Including bringing together further evidence on what the social and economic impact of having a more integrated and cohesive place is.
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The background for this seminar series lies in the introduction of Localism Act 2011. Since then, wherever parish councils do not exist, local people (or businesses) can set up neighbourhood forums to work collaborativel...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bristol
The project discusses the relationship between different models of hyper-local governance and socio-economic outcomes for individuals and neighborhoods, addressing the question fully and the authors have the necessary expertise.
Under reforms to the English planning system, new powers are being granted to communities to draw up neighbourhood plans in an attempt to produce the 'Big Society'. These plans will take precedence over development plans...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham
The project explores the challenges and limitations of neighborhood planning and the potential for disconnected communities to come together, partially addressing the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.
The Connecting Localism and Community Empowerment project sought to assess the merits of the assumption that localisms brings about community empowerment through a review of the existing academic and policy literatures. ...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: Durham University
The project critically reviews the assumptions and concepts of localism and community empowerment, partially addressing the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.