Recent projects
2007-10 Resilient Design -RE-DESIGN- for counter-terrorism: Decision support for designing effective and acceptable resilient places. The research is funded jointly by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure.
2009 Spatial Evidence Study for the NWDA. Cecilia Wong and Alasdair Rae are the main authors of this study establishing the spatial patterns of economic performance in the North West regioni.
2007-09 Stakeholder Involvement in the North West Regional Spatial Strategy. Mark Baker and Graeme Sherriff have completed a study of stakeholder participation in the North West Regional Spatial Strategy.
2007-08 (with University of Sheffield) Measuring Spatial Planning Outcomes: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges. This project is sponsored by Communities and Local Government, in conjunction with the Royal Town Planning Institute.
2008 Skills and knowledge for sustainable communities (with Universities of Warwick and Strathclyde). This project is led by Cecilia wong and is a collaboration between the The Economic and Social Research Council and The Academy for Sustainable Communities.
2008 Image or reality: Chinatowns and the cosmopolitan city. Funded by The British Academy.
2005-08 (with AMION Consulting) Evaluation of the National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal (Communities and Local Government).
2005-07 (with Baker Associates) Spatial Plans in Practice (Communities and Local Government).
2006 (with SURF) Evidence base for NW economic development (North West Development Agency).
2005-7 The everyday resilience of cities (ESRC New Security Challenges programme).
2005-6 (with SURF) National framework for city regions (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)
2005 Universities and their Regions (DfES).
2004 Monitoring of Local Development Frameworks (ODPM).
2004 Regeneration baseline for South Manchester ( Manchester City).
2003 Evaluation of the Old Trafford and Gorse Hill SRB Partnership (SRB).
2003 (with Sheffield Hallam) The implications of asylum seekers and refugees for New Deal for Communities partnerships (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister).
2003 Welsh deprivation index (Welsh Assembly).
2003-4 Evaluation of Stockport Road SRB (SRB).
2003-6 Monitoring area-based economic strategies in the North West (North West Development Agency).
2002 Critique of the 2000 IMD (Greater London Assembly & Association of London Government).
2002 Key facts and trends in neighbourhood renewal (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister).
2002-03 (with University of Liverpool) The Future of Sub-Regional Planning in England (CPRE and the County Surveyors Society).
2001-6 (with Sheffield Hallam) National evaluation of New Deal for Communities (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister).
2001 (with Sheffield University and LSE) The geography of public expenditure (SIGOMA local authorities).
2000-01 (with a consortium of European universities) The North European Trade Axis (EU Commission).
2000-02 (with Centre for Change) Evaluation of the Coalfields Regeneration programme (Coalfields Regeneration Trust).
1999-2001 (with Psychiatry) Mental health and area regeneration (ESRC).
1998-2001 (with European Institute for Urban Affairs) Social exclusion, economic competitiveness and governance in Liverpool and Manchester (ESRC).