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Published in IEMA's Environmentalist (Oct 2010).

This paper presents initial findings from the ISSUES project, highlighting both barriers and best practice case studies within academic research consortia and sustainability practitioners. The case studies demonstrate a range of effective approaches used within sustainable urban research including social networks, informal linkages, personal contacts and the development of relationships between organisations.

Presented at the Innovation through Knowledge Transfer 2010 Conference (Oct 2010)

This paper examines knowledge brokering as a method of knowledge transfer at the research programme level using the ISSUES project as an example.

The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.

Published in the Institution of Civil Engineer's Engineering Sustainability journal (Sep 2010).

There is little empirical evidence to show whether the involvement of practitioners in construction research is changing either research practices or the acquisition of new knowledge by practitioners. This paper provides some of this evidence, by summarising the results from four studies to investigate how knowledge is being created within the Sustainable Urban Environment research consortia and how it is being accessed by the construction industry.

What is the potential impact of social media within the context of knowledge exchange and the dissemination of academic outputs? This report examines to what extent social media can help deliver the core deliverables of the Implementation Strategies for Sustainable Urban Environment Systems (ISSUES) project.

An investigation of the knowledge exchange practices of the end-users of sustainability research. This report seeks to understand the knowledge landscape amongst end-users of urban sustainability research. 40 semi-structured interviews were conducted with urban sustainability practitioners and policy makers to inform the findings.

ISSUES Article - Sustainable Development: a clear direction? What do we mean by ‘sustainable development’ and what can be done to help Local Authorities make sense of it? asks Di Hinds, ISSUES, Cambridge University

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Event Report - ISSUES 2 ISSUES Seminar held in Heriot-Watt University in May 2008

Event Report - Ebbsfleet Valley Challenge event in April 2008 (please contact the ISSUES team for a copy)