The way we do things around here: personal and epistemological reflexivity on the inter-disciplinary nature of research into tackling inequality through regeneration

This chapter seeks to examine the ways in which university-based researchers can facilitate the understanding and awareness of public policy-makers and key decision-makers in the contribution to theory and complexity research can make to contemporary public policy. The chapter provides a systematic literature review informed by reference to key urban regeneration strategies in the United Kingdom. The chapter argues that it is through the promotion of inter-disciplinary approaches to understanding and learning that we might develop the reflective capacities of decision-makers. The chapter is intentionally speculative and seeks to encourage critical self-reflection.