To support, contextualise and substantiate the learning from the CC&UH project, the UKNC has established a Research & Innovation Group which will comprise a broad range of expertise and cross-disciplinary specialisms. The Research & Innovation Group includes representatives from academic institutions, researchers, funders and agencies, and collectivelys explore how UNESCO sites can localise, identify, test and progress multiple innovative approaches to addressing 21st-century challenges.
The outputs from the Research & Innovation Group will also ground UK and international UNESCO sites within the broader move to nexus / place-based approaches to sustainable development, and set a future-oriented and sector-wide research agenda for the next 5-10 years.
ButCH (Bureau for the Contemporary and Historic)
ButCH (Bureau for the Contemporary and Historic) has been appointed to convene, manage and bring focus to the activities of the Research & Innovation Group, centering its work around the development and delivery of a research study and strategic agenda.
