Reframing the Civic University

Julian Dobson is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He has worked in academia, consultancy and journalism and is known as a writer and conference speaker.  Ed Ferrari is Director of the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He has wide ranging knowledge and practical experience of local and regional policymaking and collaboration across academic, policymaking, practitioner and private sector organisations.

• 1. Why the Time Is Right for a Civic Turn.- 2. A Question of Leadership.- 3. How should universities understand their social impact?.- 4. Can Universities be Climate Leaders?.- 5. How Universities Can Help to Build a Healthier Society.- 6. Civic Universities and Culture: A Tilted View.- 7. More-Than-Civic: Higher Education and Civil Society in Post-Industrial Localities.- 8. Placemaking for the Civic University: Interface Sites as Spaces of Tension and Translation.- 9. Bringing Civic Impact to Life.