Making collaboration count
Connect Nottingham is where people, ideas and research come together to shape our future. Bringing together communities, researchers, businesses and policymakers, we create opportunities to explore and test new ideas that include and benefit local people.
Through our city-centre space and curiosity-inspiring digital tools, Connect Nottingham creates positive change across Nottingham, the East Midlands and beyond by making it easier to participate in research, share insights and influence decisions.
We believe the best ideas come from working together. Whether it's tackling climate change, improving health and wellbeing, reimagining our neighbourhoods or supporting innovation and economic growth, Connect Nottingham is designed to spark conversation, enable collaboration and turn ideas into action.
From participating in a café-style workshop or Urban Room discussion to experiencing data in new and engaging ways, every visit provides fresh perspectives on the past, present and future of Nottingham.
Opening: October 2026
Location: 20 Middle Pavement, NG1 7DW
Three ways Connect Nottingham is shaping change
Connect Nottingham is brought to life by hosting three interlinked programmes designed to harness data to shape better places, enable inclusive discussion about our city, and help everyone take part in research by sharing experiences, ideas and lived expertise.
City as Lab
City as Lab is a creative engine for place-led research using digital innovation. It translates data insights about Nottingham and the East Midlands for researchers, communities and policymakers.
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Café Connect
Café Connect brings together researchers and members of the public to explore, discuss and shape research, ensuring it is relevant, inclusive and shaped by the people it seeks to benefit.
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Urban Room
The Urban Room is an inclusive, neutral space where citizens, industries and organisations can come together, find information, express opinions and concerns, and help shape the city鈥檚 future.