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Housing crisis: the scandal of empty homes

By Alexandra Albert Filed Under: All posts Posted: October 4, 2016

As the Treasury announces plans this week to allocate another £5bn to boost housebuilding and measures to speed up the planning process, Alexandra Albert says we must also demand action on the hundreds of thousands of homes lying empty. As this week’s announcements show, the housing crisis remains a primary concern for policymakers, as well […]

Tagged With: citizen science, crowdsourcing, Housing crisis, housing policy

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Policy Week: What is citizen social science, and how can it help policy?

By Laura ffrench-Constant Filed Under: All posts Posted: November 6, 2015

The Citizen Social Science Research Methods programme based at the University of Manchester held an innovative forum about how citizen science can be used to tackle complex policy challenges as part of Policy Week. The session was chaired by Liz Richardson of the University of Manchester and speakers included: Dr Sheena Cruickshank, Dr Kingsley Purdam, […]

Tagged With: citizen science, research

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