Sarah Day

Biography

Sarah is a PhD researcher in Architecture, whose research focuses on ageing and age-friendly engagement in redevelopment contexts. Her research is practice based in a live urban redevelopment context, the North Manchester Hospital site, where she collaborates with NHS Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester City Council and other stakeholders to support their future engagement plans with local people. Her PhD research has been co-designed from the outset with these collaborators and has culminated in a report titled ‘The who in citizen participation’ to influence stakeholders on their engagement practices moving forward. 

Sarah currently works for iNetwork, an organisation by the public sector for the public sector, where she is a Stakeholder Engagement Manager and coordinates the ‘Transforming and Innovating Public Services programme. She has previously worked at Greater Manchester Combined Authority within the Ageing Hub as a Lead Analyst on the Ageing in Place Pathfinder project. Previous roles include: Research Assistant at Manchester School of Architecture and Age-Friendly Sheffield and Architectural Assistant at various UK based practices (Bond Bryan Architects, Greig & Stephenson). 

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Masters of Architecture Distinction, Manchester School of Architecture

1st Class BA (Hons) Architecture, Manchester School of Architecture

Research Output

‘The who in citizen participation’ report for stakeholders who have age-friendly engagement aims in redevelopment contexts 

Presented a paper presentation at ‘Making the City: Transformative Processes in (Post)Industrial Urban Spaces’ in Chemnitz, Germany. With the paper presentation titled “Making the creative city: how researching (post)industrial urban spaces with creative and dialogic methods can help us engage citizens in urban transformation” 

Contributor in ‘A Design for Life – Building for an age-friendly city’ LINK

Age-Friendly Sheffield Co-created toolkit for the Woodhouse Ward 

PAHC ‘Bad Fences Make Bad Neighbours’ Symposium, presenting a PhD/MA Collaboration titled ‘Who am I? A feminist method of understanding self’. Winner of MA/PhD Collaboration Award.

LUDeC Connections

This research works collaboratively with external partners, co-designing the research from what research would support them in achieving their engagement goals through to what my engagement and dissemination will look like.

The research methods us a participatory and design approach to facilitate conversation and connection, using various methods of network mapping.

In terms of social justice, this research supports under represented communities in being more involved in citizen participation opportunities, including older people.

This research gives voice to others, not just through the iterative process of myself feeding back to collaboration stakeholders what I have heard from residents and practitioners but also though including others voice in the report which was also co-designed.

Contact Information

Sarah.day@stu.mmu.ac.uk