BuildWell ECR Network for researchers and early career professionals
A community for anyone at the start of their career in housing, health and environmental sustainability, whether you’re a PhD student or postdoc, or working in industry, policy, local government or the third sector. The network connects you to a live national research programme, a cross-sector community, and peers tackling the same challenges from research, practice and policy alike.
From mentoring and events to site visits and collaborative projects, this is a space to build skills, share expertise, and help shape how evidence gets turned into practice, wherever your career started.
WHO CAN JOIN?
PhD students
At any stage of doctoral study
Postdoctoral researchers
In academia or research institutes
Early career professionals
In practice, policy, or third sector
WHAT YOU GET
Cross-sector network
Connect across planning, public health, landscape architecture, housing, and policy
Shape the agenda
Contribute to BuildWell's national agenda for healthy housing design
Practitioner seminars
Hear how research lands in real housing developments and planning policy
Skills workshops
Policy writing, evidence synthesis, interdisciplinary working, and more
Profile and visibility
Co-authored outputs, case studies, presentations, and stakeholder events
Site visits
Visit real housing developments with BuildWell's practitioner partners