Dear all
I have been asked to forward this announcement of a ESRC/ODPM PhD
studentship on disability and liveable environments, to be advertised in the
UK press shortly. For further information, contact Rob Imrie on
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Felix Driver
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Disability and liveable environments: a comparative study
The project contributes to debates on 'well being and liveability' and
'democratic renewal and citizen engagement', by describing and evaluating
the role and relevance of sub national governance in responding to, and
seeking to enhance, the mobility and movement of disabled people in the
built environment. The research is based on the premise that a fundamental
part of liveability in cities is facilitating people's independence of
access to, and usability of, the built environment. The project is based on
a comparison of governance practices in Sweden and England.
Four objectives will be addressed using a case study method:
(1). To document, in broad terms, how sub national governance, in Sweden and
England, is organised in relation to responding to the access needs of
disabled people
(2). To explore the micro-practices and processes of governance in relation
to the development, co-ordination, and delivery of accessible environments
(3). To explore and evaluate the critical role of experiential or user
knowledge and involvement in the governance of accessibility in the built
environment.
(4). Based on this analysis, to make recommendations to the ODPM about best
practice and policy transfer and learning.
The project will be based in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway
University of London (www.gg.rhul.ac.uk), and the student will become a
member of the Social and Cultural Geography Group. The project's supervisor
will be Professor Rob Imrie (http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/imrie/imrie.html) The
student will join a top-rated Department with a flourishing postgraduate
community of over 80 students. The appointed person will be based, for part
of their time, in the Department of Geography at the University of Lund in
Sweden.
For further details, see http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/imrie/studentship.html
and/or telephone Professor Imrie on 01784 443654 or email him on
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