This webinar offers initial reflections from the first phase of this research programme – focusing on three small towns across the island of Ireland and two in Maryland. Analysing fieldwork conducted in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, including periods of lock-down and re-opening, the research aims to unpack the complexity of the impacts of pre- and post-COVID commuting on the economic, social and spatial characteristics of ‘commuter towns’ and identify key policy domains where the emerging issues identified through this fieldwork has relevance.
Moderator
Prof. Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Executive Director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research, University of Maryland & Executive Director of ICLRD
Welcome by ICLRD Chair
Ms. Mary MacIntyre OBE
Speaker 1: The InPLACE Project: Commuting Patterns and their Impact on Place - An Overview
Dr. Gavan Rafferty, Lecturer in Spatial Planning and Development, Ulster University & Senior Research Associate, ICLRD
Speaker 2: The Changing Spatial Relationship between Home and Work - Reflections from the Island of Ireland
Dr. Karen Keaveney, Head of Rural Development and Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin & Senior Research Associate, ICLRD
Speaker 3: The Impact of COVID-19 on Commuting Patterns - Reflections from Maryland
Mr. Jesse Bardsley, Graduate Student in Community Planning and Research Assistant at the National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland & Research Associate with ICLRD