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Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research (CCHPR)
CCHPR’s team of researchers are dedicated to carrying out innovative research that is relevant for policy and practice, and to providing an evidence base for making positive change with a view to reducing inequality, and improving housing supply and affordability.
City REDI (City Region Economic Development Institute)
Based at the University of Birmingham, City REDI is a brand new research institute focused on developing an academic understanding of major city regions across the globe to develop practical policy which better informs and influences regional and national economic growth policies. City REDI delivers policy, strategy and research which supports economic growth and prosperity by undertaking work that explores the complex and inter-related way in which people and systems work across urban areas.
LSE Cities
LSE Cities is an award winning international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, graduate and executive education and outreach activities in London and abroad. It studies how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focusing on how the physical form and design of cities impacts on society, culture and the environment.
University of Stirling/CRISP
Stirling is one of the UK’s leading research universities in the fields of health and wellbeing, the environment and people, culture and society, enterprise and the economy, and sport. The Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP) aims to become one of the leading research and knowledge exchange centres in Europe studying the many dimensions of the surveillance society and its consequences.
Brunel University London
Founded in 1966, Brunel is a leading technology university renowned for its education and research and its spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Cranfield School of Management
Cranfield School of Management is one of the oldest business schools in Europe. As part of Cranfield University, the UK’s only wholly postgraduate university, we are uniquely placed to connect technology and leadership. Our contribution to global innovation is world-leading, changing the way society thinks, works and learns.
The Bartlett
The Bartlett is UCL's Faculty of the Built Environment. We explore human spaces, the physical structures like homes, office blocks and cities, as well as the invisible systems that govern them: our laws and political systems, our family groupings and social norms.
Transport Research Institute – Edinburgh Napier University
The Transport Research Institute is Scotland's largest and longest established transport research group. Established in 1996 we have an enviable track record in delivering high quality transport research, consultancy and other knowledge transfer projects in applied settings.
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