Podcasts and videos

People shaping places, places shaping people: Community asset ownership

16 May 2022

Catch up on this roundtable that brought together policymakers, community business leaders, researchers and sector experts to explore how asset ownership encourages communities to become more effective stewards in their places.

Perspectives from the field of citizen science

13 January 2023

How is citizen science being used, what’s the view on the ground, and what does it take to share good practice and scale up?

Re-building trust for the COVID decade

26 March 2021

Public trust in national government has declined over the last year, amid a perceived mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic across the UK. Britons have instead looked to experts and local leaders for information and advice about the virus, with trust

Research on youth volunteering discussed on the Third Sector podcast

27 September 2022

Emily Morrison discusses new research from Institute for Community Studies on the Third Sector podcast.

Talking transitions: the road to net zero

22 September 2022

This short film hears from members of the public, to gain a greater understanding of their concerns, and find out just how much – or how little – people understand about the challenge we face on the road to net zero.

The UpSwing: The Young Foundation in conversation with Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett

12 March 2021

You can now watch The Young Foundation and The Institute for Community Studies’s event with the ‘poet laureate of civil society’ Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett.

Transforming tomorrow

13 January 2023

Dr Steve Scott describes UKRI’s journey in supporting citizen science, working to enable diverse groups to participate with, and collaborate in, the research and innovation process.

Watch the video: Talking transitions

10 November 2021

The Young Foundation’s Institute for Community Studies hears the climate change concerns and priorities of people around the UK.

Webinar: Looking back, moving forward: how to fund and support community businesses

29 November 2022

This panel event explored what we have learned about supporting community businesses.