Academic Engagement Programme

Academia delivers innovation, knowledge and thought leadership, but it must evolve its connections with the commercial world even further if it is to have social and economic impact and deliver better outcomes for the UK. By continuing to meet the changing needs of both academia and industry, and partnering with both, our strategic approach is designed to bring innovations to market faster, as well as understand and unlock new opportunities for exploitation.

We aspire to increase the likelihood of new ideas and innovations from academia reaching the market as finished products and services, which will maximise the economic impact of research currently being undertaken in the UK.

The Connected Places Catapult is at the global forefront of place-making technology. We provide expertise in, and access to, complex issues that help research organisations and universities expand their agenda. Our international industry, government and academic networks mean that we can disseminate research far and wide progressing it from theory to implementation.

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Researchers in Residence develops new collaborations through research visits/residencies for university academics to spend time embedded within the Catapult teams to build stronger partnerships in the national innovation system and supporting the best environment for innovation.

Researchers in Residence

Our academic network gives individual academics, universities, businesses and other stakeholders access to a wide range of skills and knowledge.

Academic Network

Our Deep Academic Alliances enable the us to influence important stakeholders, create significant capabilities relevant to key markets and ensure that all our academic strategic partners are working towards a common goal.

Deep Academic Alliances

The ‘Connected Places Catapult Business Fellows Network’ is a network of experts joint funded by the Connected Places Catapult and participating academic institutions with strong records in transport research and innovation across the UK.

Business Fellows Network

We are working with Local Authorities to tackle city challenges like poor air quality and housing conditions by involving data science expertise through our Data Science Fellowship programme.

Data Science Fellowships

Current Opportunities

Join our Academic Network

Our Academic Network is the primary method of communicating with our academic stakeholders and researchers to keep you up to date about our latest news, events and opportunities. This network will create an environment for exchange of ideas, knowledge, learning and the opportunity to promote collaboration. We hope that you are interested…

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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Connected Places

Places thrive on their ability to connect people – to resources, opportunities and to each other. As emerging technologies enable even greater levels of connectivity, innovative businesses and pioneering place leaders are working together on harnessing tech to boost local productivity and wellbeing, attract talent and improve access to economic…

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Projects and Case Studies

Innovation Brief: Post-Pandemic Places Hub

Across six chapters – Decision-making and Institutions, Mobility, Built Environment, Public Space, Wellbeing and Critical Infrastructure – this Innovation Brief highlights how connected places businesses have risen to the challenge of COVID-19 and the market opportunities the pandemic has created or accelerated.

Innovation Brief: Post-Pandemic Places Introduction

Here we explore the impact of COVID – both its devastatingly sudden curtailment of the old normal and what the green shoots of a possible ‘new normal’ might look like.

The Future of Housing Programme

Digitisation and innovation are driving the evolution of our world like never before and the time has come to apply this ever-increasing capacity for meaningful change to housing.

It takes a virus? Leveraging COVID-19 to accelerate Levelling-Up

Prof Greg Clark CBE, Chair, Connected Places Catapult.

08 June 2020

Connected Places Catapult welcomes Prof Greg Clark CBE as new chair to help spearhead new chapter

08 June 2020

Future homes: How do we engage younger generations to disrupt the housing space?

In another guest blog as part of our Future of Housing series, Mark Southgate, Chief Executive of the Ministry of Building...

28 August 2019

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If you are interested in working in the exciting world of innovation in urban places and mobility click here to see our latest vacancies. We offer exciting workplace opportunities no matter what stage of your career and select the very best to work with us, based on ability, experience, potential, “can do” attitude and a collaborative approach.

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