Matthew Paterson
Policy, Governance, and Change Co-lead
University of Manchester
Led by The University of Manchester, JUST brings together the universities of Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, and Newcastle, and a range of partners in the policy, innovation, business, local government, community and voluntary sectors. The Institute for Community Studies at the not-for-profit organisation The Young Foundation is the core partner.
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
University of Manchester
Postgraduate Researcher (Former Interim Impact Lead at The Young Foundation)
University College London
Alongside the Institute of Community Studies, we plan to collaborate with eight other national project partners, as well as many others within the regions in which we will work:
Leading sustainability strategist Mandy Nyarko will act as the Chair of our Advisory Board.
Our Advisory board will be composed of representatives of our partner organisations as well as several others, yet to be appointed.
The Chair of our Academic Critical Friends group is Julian Agyeman, a leading scholar of justice and sustainability.