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AESOP PhD Workshop 2009
The AESOP PhD Workshop 2009 will be hosted by CUPS within the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester. The workshop will take place from 11th to 14 of July 2009 prior to the AESOP 2009 conference in Liverpool.
The academic mentors for the workshop are:
- Professor Rachelle Alterman - Technion Israel Institute of Technology
- Professor Benjamin Davy - University of Dortmund
- Professor Michael Hebbert - University of Manchester
- Professor Vincent Nadin - Technical University of Delft
- Dr. Michael Neuman - Texas A&M University
- Professor Cecilia Wong - University of Manchester
Posted November 20 2008
New Collaborations and External Activities
Cecilia Wong was invited by the Bureau of Research, Delft University of Technology to review their funding programmes for 4 major research investment bids in the Faculty of Architecture between 2009-2012.
She was also invited by the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands to give a seminar on 'Indicators: interplay between policy and methods' on 5 November 2008. She was also invited to stay afterwards to visit ITC on 6-7 November to discuss future research collaboration between ITC and the Centre for Urban Policy Studies (CUPS).
Cecilia was invited to join the Experts Panel for the European Commission, Directorate General for Regional Policy's urban Audit Analysis II. She will attend meetings hosted by the European Commison in Brusssels in November 2008 and Luxembourg in March and May 2009.
Richard Kingston is working with the Departament de Geografia Humana at the University of Barcelona on their Masters course on Regional Planning and Environmental Management leading a series of seminars on PPGIS and PSS during June 2009.
He is also collaborating with the University of California, San Diego’s Keith Pezzoli and the Global Planning Educators Interest Group on the role of ICTs in regional planning. This is leading to the organisation of a series of seminars in the USA and Europe over the next 18 months.
Posted November 11 2008
RTPI Announces Publication of CUPS Work
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) today announced the publication of a major report produced by a research team led by Professor Cecilia Wong. CUPS members Alasdair Rae, Mark Baker, Stephen Hincks and Richard Kingston were also involved in the project, alongside colleagues at the University of Sheffield. The report is entitled 'Outcome Indicators for Spatial Planning in England' and is available in full (PDF - 3.10MB) or in Executive Summary format (PDF - 1.23MB) from the RTPI website.
The study was undertaken in the context of a new set of performance indicators for local government and the development of new guidelines for annual monitoring. It sets out an approach to conceptualising and using indicators to support the forging of new local development frameworks and their co-ordination with sub-regional, regional, and ultimately national, objectives and strategies for development. Significantly it aims to use data and indicators that have already been developed in order to promote a consistent and pragmatic basis for developing monitoring and evaluation.
Posted July 10 2008
CUPS Annual Report, 2007-2008
The Centre for Urban Policy Studies produces its annual report each year; summarising the centre's research activity for the previous 12 months. A copy of this year's report is available to download in PDF format at the following link - CUPS Annual Report 2007-2008 (PDF - 115KB).
Posted July 1 2008
New Project with Manchester: Knowledge Capital and US-Based New Economy Strategies
CUPS members Brian Robson, Kitty Lymperopoulou and Alasdair Rae have begun work on a new project involving Manchester: Knowledge Capital and New Economy Strategies, a consultancy firm based in Washington, DC. This project involves developing a new information database and online GIS platform for the Manchester area, in addition to the development of a online community of innovators in the city region.
Posted June 16 2008
May 14 2008
Announcement of ESRC CASE PhD Studentship - NOW CLOSED (26 June 2008)
The University of Manchester's Centre for Urban Policy Studies today announced the availability of an ESRC CASE PhD Studentship in collaboration with English Partnerships. The title of the research project is 'Developing techniques to measure the social consequences of the regeneration of brownfield land' and the studentship is funded for three years from September 2008.
