Introduction
Dr Joanne Tippett is a lecturer in Planning and Environmental management in the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester. She began working in the field of community participation and ecological planning in the mid 90s in Southern Africa. Her PhD funded research into participatory river basin planning led to the development of a hands-on toolkit for stakeholder engagement and active learning, Ketso, now in use in over 83 countries. She is currently leading on innovative community engagement in the Carbon Landscape, which is restoring and connecting habitats across the post-industrial landscape in Greater Manchester.
Expert
Joanne is the original creator of Ketso, a toolkit for stakeholder and community engagement. Ketso is a hands-on toolkit, developed through her University of Manchester research, to improve stakeholder participation and ensure that more diverse perspectives are considered in service design and delivery. It achieves this goal by integrating pedagogical principles into tactile and colourful materials to organise participants’ contributions in workshops. Ketso is used by multiple public and third sector organisations, extending beyond planning into new domains such as healthcare, community development, education and business. Since 2009, the number of organisations using Ketso is 625, supporting 45,800 workshop participants in 83 countries . She has over 20 years of experience in community and stakeholder engagement and planning for sustainability. As a lecturer in Planning and Environmental Management at The University of Manchester, she continues the teaching and research that led to Ketso and the RoundView framework of sustainability.
Fields of expertise: Participation, Social change / social transformations