Our partners

Given the nature of our research we often find ourselves engaging with external partners in both national and international contexts, giving our research broad reach and clear impact. Here are some of the organisations we have had the privilege to work with to date:

Funders

  • AHRC
  • The British Academy
  • RIBA Research Fund
  • European Research Council
  • National Lottery Heritage Fund
  • Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

Manchester & the North

  • Manchester City Council
  • Castlefield Forum
  • National Trust
  • Centre for Place Writing (MMU)
  • University of Manchester Special Collections Map Library
  • Manchester Cathedral

High streets and business heritage

  • British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA)
  • Business Archives Council
  • The National Archives
  • High Street Story

Craft and creative practice

  • Laura Sanderson Creative Practitioner

Digital and technical

  • Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (Fraunhofer IAIS)

Cairo and the Eastern Mediterranean

  • CLUSTER (Cairo Lab for Urban Studies and Environmental Research)
  • Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) – Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (IMS-FORTH), Greece

Malaysia and Southeast Asia

  • Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
  • International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden University
  • Think City, Malaysia
  • JEDI Network for Ecology and Climate

Architecture schools

  • Sapienza School of Architecture, Rome
  • POLIS University School of Architecture, Tirana
  • Clemson School of Architecture
  • University of Reggio Calabria