Posts by Giles Tofield
Sustainable Uttlesford Workshops @Essex University 14-15th Sept 2026
PROGRAMME Venue: Lakeview Room, University of Essex DAY 1: MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 10.15am – 10.45amRegistration & Refreshments 10.45am – 11.05amIntroduction: Framing the Mezzolevel as an Organisational Principle: Theory and PracticeTony…
Read MoreCERG “Mezzo” and Imaginarium Research Reaches Parliament
CERG and Essex Business School academic Dr Tony Sampson has taken CERG research on communities and environmental policy to Parliament. His article exploring imagination in place-based policymaking has been published…
Read MoreFree Imaginarium Publication Download
If you’re interested in the ideas behind CERG’s Imaginarium project, here’s the underpinning article just published in KCIN’s Innovation Ecosystems: How innovation drives resilience and growth in our cities and…
Read MoreCERG Researcher Takes Policy Framework to House of Commons
Imagination as Policy Infrastructure: CERG Researcher Takes Policy Framework to House of Commons CERG co-founder, Dr Tony D. Sampson, Reader in Digital Communications at the University of Essex Business School,…
Read MoreMaldon District Creative Gathering at Datum Attitude Brewery (Heybridge), 30th March 2026
The first Maldon District Creative Gathering took place at Datum Attitude Brewery in Heybridge on the 30th March. This was a chance for creative practitioners to get together, network and…
Read MoreReflections on Neighbourhood and Creative Health Event – Maldon District 13th March 2026
Representatives from across the Maldon District gathered for a session exploring the upcoming strategic development of Neighbourhood Health Plans, and how this could create opportunities for creative health activities as…
Read MoreVideo of CERG’s Tony Sampson Discussing the Imaginarium and Mezzolevel at i-PLACE Conference (26-27/11/2025)
In this i-PLACE talk, Dr Tony Sampson, Reader in Digital Communications at University of Essex, sets out a new way of thinking about how policy is designed, translated, and implemented.…
Read MoreFunding Success
Sharing the good news from the Essex Business School and School of Life Sciences at the University of Essex that CERG’s joint interdisciplinary application to the Innovation Fund has just…
Read MoreCERG’s Imaginarium/mezzo-concept introduced at major Salford conference
How do places reinvent themselves successfully? University of Essex Essex Business School Centre for Coastal Communities took part in the inaugural i-PLACE 25 conference, organised by the @Key Cities Innovation…
Read MoreCERG’S “mezzolevel” concept presented at i-PLACE 25 (Key Cities Innovation Network, Media City, Salford)
The Mezzo Level: Imagination as Infrastructure for Local Change Dr Tony D. Sampson — University of Essex / Cultural Engine Research GroupThe Imaginarium Project Conference presentation at https://www.i-place.uk/ This talk…
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