April 21 2008
Major New Project for The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
CUPS members have started work on a major new project funded by The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a social policy research and development charity, seeking to better understand the causes of social difficulties such as poverty and housing and explore ways of overcoming them. This project sets out to monitor key trends in housing, neighbourhoods and ‘place’ for JRF. It aims to: analyse Government performance on key related policy targets across the UK; identify emerging trends and concerns which may not be in the policy spotlight; and inform JRF’s wider research agenda. Read more here.
April 16 2008
New ESRC-ASC Collaborative Project
ESRC has appointed Cecilia Wong (CUPS, Manchester), Robert Rogerson (Strathclyde) and Anne Green (Warwick) as the Initiative Coordinators for its joint initiative with the Academy for Sustainable Communities on ‘Skills and knowledge for sustainable communities’ between January and December 2008.
The role of coordination will lie in the engagement with key stakeholders involved in the Initiative – the project researchers, the partners involved with some projects, the Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC), and the ESRC – and communication with other interested parties beyond the Initiative. Read more here.
April 8 2008
Place Shaping, Spatial Planning and Liveability - Review and Slide Shows
This two-day event, sponsored by the Regional Studies Association, was held at The Old Refectory, University College London from March 26 to 27 and explored the potential of the new planning system to deliver a broader ‘place shaping’ agenda with a view to achieving enhanced ‘liveability’ within new communities, eco-towns, and regenerated neighbourhoods. The focus was on place and place shaping, on the process of spatial planning, and on the concept of ‘liveability’ as a core component of delivering sustainable communities. The papers presented at the event looked across the ‘place shaping’ process and its outcomes, and examined the evolving role of the planning process in delivering against this agenda. The event was well attended and provoked much lively and stimulating debate.
Some of the slide shows presented at the event are now available to download in PDF format. Click on the links to open them in a new window.
- Peter Roberts, ASC - Shaping, Making and Managing Places
- Janice Morphet, UCL - Integrated spatial planning - the opportunities ahead
- Dave Shaw, University of Liverpool - Spatial planning and development management
- Vincent Nadin, Delft - Applying the spatial planning approach to housing growth in England: The case of Northamptonshire
- Stephen Hill, C20 - We have in mind some lean and mean delivery architecture
- Marcus Adams and Ying Ying Tian, John Thompson and Partners- Understanding place-shaping: experience from creating sustainable communities
- Michael Hebbert, University of Manchester - Urbanism for people and for the biosphere
- Quentin Stevens, UCL - ‘Broken’ public spaces in theory and practice
- Aleksandra Kazmierczak and Adam Barker, University of Manchester - Greening the Urban Environment: Green Infrastructure Planning and the Liveable City
- Chris Allen and Lee Crookes, MMU - Great Expectations’ and the ‘Liveability’ Agenda
- Cecilia Wong, University of Manchester - Measuring Spatial Planning Outcomes: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges
- Matthew Carmona & Claudio de Magalhaes, UCL - Defining and delivering quality in urban environments
April 4 2008
New Research to be Undertaken by CUPS
Brian Robson, Iain Deas and Kitty Lymperopoulou are to undertake research, funded by Manchester Enterprises, on the drivers of socio-spatial segregation in Greater Manchester and its implications for economic performance. The work is part of a programme of research, the Manchester Independent Economic Review, investigating the prospect for the future growth of the Manchester city-region. CUPS researchers are working as part of a team led by Amion Consulting and also involving Pion Economics.
April 3 2008
Presentation to Communities and Local Government
Brian Robson gave a presentation to a Department for Communities and Local Government workshop in London about his work on population turnover in deprived areas.
March 26-27 2008
Place Shaping, Spatial Planning and Liveability Event, UCL
Cecilia Wong, Mark Baker, Andreas Schulze Bäing and Alasdair Rae attended this two-day event at University College London, which was sponsored by the Regional Studies Association. Cecilia presented the findings of the work CUPS have been doing for RTPI/CLG on developing a spatial planning outcome indicators measurement framework.
March 18-20 2008
The UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference
Several CUPS members attended the annual Planning Research Conference which was hosted this year by Queens University in Belfast. Like previous Planning Research Conferences, this event provided an opportunity for leading national and international planning scholars to present and debate current issues in planning research in a multidisciplinary and supportive environment. Jon Coaffee and Paul O'Hare presented their work on the RE-DESIGN project.
