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Beth Perry, Catherine Durose and Liz Richardson reflect on the findings of the Jam and Justice Action Research Collective in Greater Manchester and discuss how social innovation can support citizen participation.

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The June issue of the Mistra Urban Futures international newsletter is now available. Includes an update on the Sheffield-Manchester Local Interaction Platform's Liverpool, Manchester and Gothenburg learning exchange on social housing and neighbourhoods and the Greater Manchester visit to the Kenyan Slum Dwellers Federation (Muungano Wa Wanavijiji) in Nairobi in May for a learning exchange about community action against poverty.

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Calendar of events in National Co-Production Week

1-5 July is National Co-Production Week. Jam and Justice is marking the occasion with a series of co-hosted events in Greater Manchester and the release of our report, How Can We Govern Cities Differently? The Promise and Practices of Co-Production.

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An exhibition produced by Urban Institute researcher, Vicky Habermehl, Visiting Associate Liz Mason Deese and community researchers in Greater Manchester has been opened at the Manchester Central Library.

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Back in March, Beth Perry and others from Jam and Justice took part in an event exploring the potential for an English Co-Production Network.

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Jam and Justice learning exchange -- workshop 1 with Gothenburg Region

In March 2019, an 11-person delegation travelled from the UK to the Swedish city of Gothenburg for a learning exchange, supported by Jam and Justice and Mistra Urban Futures.

Iona Hine, ESRC Impact Officer for Jam and Justice, reports:

With 11 people in the delegation, we must have had at least 12 reasons for taking part in the exchange. When the Greater Manchester group met for a pre-trip briefing, we identified three core goals:

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Mistra Urban Futures have produced its February 2019 international newsletter. It provides information on activities from all the local interaction platforms, including a summary of the recent publications and activities at Sheffield-Manchester. Read it here.

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Beth Perry (left) presents at the English Co-Production Network event. Slide (right) shows the covers of different outputs from Jam and Justice's ARC projects.

On 28 March 2019, people with a passion for co-producing gathered in central Manchester to explore the potential for an English Co-Production Network. The event was organised by Co:Create, a Sheffield-based outfit linked to South Yorkshire Housing Association and funded by the Department of Health to support co-production in commissioning.

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“As cities in the global South urbanise at rapid rates and cities in the North face their own challenges, it is timely to think and experiment with new ways of thinking and acting in the cultural heritage and urban development sphere” says Mistra Urban Futures’ Beth Perry, Laura Ager and Rike Sitas in an article recently published by the International Journal of Herita

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“Those outside the confines of research communities and who are frequently marginalised from public consideration need to be more involved:” says Mistra Urban Futures’ Tim May, in an article recently published by the

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