Tackling Maths Anxiety

Until June 2025, we’re working with University of Exeter data science researcher Dr Federico Botta to understand Exeter residents’ views on urban liveability, to help inform his research direction.

The public consultations

Through in-depth consultations and drop-in sessions, we’ll be reaching out to communities in different areas of the city to explore 3 key themes:

  • 1. What makes neighbourhoods ‘liveable’?
    We’ll explore the idea of ’15 minute cities / neighbourhoods’: are they implementable, feasible, what would it mean for people living there, and what kind of amenities do people need?
  • 2. How reliable are public transport services?
    As part of this topic, we’ll understand about delays, cancellations, and generally predictability, and how this effects the users.
  • 3. Is transport affordable for everyone?
    Not just public transport – how do people travel, and is it affordable? How does it relate to peoples’ income? Although we won’t be going into detail on this topic, we’d like to understand if it is something that needs more investigation.

Project Background

We worked with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in 2024 to understand community experiences around transport, which contributed to the RAMM Transport Exhibition in the summer.

As part of this process, we connected the community groups with local researchers working in this area – Federico was one of these researchers, along with Dr Diogo Pacheco and Dr Hugo Barbosa. Our events explored transport in the past, present and future – and we’ll be building on these discussions for this project!

Stay tuned for more on the project soon!