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Read more at: Digital exclusion and poverty in the UK: How structural inequality shapes experiences of getting online

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...


Read more at: 'Demarginalising’ a territorially stigmatised neighbourhood?: The relationship between governance configurations and trajectories of urban change

'Demarginalising’ a territorially stigmatised neighbourhood?: The relationship between governance configurations and trajectories of urban change

Gentrification and territorial stigma are understood to be closely linked, yet the workings of the governance networks which underlay this relationship have seldom been explored in depth. This paper, by Dr Hannah Holmes, seeks to develop understandings of this relationship by showing how the...


Read more at: The ethical underpinnings of Smart City governance

The ethical underpinnings of Smart City governance

Published in Urban Studies, The ethical underpinnings of Smart City governance: Decision-making in the Smart Cambridge programme, UK explores the ethical debate around Smart Cities. The authors present the case for extending the debate to include the ethical content which can be traced in decision-...


Read more at: Enablers for the adoption and use of BIM in main contractor companies in the UK

Enablers for the adoption and use of BIM in main contractor companies in the UK

The journal Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management has published a paper authored by Drs Reyhaneh Shojaei, Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong and Gemma Burgess. The paper draws on data gathered from a series of interviews with professionals in strategic and management roles with construction...


Read more at: Offsite manufacturing research: A systematic review of methodologies used

Offsite manufacturing research: A systematic review of methodologies used

A paper published in the journal Construction Management and Economics explores the research methodologies reported in OSM literature. The authors identify key relationships between different methodological approaches which in turn reveal a growing hybridisation of research designs, data sources...


Read more at: The promises and reality of smart telecare

The promises and reality of smart telecare

This paper by Phoebe Stirling and Gemma Burgess asks how the introduction of “smart” digital technologies might affect the goals that can be attributed to telecare for older people, by those coordinating its provision. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with local authorities, housing...


Read more at: Housing for highly mobile transnational professionals: evolving forms of housing practices in Moscow and London

Housing for highly mobile transnational professionals: evolving forms of housing practices in Moscow and London

Most housing forms and living arrangements in contemporary cities are designed for settled populations, and housing markets poorly address the needs of mobile population groups. This paper, by CCHPR researcher Sabina Maslova, explores the housing forms and living arrangements which emerge from the...


Read more at: How countries achieve greater use of offsite manufacturing to build new housing: identifying typologies through institutional theory

How countries achieve greater use of offsite manufacturing to build new housing: identifying typologies through institutional theory

This paper, co-authored by CCHPR researchers and researchers from the Cambridge Service Alliance at the University of Cambridge, looks at the complexities of the international construction sector and seeks to apply institutional theory to analyse the factors driving greater use of OSM to build...


Read more at: International technology transfer through projects: A social construction of technology perspective

International technology transfer through projects: A social construction of technology perspective

A paper co-authored by Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong has been published by the International Journal of Project Management. Using the social construction of technology (SCOT) theoretical lens, International technology transfer through projects: A social construction of technology perspective explains the ‘...


Read more at: Transforming the construction sector: an institutional complexity perspective

Transforming the construction sector: an institutional complexity perspective

A paper authored by CCHPR and CSA researchers has been published online by Construction Innovation. Transforming the construction sector: an institutional complexity perspective discusses the ongoing efforts to transform the construction sector through a mix of policy-backed voluntary and coercive...