2024 Research Festival

The event brought together students, researchers, and the community for an afternoon of interactive workshops and discussions focused on sustainable solutions for local urban and rural challenges. The Chichester Festival of Research is part of a longer-term initiative to bring together high-level research from universities and companies with the local community, councillors, and planners to allow debates and discussions/ blue sky thinking about the future of the city with the demands put upon it in a rapidly changing world.
Key Highlights

Agroecological Urbanism Project AA Master’s Program Landscape and Urbanism, Yi Duan, Yun Zhen, and Shu Heng Qie, which explored enhancing agricultural production through better ecological practices, to benefit the local environment, economy, and community.

Water Management Game AA Master’s Program Landscape and Urbanism. Zishan Shen, Guanhong Li, and Siyuan Chen, where participants played a board game, choosing various technical and policy solutions to tackle West Sussex’s water issues.

Lego Water Mill Wheels by Tom McFarlane, a demonstration of how watermills generate power, based on his research for his MEng thesis on the Bosham Sailing club Mill Wheel.

Fishbourne’s Roman History by Professor Tarek Teba, mapping the village’s expansion since Roman times.

Exploring Brownfield Sites Workshop by the Giant Dolls’ House project, where attendees created their own vision for local spaces.

The day also featured contributions from Dr Corina Ciocan from Brighton, work on water pollution by the clean harbour partnership. Building with nature: Ecoshape, the environmental design studio, https://www.t-e-d-s.com/
from Dr Edward Barsley and videos from the Coasts for Kids, run by Irene Delgado-Fernandez as well as the https://urbancyclinginstitute.org/

Contributors

Danielle Huls

 

Jay Morton

 

Eduardo Rico-Carranza

 

John Pegg

 

Dr. Tarek Teba
 

Ginny Kidd

 

Dr Carolyn Cobbold

 

Dr Catja de Haas

 

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