March 12 2008
Professor John Goddard, Newcastle University
In a specially extended Wednesday seminar event, Professor John Goddard, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University, presented his research on 'Science, the City and the Region' to a large audience. Professor Goddard has been a key figure in his field for more than 35 years and was the founder of the influential Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies at Newcastle University.
March 5 2008
Brian Robson - Panel Member at Communities and Local Government
Brian Robson gave a presentation to a Department for Communities and Local Government workshop in London about his work on population turnover in deprived areas.
Alasdair Rae Invited to Present at CRED Seminar, Carlisle
CUPS Research Associate Alasdair Rae was invited to speak at the Centre for Regional Economic Development seminar series at the University of Cumbria in Carlisle. Speaking to an audience of practitioners and academics from around Cumbria, he presented a piece of work entitled 'Patterns of Migration and Area Change: Evidence from Cumbria'.
March 4 2008
Jon Coaffee and Ralf Brand - Are We All Counter-Terrorists Now?
CUPS member Jon Coaffee and Ralf Brand from Architecture in the University of Manchester presented some of their more recent work on the role and influence of built environment professionals in national security. This seminar stems from a major new project led by Jon and based at CUPS. More information about the project is available here.
February 26 2008
Anna Jorgensen, University of Sheffield
Presenting at this week's seminar, Anna Jorgensen of the University of Sheffield discussed her research, which questions ambivalent landscapes as a basis for urban planning.
February 19 2008
Professor Bill Luckin: Revisiting European Reconstruction after 1945
At the weekly planning seminar series event, Bill Luckin from the Centre for History of Science and Technology at the University of Manchester presented the findings of his research on 'Revisiting European Reconstruction after 1945'.
February 12 2008
Tim Edensor - Manchester Metropolitan University
At the weekly planning seminar series event, Tim Edensor from Manchester Metropolitan University presented his research on 'Spaces of Dereliction: Industrial Ruins in the UK'. As usual, the event was well attended and provoked some lively and interesting discussion.
February 7 2008
Richard Kingston - Invited Seminar on PPGIS
Richard Kingston presented his work on public participation geographical information systems (PPGIS) and Web 2.0 at a seminar event at the University of Leicester. Richard is a leader in the field of PPGIS and is regularly invited to present findings from his ongoing research.
February 5 2008
Professor Michael Hebbert gives Keynote Address
Michael Hebbert gave the keynote address to the RUDI/Landor conference in the Westminster conference centre on 'Remaking Places: techniques for redesigning urban and suburban areas for 21st century challenges'.
February 5 2008
Max Nathan - The Openness of Cities
As part of the ongoing planning research seminar series, Max Nathan from the London School of Economics presented his research on 'The Openness of Cities and Cultural/Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance in the UK'.
January 30 2008
Professor Brian Robson - 'Regeneration is 30' Event in Liverpool
Brian Robson attended the 'Regeneration is 30' event in Liverpool as an invited speaker. He presented his research into population turnover in deprived areas at the LACE Conference Centre.
January 23 2008
The Northern Way Welcomes New Evidence of the Economic Potential of the North
The Northern Way today published the results of work undertaken by CUPS members Brian Robson, Cecilia Wong, Kitty Lymperopoulou and Alasdair Rae. This was a joint project carried out with members from IPEG within the University of Manchester, and independent economic consultant David Coates. The work highlights the opportunities to reduce the prosperity gap between the regions, and challenges traditional perceptions of the North-South divide. Three separate thematic reports and a summary report are available here.
January 15 2008
Announcement of Planning Seminar Series 2008
Tuesdays 16:00 – 17:30 (unless otherwise stated)
G7 Lecture Theatre, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building.
