Reports and briefings

Intergenerational Relations

In collaboration with Sheffield City Council (SCC), a research team from the University of Sheffield conducted research to explore intergenerational relation-ships in two areas of Sheffield. The research was prompted by colleagues at the council who re-ported tensions in intergenerational relation-ships, with older people describing themselves as feeling both intimidated by young people and, as a result, excluded from full participation in their communities. The study aimed to unpick some of the concerns that older people expressed about young people and also sought to explore young people’s perceptions about intergenerational re-lationships in their local communities.

Deprivation in Sheffield report

Concentrations of poverty and deprivation in Sheffield have been mapped for the first time by a University of Sheffield researcher using sophisticated analysis tools. The study found the city suffers fewer extremes of poverty and wealth than others in England but the geographical divide between rich and poor is more stark than elsewhere. The study by Dr Alasdair Rae was commissioned by the university’s Research Exchange for the Faculty of Social Sciences in partnership with Sheffield City Council. It will contribute to Sheffield’s fairness commission which is currently beginning work. Read more

Rethinking Age report

Prepared by RESS in partnership with Sheffield First Partnership, this report summarises an event held in February 2012 with a view to preparing a strategy for the city.

State of Sheffield report 2012

The report tells the continuing story of the city’s development, how it has changed and the challenges it faces in difficult economic times in the future. The report, unique in bringing together in one place all public analyses and information on Sheffield’s socio-economic and environmental situation, shows that Sheffield is a city that has become more cosmopolitan and safer with many neighbourhoods and communities seeing marked improvements in their quality of life and environment.

Professor Gordon Dabinett from the Social Science Research Exchange was commissioned to lead on the report’s compilation. The report will help influence how key organisations across the city work together to boost the quality of life and the economic fortunes of Sheffield.

The full report and executive summary are available to download from the right-hand menu

Widening the lens: what can the UK learn from public service reform in the developing world?

The UK's public services are entering a period of acute pressure. Faced with a 'triple crisis' - of social demand, variable productivity and fiscal contraint - policymakers are scrambling to balance crisis management with planning and innovation.

This report was published jointly by the 2020 Public Services Hub at the RSA, and the Research Exchange, in January 2012.

Shaping the future

This report, which is based on discussions from the University of Sheffield/Sheffield First Partnership seminar series, offers recommendations for the implementation of this new localism agenda in Sheffield.

Sheffield International Development Network briefings series

This series of briefings was produced by SIDnet in partnership with the Research Exchange.