Members of the Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments (SPE)

Staff, students and visiting researchers and professors.

Centre Director

Name	Key research interests
Professor Danielle Sinnett Director; Professor in Sustainable Built Environments	Green infrastructure Contaminated and brownfield land Healthy places

Academic staff

Name	Key research interests
Professor Martin Boddy Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Knowledge Exchange
Dr Michael Buser Associate Professor in Participatory Community Practice	Arts-led research and creative methodologies Water security and climate change Supporting wellbeing through the arts
Dr Jo Bushell Research Associate
Dr Maria Casado-Diaz (Acting) Associate Head Student Experience	Contemporary leisure-related mobility, including international retirement migration Tourism geographies Collaborative consumption in tourism
Nick Croft Senior Lecturer in Planning and Sustainability	Delivery and implementation challenges in plan making The planning of medieval settlements Pedagogical issues relating to assessment offences
Dr Carla De Laurentis Lecturer in Environmental Management	Low carbon innovation processes Energy geographies and the role of regions Innovation in the circular economy
Ijeoma Emeghe Senior Lecturer in Real Estate	Health, well-being and social valuation in housing Planning and sustainability in the urban environment Economics of housing, health and happiness
Dr Hooman Foroughmand Araabi Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design	Urban design theory Inclusivity in urban design Decolonising urbanism
Dr Zaky Fouad Research Associate
Dr Stephen Hall Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Planning	Urban regeneration Regional development Comparative study (Europe)
Hannah Hickman Associate Professor in Planning Practice	Professional practice and ethics Project implementation - from planning to delivery Planning for housing and national infrastructure
Dr Sarah Hills Senior Lecturer in Geography and Environmental Management	Food policy networks Sustainable local food systems Community-centred food initiatives
Dr Elahe Karimnia Lecturer in Critical Urban Practice	Just Urban Design? Politics of design processes Designing publicness: counterpublics and competing priorities Appropriations: creative spatial practices, resisting inequalities
Dr Gloria Lanci Lecturer in Environmental Management	Cartography and arts practices: counter mapping and narratives of urban spaces Urban futures: sustainability challenges, smart cities and data driven urbanism Urban cultural studies, including urban heritage and tourism
Cat Loveday Lecturer in Planning and Development	Professional practice and ethics Neighbourhood planning, development management and major projects Climate change adaptation and mitigation
Professor David Ludlow Professor in European Smart Cities
Dr Katie McClymont Associate Professor in Urban Planning	Planning Theory Community spaces and community-led activities Regulation of space - values and practices
Dr Andrew Tallon Senior Lecturer in Urban Policy	Urban regeneration and policy Global cities Carnival and creativity
Dr Jo Zhou Senior Lecturer in Real Estate Economics

Research students

Find out more about SPE's research students including their short profiles and abstracts.

Name and thesis title	Key research interests
Shahla Aliyari	Green infrastructure Contaminated and brownfield land Healthy places
Dean Bell The impact of engineered tree pit solutions on street tree growth and establishment	Just Transition Racial Capitalism Social impact of green policies
Jo Bushell
Mark Drane
Eli Fumoto
Anna Hope
Samuel Kyei Maximising the potential benefits of UWE Bristol’s Greenspaces to Improve student mental health	Restorative and Health benefits of greenspaces Behaviours, engagement and use of greenspaces Greenspace characteristics and design preferences in the Built Environment
Sara Melasecchi Is Bristol embarking in a Just Transition? Case study of the One City Climate Strategy	Just Transition Racial Capitalism Social impact of green policies
Judith Parry Exploring the wellbeing benefits of Community-Led Housing, focusing on the influence of green space and green infrastructure upon the mental wellbeing of residents	Mental health and wellbeing benefits of Community-Led Housing Green infrastructure and mental wellbeing Green infrastructure within innovative housing settings
Celia Robbins
George Rowland
Nick Smith

Alumni

Emeritus Professors and Visiting Researchers

Professor Rob Atkinson
Professor Clara Greed
Professor Robin Hambleton
Dr Gemma Jerome, Building with Nature
Paul Miner, CPRE
Simon Rushton
Professor Katie Williams

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