Connected Communities Projects
Connected Communities is a new cross-Research Council research programme led by the AHRC. The current proposed vision for the Programme is “to mobilise the potential for increasingly inter-connected communities to enhance self-reliance, regeneration, sustainability, health & well-being by better connecting research, stakeholders and communities.”
At the core of the Programme will be research to understand the changing nature of communities, in their historical and cultural contexts, and the value of communities in sustaining and enhancing our quality of life. This enhanced understanding will also inform the development of more effective community based interventions to address key economic and societal challenges.
Engagement with communities at all stages of the research will be a key feature. The programme will seek to connect research expertise and data relevant to communities from across the research base in order to develop a more holistic understanding of community life rather than tackling issues in isolation. More information about the Programme can be found here.
The Programme has begun by supporting over 80 initial development works, scoping studies, reviews and partnership activities. WISERD is involved in three of these projects. More information about these can be found by clicking the links below.
- Connectivity, Place and Elective Belonging: Community and Later Life
- ICT Use and Connectivity of Minority Communities in Wales
- Older People’s Connected Rural Lives
