Current Projects

Access ASD

Access ASD is a new research sprint in the Catalyst project that will devise digital tools to help adults in the community with autism.

The principal research question is : To what extent can digital technology be effective in reducing barriers to societal and civic engagement amongst people on the Autism Spectrum?

Ecohome - Open Energy will take a collective, community-led approach, to develop and test innovative household energy data engagement strategies for reducing energy usage and improving the performance and quality of participants’ homes.

Lifemirror

Lifemirror is an online crowdsourced filmmaking system that aims to provide a new form of citizen communication and engagement. The system, based initially in Lancaster, will put the production process in the hands of the people by enabling them to create their own films about their own issues and then share them in real and virtual spaces.

Shortlisted - Round 2 Research Sprints

Following on from the First Round applications for Research Sprints, several projects were shortlisted for Round 2.

Patchworks

Patchworks is an eight-month research project to explore the health and communication needs of homeless people in Lancaster and Morecambe. Specifically, the project will explore how homeless people might co-design a prototype tool using cheap, open source technology that can help to monitor and communicate health and wellbeing.

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Local Trade: local wealth or can we all profit from being good?

Local Trade is one of two Catalyst launch pads and aims to create a loyalty trading system which records trades and tracks the trading patterns within the system to reward sustainable and locally beneficial trading behaviour in Lancaster. Following the global economic decline, Local Trade aims to ‘re-boot’ collaborative endeavours through stimulating altruistic behaviours and rewarding local creativity and innovation.

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