Working with Leeds City Council Leeds City Council-facing research projects
Many projects facilitated by the Research England Policy Support and Participatory Research Funds have been developed in response to Leeds City Council’s knowledge needs, including those raised by their Areas of Research Interest.
On this page, you can explore our selection of Leeds City Council-facing research projects, grouped by year.
For all research responding to regional and national policy challenges, grouped thematically, visit our Policy projects page.
2024–2025
2023–2024
- A clean energy supply for Leeds PIPES: laying the pipeline to zero-carbon heat networks
- Co-producing the Leeds Cycle Network
- Co-producing the legacy of My Leeds 2023
- Developing a pathway towards urban co-production for disused land in Leeds
- Leeds’ model of community engagement
- Mapping cultural education: access, inclusion, and progression in Leeds
- The carbon footprint of traditional food markets
- The Unfolding project: partnership building for participatory research
2022–2023
- Addressing inequalities in food and health experienced by those from African Caribbean backgrounds in Leeds
- Best practice in Food Hubs
- Centre for Cultural Value (CCV) – Building policy impact
- Read report: ‘Universities, Local Authorities and Culture-based Partnerships: Case studies, reflections and evidence from REF impact case studies’ edited by Evelyn Wilson (PDF download). If you have any difficulty accessing the PDF, please email Policy Leeds at policyleeds@leeds.ac.uk.
- Watch video: ‘Supporting Leeds City Council in the development of cultural investment, impact and inclusion policy’ on YouTube
- Evidence-based policy secondment delivering the Leeds Food Strategy
- Include! Digital inclusion within community organisations
- Integrating intercultural cities through belonging in green spaces
- Mapping advertising assets across Leeds
- Mapping cultural engagement with schools in Leeds to inform cultural strategy
- Promoting inclusive growth via developing exporting
- Promoting inclusive human resource management practices for NHS ethnic minorities colleagues’ wellbeing
- Reuse to reduce food waste: understanding policy barriers preventing food upcycling
- Sustainable development and participatory placemaking: understanding city spaces