Members of the new Keele Urban Research Network (KURN), Dr Philip Catney (Law, Politics and Justice), Professor Graham Allan (Life Course Studies), Dr Mark Featherstone (Law, Politics and Justice), and Professor Chris Phillipson (Life Course Studies) have been awarded a grant for a series of seminars entitled ‘Regenerating English Medium-Sized Post Industrial Cities’.
The seminar series is examining the problems facing medium-sized cities. In particular, it explores the barriers inhibiting successful regeneration and the policy levers available for overcoming these.
It is intended that the series will help to establish a network of academic researchers and regeneration practitioners to examine the interdisciplinary aspects of the issue of urban renewal and community change in medium-sized post-industrial English cities.
The first seminar, which was held in Autumn 2009, focused on comparisons between Stoke-on-Trent and Hull and included academics, policy makers and regeneration/urban policy professionals. Speakers included (you can download pdfs of the presentations via the Keele website):
Paul Hildreth (SURF, Salford University)
‘The Role and Potential of English Medium-Sized Cities’
Alan Harding (IPEG, Manchester University) and Brendan Nevin (Nevin Leather Associates)
‘ The Political Economy of Disconnected England: Hull, Stoke and Dystopia’
John Henneberry (Sheffield University)
‘Barriers to Property Investment and Development in Medium-Sized Cities’
Mark Featherstone (Keele University)
‘Living on the Edge in the ‘Forgotten City’: Utopia, Dystopia, and Public Housing in Northern England’
For more information on forthcoming seminars, have a look at our Keele webpage and please contact Dr Phil Catney or Dr Mark Featherstone