- 29 January: GURC – towards a Global Urban Research Agenda, Profesor Caroline Moser, University of Manchester
- 5 February: The Openness of Cities: Cultural/Ethnic Diversity & Economic Performance in the UK. Max Nathan, London School of Economics
- 12 February: Spaces of Dereliction: Industrial Ruins in the UK. Tim Edensor, Department of Geography, Manchester Metropolitan University
- 19 February: Revisiting European Reconstruction After 1945. Professor Bill Luckin, Centre for History of Science Technology & Medicine, University of Manchester
- 26 February: Ambivalent Landscapes - a basis for urban planning? Anna Jorgensen, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield
- 4 March: Are We All Counter-terrorists Now? The role and influence of built environment professionals in national security. Jon Coaffee and Ralf Brand, SED, University of Manchester
- 12 March - Wednesday Seminar in Cordingley Lecture Theatre (HBS): Science, the City and the Region. Professor John Goddard, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Newcastle University
- 9 April - Wednesday Seminar in Mansfield Cooper G19: Housing Conditions of Migrant Workers in China. Ya Ping Wang, Director of the Scottish Centre for Chinese Urban and Environmental Studies, Heriot-Watt University. Joint seminar with Manchester Centre for Chinese Studies
- 15 April: Climate Change, the IPCC and the Built Environment. Professor Geoff Levermore, School of Mechanical Aerospace & Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
- 22 April: The UK National Brownfields Strategy. Professor Paul Syms, National Brownfield Adviser, English Partnerships
- 29 April: Heritage-Led Regeneration, Cases and Issues. Kathryn Sather, Kathryn Sather & Associates, Heritage Conservation Consultants
- 6 May: Poverty, Wealth, Planning and Property Rights in Modern China. Professor Chris Webster, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University
- 15 May: School PGR Conference. The School of Environment and Development hosts its annual Postgraduate Research Conference where PhD students present the emerging findings from their ongoing work. All welcome!
For more information, please contact:
Professor Michael Hebbert,
Centre for Urban Policy Studies,
School of Environment and Development,
The University of Manchester,
Oxford Road,
Manchester,
M13 9PL.
Email: michael.hebbert@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 0161 275 6898.
January 2 2008
CUPS Associate in New Year Honours List
Dr. Bob Barr, Managing Director of Manchester Geomatics and Honorary Research Fellow in Geographical Information Systems in the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester was awarded an OBE for services to geography in the 2008 New Year Honours List.
Dr. Barr taught geography at the University of Manchester from 1975 to 2005 and was Director of the Manchester Regional Research Laboratory. The laboratory was spun out through Campus Ventures as Manchester Geomatics Limited, which is involved in high-profile geographical work with clients including the Office for National Statistics, Ordnance Survey, the department for Communities and Local Government and Manchester City Council.
Dr. Barr is also a Borough Council and Cabinet Member in Warrington where he is responsible for Planning, Regeneration, Climate Change and Housing Supply. While at Manchester Dr Barr served for ten years as a Council Member, and was Chairman, of the Association for Geographic Information.
He was a member of the Cabinet Office Social Exclusion Unit's Policy Action Team 18 which reported on "Better Information". From 1992 to 1993 Dr Barr was a Harkness Fellow based at the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at the University of California Santa Barbara.
CUPS members extend warm congratulations to Bob on receiving news of this prestigious honour.
December 23 2007
Professor Michael Hebbert spoke on 'London - A Modern Panorama' to the Winter Day of Urban Studies at the University of Helsinki.
November 15 2007
CUPS member Richard Kingston and Planning lecturer Adam Barker have been awarded £30,000 by the North West Coastal Group (funded by the Environment Agency and DEFRA) to undertake research into "Enhancing Public Involvement within Shoreline Management Planning using web-based Public Participation Geographical Information Systems". The project will use the latest geospatial technology (Google Maps), delivered through a website to enable public and stakeholder participation in shoreline management planning in the North West of England.
November 4 2007
CUPS keeps growing, with another new member of the research team, Andreas Schulze Bäing. Andreas recently completed his PhD at the University of Liverpool and is originally from a village in the Münsterland in west Germany. He brings a particularly European perspective to CUPS and started his work in Raumplanung (spatial planning) at the University of Dortmund in 1994.
