Completed Research and Consultancy Projects

OISD research and consultancy activities cover a wide range of problems relating to sustainable development. Examples of completed projects, along with funding organisation and leading researcher, are listed below. Further information on the project - its aims, approach, outcome and selected publications arising from the work - are available by following the link provided.

For information on projects after 2005 please see our Annual Reviews and Newsletters on the homepage.

ref no.	project title (click for details)	client	OISD contact	OISD group/unit
2009
09-01	Land use and Transport - Settlement Patterns and the Demand for Travel	Integrated Transport	P Headicar	OISD:SPU
2008
08-01	Green jobs creation through sustainable refurbishment in developing countries	International Labour Organisation	R Keivani	OISD:ILM
08-02	Modelling the future take-up of low-cost homeownership products	Department of Communities and Local Government	Y Cho	OISD:ILM
08-03	Path dependence, territorial innovation systems and the absorptive capacities of city regions in Great Britain	NESTA - National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts	J Simmie	OISD:IAU
08-04	Policy options for biodiversity under climate change	European Commission – DG Research (STREP)	J Piper	OISD:IAU
08-05	UK-India-Sri Lanka Young Scientists conference	British Council	R Gupta	OISD: Architecture
08-06	Brookes Carbon Mapping Project	Directorate of Estates and Facilities Management, Oxford Brookes University	R Gupta	OISD: Architecture
08-07	Developing and Applying a Code for Sustainable Homes-based Appraisal Toolkit	Home Group	R Gupta	OISD: Architecture
08-08	Demand for Sustainable Offices in the UK	Investment Property Forum	T Dixon	OISD: ILM
08-09	Longitudinal evaluation of the Townscape Heritage Initiative	Heritage Lottery Fund	A Reeve	OISD: UDG

2007
07-01	Socio-Economic Baseline for Berkeley Power Station Decommissioning	Magnox Electric Limited	A Chadwick	OISD:IAU
07-02	CityForm: Sustainable Urban Form Consortium	EPSRC	M Jenks	OISD:Cities
07-03	Adaptive Response of Key Brownfield Stakeholders to Climate Change	EPSRC	T Dixon	OISD:ILM
07-04	Socio-Economic Impacts of Magnox Power Station Decommissioning with an Early Site Clearance Strategy	Magnox Electric Limited	A Chadwick	OISD:IAU
07-05	Briefing Paper on the Oxfordshire Economy (part of evidence base for Oxfordshire 20:20 Sustainable Community Strategy and update of Economic Development Strategy for Oxfordshire)	Oxfordshire County Council (Environment & Economy Directorate)	A Chadwick	OISD:IAU
07-06	The Role of Property Markets in Supporting Economic and Social Development in China	RICS and Shui on Holdings	R Keivani	OISD:ILM
07-07	UK-India symposium on 'Greening events and cities for lasting legacies'	British Council Delhi	R Gupta	OISD: Architecture
07-08	GROW project - Building for the Future-Sustainable Construction in FE Colleges	Association of South East Colleges (AOSEC)	R Gupta	OISD: Architecture
07-09	The Economic Ecology of Small Businesses in Oxfordshire	Federation of Small Businesses (Oxfordshire Branch)—with support of national FSB and SEEDA	J Glasson	OISD:IAU
07-10	JET Decommissioning Project—End State Consultation Process	JET site Stakeholders Group, UKAEA, Culham, Oxfordshire	J Glasson	OISD:IAU

2006
06-01	Predicting the effect of occupant behaviour on thermal comfort and energy use in buildings	EPSRC	F Nichol	OISD:Architecture
06-02	National Planning Aid Programme Evaluation	Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)	S Brownill	OISD:UPM
06-03	Green Profession Report	RICS	T Dixon	OISD:ILM
06-04	ASSCUE (Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change in the Urban Environment)	EPSRC and UKCIP (UK Climate Impacts Programme)	E Wilson	OISD:IAU
06-05	Adaptation responses to climate change for new development within the growth areas	Defra; UKCIP; Three Regions (South East, East of England and London) Climate Change Partnerships	E Wilson	OISD:IAU
06-06	Thames Gateway Evidence Review	Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)	J Carpenter	OISD:UPM

2005
05-01	Mid-term Evaluation of West Oxfordshire Network Leader + Programme,	West Oxfordshire District Council	J Piper	OISD:IAU
05-02	The Rural Economy of the South Downs,	Sussex Downs Conservation Board and East Hampshire Advisory Ctte.	J Piper	OISD:IAU
05-03	Concerted Action on Economic and Brownfield Regeneration Network (CABERNET)	EC	K Williams	OISD:Cities
05-04	Building Regulations: Levels of Compliance	Dti	R Ogden	OISD:Technology
05-05	Culture and the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West	Culture South West	M Elson/ L Downing	OISD:SPU
05-06	State of the English Cities – The Competitive Economic Performance of English Cities	Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)	J Simmie	OISD:IAU
05-07	Longitudinal Evaluation of the Townscape Heritage Initiative	Heritage Lottery Fund	A Reeve	OISD:UDG

2004
04-01	The Provision of Affordable and Supported Housing in the National Parks	Housing corporation and Countryside Agency	L Cairncross/ L Downing	OISD:SPU
04-02	Museum, Library and Archive Provision and New Development in the South East,	South East Museum, Library and Archives Council	M Elson/ L Downing	OISD:SPU
04-03	Linking Teaching and Research and Consultancy in the Built Environment (Project LINK)	HEFCE and DEL	B Durning	DoP
04-04	Skills base in the planning system	LGA/ODPM/EO	J Glasson	OISD:IAU
04-05	Neighbourhoods for life: a checklist for designing dementia-friendly outdoor environments	Housing Corporation	L Mitchell	OISD:WISE
04-06	Thin-joint glued brickwork	Dti	R Ogden	OISD:Technology
04-07	The Cultural Sector and the Emerging South East Plan	South East England Cultural Consortium and SEERA	M Elson/ L Downing	OISD:SPU

2003
03-01	Designing the outdoor environment to improve the quality of life for older people with dementia	EPRSC (EQUAL)	L Mitchell	OISD:WISE
03-02	Consultation report on Water Framework Directive	Environment Agency	J Piper	OISD:IAU
03-03	Achieving the Sustainable Development of Urban Brownfield Sites	HEFCE	K Williams	OISD:Cities

2002
02-01	Strategy for the River Thames: evaluation of options and recommendations for action	River Thames Society	J Piper	OISD:IAU
02-02	Sustainability Policy of the Welsh Development Agency	Welsh Development Agency	K Williams	OISD:Cities

2001
01-01	Literature Review of Public Space and Local Environments for the Cross Cutting Review	ODPM	K Williams	OISD:Cities
01-02	Prototype Composite Brick/Block Unit and Pilot Manufacturing Process	Hanson Brick Ltd and Hanson Block Ltd	R Ogden	OISD:Technology

pre 2001
00-01	Monitoring of Local Socio-Economic Impacts of the Construction of the UK’s last Nuclear Power Station (at Sizewell B)	CEGB/National Power/Nuclear Energy/British Energy	J Glasson	OISD:IAU