TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobilizing knowledge about urban change for equity and sustainability: developing ‘Change Stories’, a multi-country transdisciplinary study
AU - Pineo, Helen
AU - Rivadulla, María José Álvarez
AU - Borde, Elis
AU - Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira
AU - Dianati, Vafa
AU - Ellis, Geraint
AU - Fleischer, Friederike
AU - Tarazona, Adriana Hurtado
AU - Sarmiento, Olga L.
AU - Martire, Agustina
AU - Montero, Sergio
AU - Moore, Gemma
AU - Morley, Rebecca
AU - Prasad, Aarathi
PY - 2024/4/24
Y1 - 2024/4/24
N2 - Our team initially included researchers in London and later expanded to include international collaborators with expertise in urban development, public health and anthropology. This project was primarily conducted through online workshops and interviews (May – Dec 2022), with one in-person workshop in Valencia, Spain (Oct 2022). Research funders have recently increased support for multi-country partnerships that study urban health equity. However, there is often a lack of funding to develop these studies in a way that supports integration of diverse fields and manages research-related aspects of coloniality, such as power imbalances and devaluing certain forms of knowledge. We conducted research to develop a transdisciplinary study proposal with partners in multiple countries, aiming to embed equity into our approach. We used literature review alongside social research methods (94 participants) to develop case study cities and our study design. We found that community involvement in urban governance is important for achieving equity and health, yet it remains under-valued in status quo development models, undermining the potential for cities to support people and the planet. We believe that our approach offers valuable learning for other multi-country transdisciplinary studies.
AB - Our team initially included researchers in London and later expanded to include international collaborators with expertise in urban development, public health and anthropology. This project was primarily conducted through online workshops and interviews (May – Dec 2022), with one in-person workshop in Valencia, Spain (Oct 2022). Research funders have recently increased support for multi-country partnerships that study urban health equity. However, there is often a lack of funding to develop these studies in a way that supports integration of diverse fields and manages research-related aspects of coloniality, such as power imbalances and devaluing certain forms of knowledge. We conducted research to develop a transdisciplinary study proposal with partners in multiple countries, aiming to embed equity into our approach. We used literature review alongside social research methods (94 participants) to develop case study cities and our study design. We found that community involvement in urban governance is important for achieving equity and health, yet it remains under-valued in status quo development models, undermining the potential for cities to support people and the planet. We believe that our approach offers valuable learning for other multi-country transdisciplinary studies.
U2 - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21180.1
DO - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21180.1
M3 - Article
SN - 2398-502X
VL - 9
JO - Wellcome Open Research
JF - Wellcome Open Research
IS - 218
ER -