The hub at MOLA: a centre for social and environmental value

开发主导的考古学雇用了大约5,000名考古学家，占英国考古工作的90%，每年产生超过2亿GB的收入。研究表明，从事以遗产为基础的活动有助于福祉；因此，以发展为主导的考古有能力对整个英国的社区产生重大和积极的影响。然而，以福祉为主导的方案和考古学积极影响的研究一般仅限于学术界和第三部门。Mola是以发展为主导的考古学唯一的IRO，旨在探索、创新和评估以发展为主导的考古学的潜力，为社区及其支持系统(例如，社区团体、第三部门组织)创造积极的遗产，将研究嵌入实践，并扩大考古学在全国范围内的影响。我们寻求将Hub商业化，这是一个受到英国研究启发的虚拟中心，探索如何将以发展为主导的考古学转化为社会价值。创造社会价值，或积极的社会、环境和/或经济遗产，被载入英国规划法，并被要求用于公共资助的项目。考古可以为受发展影响的社区创造真实、有意义的遗产，同时满足客户的社会价值KPI。该中心寻求创新工作方式，并在我们的行业产生积极影响。该中心一直在试验通过商业和社区项目创造社会价值的方法。我们使用以研究为基础的创新方法，将考古转化为对社区和地方有意义的成果(例如，利用考古促进社区凝聚力、支持福祉、满足新受众的需求等)。我们相信我们的方法是最好的解决方案，因为我们的实践是基于UKRI资助的广泛研究，这些研究是在各种既得利益之外进行的。MOLA的中心及其实践将以研究为基础，包括与学者、研究人员、第三部门组织、社区和客户合作，以设计、实施和评估我们以成果为导向的计划所能产生的影响。社区投资流将资助公共设计的项目，这些项目探索社区成员利用考古创造当地积极影响的新方法。具有积极影响的中心项目将被纳入正常工作实践，为传统方案注入新的战略，以产生有利于社区、第三部门和研究组织以及客户的成果。

Development-led archaeology employs around 5,000 archaeologists, comprises 90% of the UK's archaeological work, and generates over £200m in revenue each year. Studies show that engaging in heritage-based activities contributes to wellbeing; as such, development-led archaeology has the capacity to significantly and positively impact communities throughout the UK. However, wellbeing-led programmes and research into archaeology's positive impacts are generally limited to academia and the third sector. MOLA, development-led archaeology's only IRO, seeks to explore, innovate, and evaluate the potential for development-led archaeology to create positive legacies for communities and their support systems (e.g., community groups, third sector organisations), embedding research into practice and expanding archaeology's impact on a national scale.We seek to commercialise the Hub, a UKRI-research inspired virtual centre exploring how to transform development-led archaeology into Social Value. Creating Social Value, or positive social, environmental, and/or economic legacies, is enshrined in UK planning law and mandated for publicly-funded projects. Archaeology can create authentic, meaningful legacies for communities impacted by development, whilst fulfilling client Social Value KPIs. The Hub seeks to innovate new ways of working and creating positive impact in our sector.The Hub has been piloting approaches to generating Social Value via commercial and community projects. We use research-based, innovative approaches to transform archaeology into meaningful outcomes for communities and places (e.g., using archaeology to foster community cohesion, support wellbeing, meet the needs of new audiences, etc.). We believe our approach is the best solution because our practice is based on extensive UKRI-funded research, which has taken place outside of various vested interests.MOLA's Hub and its practices are, and will be, underpinned by research, including collaborations with academics, researchers, third sector organisations, community and clients to design, implement, and evaluate the impact that our outcomes-led programmes can make. A community investments stream will fund publicly-designed projects that explore new ways that community members harness archaeology for creating local, positive impacts. Hub projects which evidence positive impacts will be integrated into normal work practice, infusing traditional programmes with novel strategies to produce outcomes beneficial to communities, third sector and research organisations, and clients.