This webinar will present work by University of Manchester researchers on the Ofwat Innovation-funded Enabling Water Smart Communities (EWSC) project. EWSC is an innovation project exploring the relationship between integrated water management, community engagement and practices and housing development to unlock new opportunities for cross-sector delivery and stewardship. Ella Foggitt from the University of Manchester will present emerging findings from their mixed-methods study into people’s perspectives on the future of water and housing in England and Wales, drawing out potential implications of this work for policy and practice.

Our Speaker

Ella Foggitt, Research Associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester

Ella’s research examines the socio-political and environmental sustainability dimensions of water, sanitation, and health challenges, with a focus on governance and everyday life.

In her current work on the Enabling Water Smart Communities project, Ella conducts social science research to explore visions and expectations of ‘water smart communities’ in England and Wales. Applying a social practices approach, she investigates opportunities to enable sustainable living with water by residents of these new build homes and developments. Her previous work has included studies of community participation in environmental sanitation in urban Ghana, and social dimensions of bioenergy systems in Nigeria.