BeDS for BUG is a research agenda composed of several international projects with the aim of understanding the role of and developing further decision-support methods and literacy for different stakeholders engaged in urban governance.​

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The research explores different scales and contexts where a wide range of stakeholders - institutional, community - take the leading role in designing and implementing governance models by using effective processes to achieve their common objectives.​

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The research is engaging with multiple stakeholders from several urban areas, with different nature, scope and activities involved in urban governance at all scales of the urban environment.​ ​

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This is a research agenda led by Dr Nuno Pinto from the University of Manchester and brings together academics from the University of Manchester (UK), the University of Brasília and the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Brazil), University of Guadalajara (Mexico), KTH (Sweden), IIT Madras (India), University of Coimbra (Portugal), University of Espiritu Santo (Ecuador) and Suffolk University (USA).

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It collaborates with technology partners including Geodesignhub (Ireland).

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And stakeholders from different urban contexts, as Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Manchester City Council (UK), the Armazém do Campo, No Setor and Instituto Agroterra (Brazil), Guayaquil Transport Authority (Ecuador) and Coimbra Coolectiva (Portugal).

New partners are expected to join.​​