November 2 2007
Later this month Yasminah Beebeejaun will give a presentation about minority representation in politics at the Commonwealth and Empire Museum, Bristol, as part of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's recent Economics of Colour UK tour.
October 17 2007
Richard Kingston has been invited to give a seminar at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London entitled “Improving public participation through e-planning: a missed opportunity?” on 10 October. He is also presenting the first World University Network GI Science Academy Virtual Seminar entitled "PPGIS: Who are the 'public' and what are they 'participating' in?" on 17 October.
October 3 2007
CUPS welcomes a further two new members of the research team. Dr Marian Hawkesworth joins us as Research Associate from the Department of Geography, Kings College London. Paul O’ Hare joins us as Research Associate from the Department of Town and Regional Planning at Sheffield University. Both Paul and Marian will work with Dr. Jon Coaffee on the EPSRC funded project: Resilient Design (RE-DESIGN) for counter-terrorism: Decision support for designing effective and acceptable resilient places and will be located in Room 1.033, Arthur Lewis Building.
September 13-14 2007
Michael Hebbert will be presenting a paper called 'The Unity of Picturesque Street Architecture' at the ‘Town and Townscape’ Conference at the University of Newcastle on 13–14 September about the work of Thomas Sharp.
September 12-14 2007
CUPS Research Associates Kitty Lymperopoulou and Dr. Alasdair Rae travel to Glasgow, Scotland to present a paper at the European Urban Research Association's 10th Anniversary Conference, hosted at the University of Glasgow. Their paper looks at the different roles neighbourhoods play depending upon their associated migration patterns and is part of a ongoing research project.
September 3-5 2007
Richard Kingston presented his PPGIS research at the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) annual conference in Washington DC in August. During September he will be presenting Geographically Weighted Regression analysis research with his PhD student Graham Squires at the GeoComputation conference at Maynooth in Ireland.
September 2 2007
New member of staff! Dr. Stephen Hincks joins CUPS after completing his PhD at the University of Liverpool. His thesis explored the interaction of housing and labour markets in the North West of England. Stephen brings considerable technical and policy knowledge to CUPS. For more information, see the Staff Section.
July 25 2007
Update - Iain Deas is currently on sabbatical at the University of California, San Diego from 25 June–20 August 2007. This trans-Atlantic partnership is typical of the kinds of international networks CUPS members are part of.
July 11-16 2007
Michael Hebbert will be in Naples at the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Conference from 11–16 July. AESOP is a network of universities and university departments that teach and conduct research within the field of urban and regional planning. The annual conference is a highlight of the year for European planners.
July 9 2007
The Centre for Urban Policy Studies moves into the new home of the School of Environment and Development at the University of Manchester. All CUPS staff are now located in the Arthur Lewis Building, just off Oxford Road in central Manchester.
June 20 2007
Consultancy Commission for Professor Cecilia Wong who has been commissioned by the North West Regional Development Agency to deliver a discussion paper about tourism policy.
June 5 2007
Mark Baker is organising a one-day conference on behalf of the RTPI North West on ‘Annual Monitoring Reports’ to be held at Manchester Airport.
May 22 2007
Sir Peter Hall, from the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London, presented the final seminar of the CUPS-CURE-MARC joint guest lecture series. His paper was entitled ‘POLYNET and After: A New Geography of Britain’. POLYNET was a three year collaborative research project that examined changes in functional connections and information flows (physical/transportation and virtual/ICT) in major urban regions across North West Europe. Further information on the project can be found at www.polynet.org.uk.
May 15 2007
In the penultimate session of the CUPS-CURE-MARC joint guest lecture series, three distinguished academics led debate on the subject of ‘City-regions: people and place’:
- Alan Harding, Professor at the Institute for Political and Economic Governance at the University of Manchester
- Joe Ravetz, Co-Director, CURE, University of Manchester
- Peter Roberts, Chair of the Academy for Sustainable Communities and Professor at the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
The session was chaired by Professor Michael Hebbert, Professor of Planning at the University of Manchester and provided a stimulating forum for debate on the nature, role and future of city-regions in relation to the contemporary policy context.
