Melville, Ruth
Programme Manager, Impacts 08.
- Impacts 08 is a joint research initiative of the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University, which is evaluating the social, cultural, economic and environmental effects of Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008. The research programme, commissioned by Liverpool City Council, is examining the progress and impact of this experience on the city and its people. Impacts 08 also aims to develop a research model for evaluating the multiple impacts of culture-led regeneration programmes that can be applied to events across the UK and beyond.
Ruth Melville has over ten years of experience in applied research and research management in Liverpool with particular skills in the fields of regeneration, social exclusion and participatory research. Her expertise include developing techniques to involving the research participants in every stage of the research process and developing evaluation techniques and systems, in particular to measure complex and multi-dimensional impacts of different programmes.
