This research project was initiated by Dr Clare Melhuish, Senior Research Associate in the Urban Laboratory, in Summer 2013. Supported by UCL Estates, the research brief was to produce a set of comparative case studies in university-led regeneration, using a range of cross-disciplinary urban research methods, which would also inform the development of UCL's own spatial development project in east London – UCL East – and discussions about the university's own role within inclusive urban development in London. At the same time it makes a significant contribution to the university's cross-disciplinary scholarship on urban regeneration, and public and academic debates more widely.