May 9 2007
Cecilia Wong travelled to Stockholm, Sweden for the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) as a member of its International Panel, consisting of 5 international experts. The panel met to assess 15 applications for its prestigious fellowship scheme where five or six scientists will each receive 0.22 million Euros per year for six years to carry out cutting edge research.
April 23 2007
CUPS secure another research contract, this time for Communities and Local Government, in conjunction with the Royal Town Planning Institute. The project, to be conducted in conjunction with the University of Sheffield, is both innovative and challenging since it seeks to propose a set of indicators for measuring the outcomes of spatial planning in England. This project is led by Cecilia Wong, with Mark Baker, Richard Kingston, Alasdair Rae and Stephen Hincks at the University of Manchester and Craig Watkins and Ed Ferrari at the University of Sheffield.
April 16 2007
CUPS members begin work on a research project looking at how to strengthen the evidence base of key economic and spatial strategies in the North West of England. This project is led by SURF at the University of Salford, with acting as the other partner. The CUPS element is led by Brian Robson.
April 11 2007
CUPS member Richard Kingston delivers a paper at the GISRUK 2007 Conference in Maynooth, Ireland. It is entitled ‘Educational planning in Palestine: the role of PPGIS’ and was written in conjunction with Khitam Shraim, a doctoral candidate in Planning and Landscape.
April 10 2007
CUPS members begin work on two collaborative research projects, commissioned by The Northern Way (a combination of England’s three northern Regional Development Agencies). The first of these projects looks at the economic value added of complementarities and collaboration between city-regions in the north of England and is led by the Institute for Political and Economic Governance (IPEG) at the University of Manchester. The CUPS element is led by Brian Robson.
The second Northern Way project, led by CUPS, looks at the ways in which we can develop a stronger economic geography for the North, with particular emphasis on the relationship between Manchester and Leeds as complementary growth hubs and stronger economic linkages to London and Scotland. This project is led by Brian Robson and Cecilia Wong and is being conducted in conjunction with IPEG.
April 6 2007
CUPS Research Director Cecilia Wong presents a joint paper at the Regional Studies Association international conference in Lisbon, Portugal. It was entitled ‘The interaction of housing and labour markets in North West England’ and was written in conjunction with Stephen Hincks.
April 16 2007
CUPS members begin work on a research project looking at how to strengthen the evidence base of key economic and spatial strategies in the North West of England. This project is led by SURF at the University of Salford, with acting as the other partner. The CUPS element is led by Brian Robson.
April 5 2007
CUPS member Mark Baker presents his research on ‘Regional planning in England: the sub-regional dimension’ at the Regional Studies Association ‘Regions in Focus?’ conference in Lisbon. Alasdair Rae also presented his research here, with a paper entitled ‘Analysing Migration Flows for Deprived Areas in England’s North West’.
Anthony Vigor, a recent CUPS research assistant, has been appointed as advisor to the Department of Transport.
Cecilia Wong was appointed by the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas) as a member of its International Panel (consists of 5 members). The panel is due to meet at Stockholm in early May to assess 15 applications for its prestigious fellowship scheme that five / six scientists will each receive 0.22 million Euro per year for six years to carry out cutting edge research.
Cecilia is also appointed by the Economic and Social Research Council to be the Town and Country Planning panel member of the 2007 ESRC Research Training Interim Recognition Exercise.
Mark Baker and Cecilia Wong were invited by the Department of Real Estate and Construction, the University of Hong Kong to give a presentation on ‘Evidence based policy-making and spatial planning in Britain’, University of Hong Kong, 1 August 2006.
Mark Baker, Roger Bristow and Cecilia Wong were invited to give a joint presentation on ‘Regional Spatial Planning in the UK’ to planners of Jiangsu Planning Institute on 12 April, 2007.
