Lessons on the research-practice relationship: From critique to co-production in Greater Manchester

Perry, B. and May, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5040-8229 2015. Lessons on the research-practice relationship: From critique to co-production in Greater Manchester. Polk, M., ed. Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Cities, Routledge, pp. 98-122. (10.4324/9781315748030)

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Abstract

This chapter provides a short history of the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) and the political-economic context of the city-region, emphasizing drivers and motivations for engaging in a knowledge-based urban agenda from different perspectives. It highlights some of the tensions that can arise in engaged urban research practice and how it had been sought to make sense of these experiences through theoretical developments and methodological reflections. The chapter shows a missing middle in the research-policy-practice relationship, characterized by a mismatch in understanding the dynamics of contexts of knowledge production and knowledge reception. It reflects on recent changes in the urban research, policy, and practice landscape in the UK and internationally, such as Mistra Urban Futures, which offer the promise of a new approach to university-city-research relationships. SURF is committed to the production and dissemination of knowledge that adds value through informing meaningful and desirable changes in the cities and regions.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Routledge
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2023 14:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/156036

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