Research Projects
Current research projects
| Project | Researchers | Website | Research Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Challenging Lock-in through Urban Energy Systems (CLUES) | Yvonne Rydin, Chris Goodier, Lester C Hunt, Simon Guy, Jim Watson, Patrick Devine-Wright |
CLUES | CLUES research profile (PDF, 139KB) |
| Climate Science in Urban Design: A historical and comparative study of applied urban climatology | Michael Hebbert, |
Climate Science in Urban Design | Climate Science research profile (PDF, 114KB) |
| Community and Institutional Responses to the Challenges Facing Poor Urban People in an Era of Global Warming in Bangladesh | David Hulme, Ferdous Jahan, Manoj Roy, Simon Guy |
Community and Institutional Responses | Community and Institutional Respones research profile (PDF, 165KB) |
Conditioning Demand - Older People, Diversity and Thermal Experience |
Simon Guy, Ralf Brand, Andrew Karvonen, Patrick Devine-Wright, Chris Tweed, Gordon Walker |
Conditioning Demand | Conditioning Demand research profile (PDF, 217KB) |
| EcoCities: The Bruntwood Initiative for Sustainable Cities at the University of Manchester | Simon Guy, John Handley, Jeremy Carter, Aleksandra Kazmierczak, Gina Cavan |
EcoCities | EcoCities overview (PDF, 135KB) EcoCities research profile (PDF, 401KB) |
| HAMMAMED - Raising awareness for the hammam as a cultural heritage for the Mediterranean area and beyond | Magda Sibley |
Hammamed | Hammamed research profile (PDF, 821KB)
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| Multi Faith Spaces as symptoms and agents of religious and social change | Ralf Brand, Andrew Crompton, Chris Hewson |
Multi Faith Spaces | Multi Faith Spaces research profile (PDF, 237KB) |
| Zero-Carbon Habitation: An International Comparison |
Simon Guy, Gordon Walker, Ralf Brand |
Zero-Carbon Habitation | Zero-Carbon Habitation research profile (PDF, 185KB) |
Completed research projects
2011
| Project | Researchers | Website | Research Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green and Blue Space Adaptation for Urban Areas and Eco Towns (GRaBS) | Jeremy Carter, Simon Guy, John Handley, Richard Kingston, Sarah Lindley, Yi Gong, Aleksandra Kazmierczak, Gina Cavan |
GRaBS | GRaBS project leafet GRaBS research profile (PDF, 187KB) |
| Liverpool’s Lost Railway Heritage | Angela Connelly, Michael Hebbert | Liverpool’s Lost Railway Heritage report (PDF, 3.19MB) |
Completed research projects
2010
| Project | Researchers | Website | Research Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Urban Environment: Mirror and Mediator of Radicalisation | Ralf Brand, Sara Fregonese |
The Urban Environment | The Urban Environment research profile (PDF, 181KB) |
| The Historic Islamic Baths of North Africa and their Survival into the 21st Century | Magda Sibley |
Historic Islamic Baths research profile (PDF, 794KB) | |
| Methodist Central Halls (Research Studentship) | Angela Connelly, Michael Hebbert (supervisor) |
Methodist Central Halls |
Completed research projects
2009
| Project | Researchers | Website | Research Findings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrating the Senses Inside Supermarkets (ISIS) | Simon Guy, Chris Hewson |
ISIS research findings (PDF, 446KB) | |
| Carbon Reduction in Buildings (CaRB) | Simon Guy,
Tracey Crosbie, Keith Baker |
CaRB | CaRB research findings (PDF, 722KB) |
| Beyond Nimbyism | Patrick Devine-Wright, Hannah Devine-Wright, Yuko Heath |
Beyond Nimbyism | |
| Mapping Controversies on Science for Politics (MACOSPOL) | Albena Yaneva, Simon Guy, Nick Dunn, Liam Heaphy |
MACOSPOL | MACOSPOL research findings (PDF, 1056KB) |
| Sustainable Energy and Thermal Services (SETS) | Simon Guy, Chris Hewson, Dana Abi Ghanem |
SETS research findings (PDF, 274KB) | |
| Energy Travel and Sustainable Buildings: A Case Study of Bruntwood City Tower | Simon Guy, Chris Hewson, Dana Abi Ghanem, Tracie Crosbie |
City Tower | City Tower research findings (PDF, 649KB) |
Completed research projects
2006-2008
| Project | Researchers | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Rethinking the Urban Experience: The sensory production of place (2008) | Simon Guy | SenseScapes |
| City Form (2007) | Patrick Devine-Wright | City Form |
| Supergen Future Network Technologies (2007) | Patrick Devine-Wright, Hannah Devine-Wright |
Supergen |
| Harnessing Community Energies: Embedding sustainable energy technologies at the local level (2006) | Patrick Devine-Wright | Harnessing Community Energies |