Mark Baker was invited by the Research Institute of Urban Planning and Design at Nanjing University to give a lecture on regional planning in England, 12 April 2007.
Mark Baker has given presentations at a number of regional seminars organised by the Planning Advisory Service (PAS) in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and London as part of the dissemination of the SPiP project findings.
Mark Baker was invited to Chair the RTPI NW Region Conference on ‘the New Planning System’, Manchester, February 2006.
Mark Baker gave an invited presentation on “Local Development Frameworks: Key Challenges and Opportunities” to the Yorkshire and Humber RTPI Conference on Local Development Frameworks, Leeds, May 2006.
Mark Baker gave an invited presentation “Overview of the North West Regional spatial Strategy” to the NW RTPI Seminar on the NW Regional Spatial strategy, May 2006.
Jon Coaffee was invited by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to give a presentation and participate in an expert panel at the Cheltenham Science Festival (June 2007) in a session on ‘Countering Terrorism through Science, Technology and Understanding’. I have also been awarded a small £100 honorarium for participating.
Jon Coaffee was invited to give a School research seminar, ‘Balancing urban renaissance and the need for resilience in the regenerating city’, Queens University Belfast, May 2007
Jon Coaffee was invited to give a series of research seminars at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Terrorism, Risk and Resilience, April 2007.
Jon Coaffee was invited to sit on an expert discussion panel at REGENEX 2007 - 10 Years of Regeneration Policy: Getting the Built Environment Right? 28 February – 1 March 2007, Earls Court (Organised by the International Business Events and the ODPM).
Jon Coaffee was invited to chair a day the Young planners Conference – Manchester United in Sport and Design, University of Manchester, October 2006.
Richard Kingston was invited to give the annual keynote lecture at the UniGIS residential course in Salford in May 2006.
Richard Kingston was invited to present his PPGIS research at the ESRC Research Methods festival at the University of Oxford in July 2006.
Richard Kingston (November 2006) The role of participatory e-Planning in the new English Local Planning System, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 47th Annual Conference, Fort Worth, Dallas, Texas.
Richard Kingston was invited to give a seminar at the National Centre for Geocomputation at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, November 2006.
Jon Coaffee was invited to give a plenary paper at the USC Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) symposia on the economics of Global Business and Terrorism, University of Southern California, August 2007. I have also been awarded a $2000 honorarium which will allow further research study.
Cecilia Wong was invited by the British Council and Manchester City Council to give a presentation on ‘Sustainable regeneration and planning: the spatial approach’ to the Urban Planning Society of China delegates, Town Hall, Manchester City Council, 1 December 2006.
Cecilia Wong was invited by Department of Civic Design, University of Liverpool to give a seminar presentation on 'Evidence-Based Planning: Policy and Politics', 15 February, 2007.
Cecilia Wong was invited by the Royal Town Planning Institute to give a presentation on ‘Uniting Britain: the evidence base – spatial structure and key drivers’, 2006 Planning Convention, 28-30 June, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, 30 June 2006.
Cecilia Wong was invited by the ESRC network: the Embedded University in the Science-Economy: Capacities, Contexts and Expectations to give a presentation on the methods and indicators associated with assessing the economic impact of universities at the regional and sub-regional levels, the Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (PREST) Workshop, University of Manchester, 26 June 2006.
Cecilia Wong was invited by the Research Institute of Urban Planning and Design at Nanjing University to give a lecture on ‘National Spatial Planning Framework: evidence of the UK spatial structure’,12 April 2007.
Cecilia Wong was invited by the Research Institute of Urban Planning and Design at Nanjing University to give a lecture on ‘National Spatial Planning Framework: evidence of the UK spatial structure’,12 April 2007.
Cecilia Wong (2007, forthcoming) was invited to give a Keynote Speech at the Second International Conference on Urban Development in the 21st Century, 'Globalisation and the response of spatial planning: lessons from the experience of industrial cities in England', November 16-18, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.