Millions of people in the UK live in outer city estates where levels of poverty are high and job opportunities scarce. This series of articles, published in the now defunct regeneration magazine, New Start, sets the social and economic context and proposes ways of improving the  prospects of residents and their communities, drawing on examples of effective practice from the UK and further afield.

The series was edited by regeneration consultants Martin Yarnit and Jane Foot.

Here is a presentation made by Martina Kauffeld-Monz (Institute for Urban Research and Structural Policy, IfS Berlin) made at the Net¹swork¹¹ International Conference on Professional Network Management on 24th November 2011 in Potsdam, entitled, Sources of Trust Building in Innovation Networks and the Contribution of Network Management. Further papers will appear on the Net¹swork¹¹ website.