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Understanding 'left-behind' Places: Developing a Deep Place Study

Completed in 2021. Funded by UCL Grand Challenges.

This pilot project will develop an interdisciplinary, multi-annual, large-scale programme of ‘deep-place’ research/action to obtain a rich, historically-grounded understanding of the long-term trajectory of a particular left-behind town or village. The project, focuses on County Durham, builds on developing networks with local actors and considers how new solutions aimed at improving social and economic conditions can be co-produced with local communities using expertise at UCL and elsewhere.  

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Investigators


  • Prof John Tomaney - School of Planning (Bartlett)
  • Dr Lucy Natarajan - School of Planning (Bartlett)
  • Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite - History (SHS) 

Outputs


Sacriston: towards a deeper understanding of place 
In this report, we summarise the results of a small research project undertaken by researchers at UCL in conjunction with the Durham Miners’ Association, to explore social and economic change in the former mining village of Sacriston, supported by UCL Grand Challenges.

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