Active Mobility & Urban Retrofit: An interdisciplinary workshop

This workshop will bring together students, academics, and practitioners from across disciplines to explore how a specific site - - can act as a living lab for testing and connecting ideas around active mobility, urban retrofit, and sustainable place-making.

The session will introduce participants to an ongoing collaborative project between the University of Strathclyde and Agile City, inviting discussion about how academic work can engage with civic spaces and create tangible social and environmental impact.

The session will close with lunch provided for attendees and an opportunity to network and enjoy the Civic House space.

Workshop Aims

• Present the Living Lab concept in relation to Civic Street and Agile City’s active travel hub.
• Create a space for students, researchers, and staff to connect their own research or coursework to real-world applications.
• Explore how interdisciplinary research can translate into civic and community settings.
• Identify barriers and opportunities for connecting university-based work with public-facing innovation.
• Generate insights that will inform both the Living Lab methodology and future collaborative events.

• Students (undergraduate, Masters, PhD) working on sustainability, design, engineering, architecture, business, or health topics.
• Academic staff and supervisors seeking real-world project contexts for dissertations and research.
• Civic and community partners interested in co-design and retrofit strategies.

Participants will:

• Gain insight into a live, place-based project combining urban retrofit and mobility innovation.
• Connect with potential supervisors, collaborators, and community stakeholders.
• Contribute to a visible research showcase and potentially influence future initiatives within the Living Lab framework.
• Develop reflective material that could inform dissertations, projects, or professional portfolios.

Info: *Introduction and context: Welcome to the Active Mobility & Urban Retrofit Living Lab project. *Site Walk / “Walkshop”: Guided walk of Civic Street and the surrounding area to observe ongoing retrofit and mobility interventions. *Groups: Breakout groups discuss applying research or ideas in civic or community contexts. *Plenary and Reflection: Share key discussion points back to the room. *Closing Dialogue and Networking Lunch: Open conversation on how ideas from the session can feed into the Living Lab project office at Agile City, future student projects, and potential university-community collaborations followed by lunch.

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Host or Publisher University of Strathclyde & Civic House