Cities, Universities and Everyday Life Identities

An interdisciplinary cross-faculty team led by Jane Speedy, including:
Dr Nell Bridges (School of Applied Community and Health Studies), Dr Frances Giampapa (Graduate School of Education), Dr Tamar Hodos (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology), Dr Silke Knippschild (Department of Classics & Ancient History), Dr Susan Porter (Norah Fry), Dr Ann Rippin (Department of Management), Professor Ros Sutherland (GSoE), Dr Rachel Sutton-Spence (School of Applied Community and Health Studies), Dr Donna West , (School of Applied Community and Health Studies), Dr Yvonne Whelan (School of Geographical Sciences) from the identities theme were successful in winning a Faculty of Social Sciences and Law Inter-faculty research award to plan a new project entitled:

Cities, Universities and Everyday Life Identities

The purpose of this exploratory project is to understand how contemporary British cities engage with the universities on their doorsteps. Faculty funding will enable the team to conduct literature searches and set up world cafe style consultative meetings with potential project partners and stakeholders.