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Researchers at Keele University, in partnership with New Victoria Borderlines and Chase Community Solar, are leading on a work package focussing on embedding user-centric perspectives within the design of the SLES.

The second UKRI Enhancing Place-Based Partnerships Micro Lab

Microlab focusing on 'Inclusive Recovery' took place on 11 June 2020

Ceri Morgan and Rebecca Goldsmith have produced the first issue of e-zine.

PhD student, Yiwen Lin (KMS/CASIC) presented a research paper at the 16th International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia (USMCA2017) organised under the auspices of the World Bosai Forum/International Disaster and Risk Conference, held in November in Sendai, Japan.

A community animation workshop with Syrian refugee Teachers employed by the Syrian NGO Multi Aid Programme (MAPS)

SOLACE competition winners are Harriet Howells and Frances Gibson

On Tuesday 22 of January, CASIC and ILAS welcomed Dr Anthea Lesch, who gave a fascinating talk titled 'For the common good - Reflections on the (in)compatibilities of social justice and HIV vaccine research agendas in resource-poor communities in South Africa.'

On Wednesday 5 of December CASIC organised an AHRC funded workshop on embodied digital research methodologies.

A foundation course on Culture and Heritage of Bangladesh was organized at University of Development Alternative (UODA), Dhaka, Bangladesh in August 2018.

This interactive workshop was designed and hosted by the New Vic Borderlines as part of an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project, Translation and Interpretation Work in Multilingual Business Communities: Roles, Perspectives, Agency which investigates how language and translation matter in international, multilingual contexts.

Food Unwrapped took place at Keele Hall on 9 November as part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Festival of Social Sciences 2018, a UK wide celebration of public engagement with social science, which included over 300 different events.

On Monday 17 of September, Mathew Johnson Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, joined CASIC members to give a talk.

Lindsay Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Ethnography and Emma Surman, Senior Lecturer in Marketing write for The Conversation UK.

In January Professor Kelemen travelled to the Philippines as part of the Solace project.

Dr Jose Jowel Canuday, Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines visited CASIC on 6 June 2018, to give a fascinating talk, titled 'Dancers, Terrorists,and Pirates: Cosmopolitan Sensibilities of a Marginalised World'

On 9-10 May, 2018, a delegation of senior representatives from the IFRC (Geneva) visited Keele University and New Vic Theatre to explore ways of enhancing existing research links between CASIC and the Red Cross.

On the 18 of April CASIC welcomed Professor Ariane Berthoin Antal from WZB Berlin Social Sciences Centre, who gave a fascinating talk titled 'How and why do we enter the world of academia, and when do we feel we can say we are an academic?'

On March 23, 2018, North Staffordshire Community Food Network hosted their inaugural conference at the New Vic Theatre, in Newcastle.

On the 20th of March Dr Helen Millward gave a talk on her paper ‘Catharsis through theatre: creative methods of engagement’.

Keele University has officially launched a new interdisciplinary research project to tackle public health issues in the Philippines.

Mihaela Kelemen gave a talk about Cultural Animation at an workshop organised by the Forum for Rural Research and on Health and Well-being (November, 2017).

SOLACE student competition

The Forum for Rural Research on Health and Wellbeing (FRRESH) is innovative initiative bringing together a multi-disciplinary research team from Keele University, health and social care practitioners and commissioners, public health organisations (e.g. healthwatch), voluntary sector organisations (e.g. Mind), arts organisations and members of the public.

A Bright future for Stoke on Trent interactive installation and workshop

On Tuesday 21 November CASIC welcomed Mai Khanh Tran from Birmingham University who gave an interesting and engaging talk.

Keele’s Community Animation & Social Innovation Centre (CASIC) and the New Vic Theatre ran a workshop called THE EXCHANGE in York Place, Newcastle.

On Monday November 6, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Enterprise), David Amigoni, launched the ‘Memories of Mining’ exhibition at Silverdale Library.

​The latest UK Participatory Research Network meeting held its latest meeting at Keele University this week.

The presentation introduced the ‘Gentrification and Community-led Design’ research project being undertaken by PhD student Tom Morton at the Open University.

Food poverty projects delivers powerful performance.

A few testimonials from our 2017 cohort

Professor Kurt Allman (KMS director) and Professor Mihaela Kelemen (CASIC) visited Audencia Business School in Nantes for a series of meetings.

Application deadline 2 June 2017

The food charter for community group North Staffordshire Community Food Network was launched by Alistair Fischer from the Public Health Department at Stoke on Trent City Council and Dr Emma Surman.

A team from the Alley Theatre, Huston, USA (https://www.alleytheatre.org/) visited CASIC on April 26-27th. The team composed of the Director of Education and Community Engagement, the Executive Manager of Education and Community Engagement and the Associate General Manager received a travel grant to research best international practices with regards to theatre-university-community partnerships.

Keele Music and Music Technology and Community Animation and Social Innovation Centre (CASIC) organised a workshop held in the New Vic Theatre on 8 March 2017. The workshop was entitled ‘How Does the Hunger Sound Like’?

Professor Latchez Hristov from Audencia Business School - Nantes was awarded by his institution a grant to research the ethos and practices of the Community Animation and Social Innovation Centre-CASIC.

On March 14, 2-4pm CASIC member Yiwen Lin gave a talk titled "The case of Blue Tourism in Minami Sanriku" which was followed by a community workshop.

Susanne Tietze (Principal Investigator) and Sarah Maitland (Co-Investigator; Goldsmith College) have been awarded an AHRC grant titled Translation and Interpretation in Multilingual Business Communities: Roles, Perspectives, Agency.

Director of CASIC visits Audencia Business School in Nantes

Seminar by Karian Schuitema - Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at Keele University

Dr Anita Mangan gave a talk at Keele SU Volunteer & Charities Conference at Keele Universities Sustainability Hub

CASIC welcomed Dr Liz Richardson who presented a seminar with the title - Ten features of more co-productive approaches to policy.

Karian Schuitema (CASIC affiliate) was awarded a three year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship under the mentorship of Professor Mihaela Kelemen (KMS/CASIC).

SEiSMiC project

Sustainable Staffordshire - CASIC hosted a one day workshop to begin the process of developing a food charter for Stoke-on-Trent.

The Keele Action Research Network (KARN) teamed up with Community Animation & Social Innovation Centre (CASIC) in a half-day seminar and workshop on action research in diverse contexts.

Dr Emma Surman and Liz Riley (CASIC/ Keele Management School) were recently invited to Belgrave St. Bartholomew's Academy in Stoke-on-Trent to teach the year five children.

CASIC and the New Vic Theatre co-hosted a SEiSMiC National Workshop on ‘Improving the Engagement of Public Authorities with Community Organisations’.

CASIC hosts Professor Latchezar Hristov from Audencia Business School, Nantes

Dr Emma Surman and Kerry Jones have received an award from the HEFCE Higher Horizons fund for a project bringing together school children, art and food.

Dr Anita Mangan has been awarded funding from HEFCE’s Social Innovation Fund.

An exploration of the themes emerging from the ESRC seminar series 'Marketplace Exclusion'

CASIC provides a fantastic example of a highly innovative, original, interdisciplinary university research centre, built on strong engagement with our external community.

Connected Communities Festival

Connected Communities Festival

Connected Communities Festival

Part of Green Keele initiative

The Community Animation and Social Innovation Centre-CASIC was launched on March 16th in the presence of more than 60 participants from academia and the local community.