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New funding

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2023/12/18/new-funding/

Published: December 18, 2023 14:17

Batterbury, SPJ. 2023. Community bike workshops and the culture of sustainable mobility: British cases. British Academy, Visiting Fellowship [2024]. https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/dr-simonbatterbury/ I am loosely based from Lancaster…

Bike Workshops in Australia

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2023/12/18/bike-workshops-in-australia/

Published: December 18, 2023 14:13

Batterbury SPJ, Uxo, C., Nurse, S. & M. Abord de Chatillon. 2023. On Mutual Bicycle Aid: Community bike workshops in Australia. Green Agenda Journal   1.  25th March, 2023.  https://greenagenda.org.au/2023/03/on-mutual-bicycle-aid/

WeCycle on TV

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2023/12/18/wecycle-on-tv/

Published: December 18, 2023 13:43

In mid 2023 Channel 7 national television in Australia featured the WeCycle workshop in Melbourne, where Simon, Carlos and Steve volunteer. we were on a ‘Wellness’ show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU3fPRRovnQ

The Conversation -short article

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2021/11/23/the-conversation-short-article/

Published: November 23, 2021 01:18

here is the preprint – the published version below is shorter Batterbury SPJ, Manga A.T., Kowasch M. and R. Lane. 2021. Bike kitchens: the community-run repair workshops that help build a culture of cycling. The Conversation…

Decarbon8 talk

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2021/09/11/decarbon8-talk/

Published: September 11, 2021 09:12

At a conference organised by universities in Northern UK. 17 Sept 2021. link to presentation (20 mins) DecarboN8’s International Conference Community bike workshops: place-based organisations and the culture of active travel Simon Batterbury, University of…

Presentation in a session on urban political ecology 2020

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2020/10/17/presentation-in-a-session-on-urban-political-ecology-2020/

Published: October 17, 2020 05:03

Batterbury SPJ. [and with work from a community of scholars]. 2020. Overcoming urban automobility in community bike workshops: a political ecology approach. improvised version and questions here (20 mins) longer, less concise version, better quality here…

Currently visiting workshops in Europe

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/currently-visiting-workshops-in-europe/

Published: February 6, 2020 13:20

Simon was on the road in Feb 2020, visiting workshops, with some kind funding from the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Working to putting together a comprehensive study of best practices and aims of bike workshops by 2021. Accompanied by Mildred ……

WeCycle, Melbourne

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2019/08/23/wecycle-melbourne/

Published: August 23, 2019 04:42

SB has been volunteering at WeCycle in Northcote, Melbourne since July 2019. It is a volunteer-run initiative enabled by small grants, Council support, and volunteer mechanics and fixers. Craig Jackson and Gayle Ilievski set it up in 2016. Donated bikes ……

Funding received 2019

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2019/08/23/funding-received/

Published: August 23, 2019 04:14

Batterbury SPJ, D. Mateo-Babiano. 2019-20. Comparative evaluation of community bicycle workshops in Australia, France and UK: supporting  low carbon urban transport,  individual wellbeing, community economies, and cycling cultures. Melbourne Sustainable…

2017 study of workshops in France

https://bikeworkshopsresearch.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/2017-study-of-workshops-in-france/

Published: May 17, 2018 20:38

A key source came out in 2017, based on a  French survey. Meixner, E.  2017. Etude d’évaluation sur les services vélos – Enquête sur les ateliers d’autoréparation de vélos. ADEME [ADEME did one just on bike workshops. This is a key … Continue reading →