This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at https://ari.org.uk/ by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.
What factors and conditions increase/decrease the chance of successful community-led initiatives (including those which seek to strengthen social infrastructure and social capital) in areas of high deprivation. What makes some areas with the same socio-economics and demographics achieve different outcomes?
Including bringing together further evidence on what the social and economic impact of having a more integrated and cohesive place is.
Contact details
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.
Related UKRI Projects
- A review of theories, concepts and interventions relating to community-level strengths and their impact on health and well being
- Exploring the role of public services in relation to 'connected communities'; Learning from different conceptualisations of community-school relations
- Local Acc Fund 21 Children, Learning and Inclusive Places (CLIP)
- Ways of neighbourhood working and knowing
- Remaking Society
- Mixed-income communities and the wellbeing of low-income young people
- Housing and community-leadership: sharing learning from reorganising the neighbourhood
- Concepts and meanings of community in the social sciences: a review
- From 'Bridging Social Capital' to 'Co-operative Social Capital'? Mapping Emergent Connectivities across Communities
- New Challenges on the Urban Periphery