Report Launch - The role of modular homes in addressing homelessness: Cambridge’s modular homes
Researchers from CCHPR, along with Jimmy's Cambridge, The Hill Group, and Haringey Council hosted an online discussion event on Thursday 16th March. A report on the research findings, written by Drs Katy Karampour and Gemma Burgess was launched at the event. The key speakers included Dr Gemma...
Part of a portfolio of work on Digital Poverty funded by the British Academy, this report by Dr Hannah Holmes, Dr Katy Karampour, and Dr Gemma Burgess reviews existing knowledge on the topic digital exclusion. It highlights the key drivers of digital exclusion, considers who is likely to experience...
Part of a portfolio of work on Digital Poverty funded by the British Academy, this report by Dr Hannah Holmes, Dr Katy Karampour, and Dr Gemma Burgess draws attention to the complex relationship between digital exclusion and housing inequalities. The report highlights a number of ways in which...
Delivering human-centred housing: understanding the role of post-occupancy evaluation and customer feedback in traditional and innovative social housebuilding in England
Construction Management and Economics have published a paper by Drs Sabina Maslova and Gemma Burgess. The paper looks at the post-occupancy evaluation mechanisms used by housing associations delivering homes with traditional and MMC approaches. It examines the current role played by POE in UK...
Healthy Communities: Place-based built environment interventions to reduce health inequalities by increasing physical activity
Our report Healthy Communities: Place-based built environment interventions to reduce health inequalities by increasing physical activity intends to inform the development of Places for People’s place-based interventions to reduce health inequalities and to develop evaluation metrics for measuring...
Digital exclusion and poverty in the UK: How structural inequality shapes experiences of getting online
Digital Geography and Society have published a paper by Drs Hannah Holmes and Gemma Burgess. The paper focuses on the complex relationship between digital exclusion and poverty, and examines how a range of spatial, material, and temporal factors related to experiences of poverty shape opportunities...
Smart city governance and the ethical dimension of smart city decision-making in Cambridge, UK
Dr Sabina Maslova presented findings from CCHPR's research into the ethics of smart city governance at the European Urban Research Association 2022 Conference in Milan, on 17 June 2022. Smart city governance and ethical decisionmaking_SM.pdf Smart city governance and ethical decisionmaking_SM.pdf
Pre-Manufactured Value: A critical examination of PMV as a performance evaluation metric for the adoption and use of modern methods of construction (roundtable)
Our roundtable discussion on 27 April 2022 provided an opportunity for MMC industry professionals to explore the role of PMV as a performance evaluation metric. Mark Farmer, the UK Government’s Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Champion for Housing and founding director and CEO of Cast...
