Digital Exclusion
Digital activities are increasingly important for various aspects of everyday life, from managing bills to securing access to housing. Our research highlights who is affected by digital exclusion, in what ways, and how it intersects with other structural inequalities.
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TAPPI
The Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (TAPPI) project aimed to improve the way technology is used in housing and care. Our evaluation of this project highlights key challenges and opportunities for delivering better outcomes for older people through the use of technologies.
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Transformations
The concept of transformation is gaining increasing attention across multiple disciplines within the Social Sciences and beyond. Our work in this area aims to foster multidisciplinary conversations around some of the most pressing contemporary societal challenges.
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Stigma
Our research on the theme of stigma examines the damaging narratives which are perpetuated about certain places, about poverty, and about social housing, and considers the implications of these perceptions for the places and people affected.
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Places for People
Through our long-standing partnership with Places for People, we have undertaken a wide range of timely research projects seeking to address some of the most pressing challenges in the UK’s housing sector. Our work with Places for People in recent years has spanned a range of key topics, including digital exclusion, the stigmatisation of social housing, and net-zero housing.
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Smart Cities
As part of our work with the Construction Innovation Hub, we have delivered a number of research projects on smart cities, with a particular focus on how the use of smart digital technologies in cities shapes and is shaped by processes and logics of urban governance.
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