RISK AND RETURNS: Large‐scale Funding for Urban Research

RISK AND RETURNS: Large‐scale Funding for Urban Research

The nature of research funding shapes knowledge outcomes, especially for urban research that is conducted in multiple sites and over multiple years. Recent unplanned cuts in the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) grants, alongside the rupture caused by Covid‐19, created ethical and procedural is...

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Published in:International journal of urban and regional research Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 299 - 304
Main Authors: Keith, Michael, Parnell, Susan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01-03-2023
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:
Covid impacts
COVID-19
Disruption
Ethics
Funding
funding cuts
Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
global urban research ethics
Grants
managing uncertainty
Multiple sites
multi‐year, multi‐site projects
Partnerships
Research ethics
Research funding
Uncertainty
Urban areas
Urban research
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Summary:The nature of research funding shapes knowledge outcomes, especially for urban research that is conducted in multiple sites and over multiple years. Recent unplanned cuts in the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) grants, alongside the rupture caused by Covid‐19, created ethical and procedural issues for completing the PEAK Urban programme. Building on durable partnerships, setting principles for the reduced fund distribution and adjusting modes of working enabled PEAK Urban to navigate the fiscal disruption—but the difficult episode highlights lessons for the ethical organization of global urban research under conditions of uncertainty.
Bibliography:This paper was completed with support from the PEAK Urban programme of Research Councils UK, supported by UKRI's Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRI) (grant ref ES/P011055/1). No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
ISSN:0309-1317
1468-2427
DOI:10.1111/1468-2427.13146