Changing Gears: Findings from a North-East participatory project

October 14, 2025

Earlier this year, researchers from The Moving Bodies Lab received a Durham University Participatory Award for ‘Changing Gears’. 

Front cover of a brochure called 'Changing Gears: Findings from a North-East participatory project' featuring a graphic of a cyclist and a map.

The funding enabled them to continue work with Dave Buchan (aka Bike Doctor Dave) to explore how participation in an e-bike cycling skills programme might foster new forms of social participation and community building. As part of the project, the research team (Cassie Phoenix, David Martin, Emily Tupper and Dave Buchan) developed an episodic mapping method that can be used within e-bike sessions to capture the effects of the programme. 

We are now delighted to share the publication of Changing Gears: Findings from a North-East participatory project.

The brochure has been shared with the participants in the project, also at the recent Wheely Workshop organised by the Moving Bodies Lab. 

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