issues Outputs and materials

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.

SUE Success Story 2 : Urban Futures This report examines how Urban Futures' close involvement with steering group partners – specifically the Environment Agency and environmental consultants CH2M HILL – led to the uptake and adaptation of the project's outputs.

KT on the InSITU Project This report examines how dissemination was successfully conducted on the InSITU project, a SUE PLUS project. The report shows how stakeholders interacted through a map of communication links. The study produced lessons regarding KT which are applicable to other research projects in the Sustainable urban Environment.

REAP and City Car Club Case Studies This report investigates the KT lessons which can be drawn from successful engagement projects outside the SUE Programme. The study focuses on two case studies from the sustainable development field: REAP, a carbon footing tool developed by the Stockholm Environmental Institute – York and the establishment of the first city car club in the UK.

‘Otherwise Engaged: Know Your KE Landscape’

ISSUES ran an interactive workshop in which delegates explored the ways in which they and others engage and communicate about their work. Putting together information gathered from the research generators (both within the SUE programme and outside) and research users (policy makers and practitioners) this session looked at overlaps, gaps, and the opportunities to improve research reach and impact.

Distilled summaries of SUE Research Outputs Concise summaries of SUE1 research outputs prepared by the ISSUES Team. Each summary is accompanied by contact details of the relevant researcher and SUE consortium.

Types of dissemination in SUE Categorisation of the the types of KE activity undertaken by SUE 1 consortia. Prepared by the ISSUES Team these graphs and their moethodology are described in detail.

ISSUES: Facilitating effective Knowledge Exchange This poster was prepared by the ISSUES Team in October 2008

Dissemination: Making it work This poster was produced from the findings of the EPSRC-ISSUES SUE seminar in September 2007

Dissemination in the Research Cycle The graphic and text produced from the findings of the ISSUES stakeholder event in November 2008. This poster was produced from the findings of the EPSRC-ISSUES SUE seminar in September 2007

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)