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Work & City Research Lab

Academic Studies

Research themes in the Work & City research lab rehearsed via clusters of small industry-funded projects on the Helen Hamlyn Research Associates Programme have been developed into fully-fledged academic studies funded by the UK research councils.

The Welcoming Workplace

Rethinking office design to enable growing numbers of older people to participate in the 21st century knowledge economy.

A two-year study funded by the Designing for the 21st Century programme, a joint initiative between the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). This aimed to identify the environmental needs of older workers in knowledge organisations. Fieldwork was carried out in London, Melbourne and Yokohama, Japan. More...