning on the productive potential of activity that seeks to understand, map and shape the future city by linking research scholarship to policy development. In response to a request from the seven research councils and Innovate UK to consider some lessons that might inform the development of the UK Urban Living programme, this report summarises a survey of initiatives in this space globally. The selection of comparators is not exhaustive but was based on a short desk-based exercise, drawing on advice from Urban Living partners.
The following summarises what we consider might work and what might not work in the UK context.