Staff
Links will take you to staff pages in the School of Environment and Development website.
- Prof. Simon Guy
- Professor of Architecture, Director of MARC
Simon’s research aims to critically understanding the co-evolution of design and development strategies and socio-economic processes shaping cities. He is a Professor of Architecture, the Director of EcoCities and an Investigator on a range of projects funded by the ESRC, EPSRC, EDF and DfID. - Dr Albena Yaneva
- Senior Lecturer, Co-Director of MARC, Head of Architecture
Albena’s research interests include design cognition, architecture in the making, the pragmatist turn in architectural theory, politics of design, non-representational theories in architecture, controversy studies. She is the Principle Investigator of the EU-funded project Mapping Architectural Controversies. - Dr Ralf Brand
- Senior Lecturer
Ralf’s research interests include the synchronisation of social and technical change, contested and shared spaces, sustainable urbanism and participatory design. He recently finished an ESRC project on the role of the urban environment in societal polarisation and is principal investigator of an AHRC/ESRC project on Multi-Faith Spaces. - Dr Isabelle Doucet
- Lecturer
Isabelle’s research interests include agency and architecture, architecture’s and urban design’s being in-the-world, the intersection of architecture (theory) and the social, architecture and criticality, and architecture’s engagement with the real both as a discipline and profession. - Dr James Evans
- Senior Lecturer
James’ research focuses on understanding how science informs urban governance. He has an abiding interest in the ways university research on sustainability is translated into decision-making arenas, and is currently leading two projects exploring these questions in relation to resilience and urban laboratories. - Dr Chris Hewson
- Research Associate
Chris’ research interests include sacred spaces, ecological buildings, sustainable consumption, user involvement in green issues, community media, and social enterprise. Chris is a research associate for the AHRC/ESRC project Multi Faith Spaces. - Dr Victoria Henshaw
- Research Associate
Victoria’s research interests include the role of the senses in urban design, regeneration and city management and specifically with respect to the sense of smell. She is a research associate at MARC supporting Professor Simon Guy on a range of different projects. - Prof. Michael Hebbert
- Professor of Town Planning
Michael’s research interests include climatic factors in urban design, railway station design, historic buildings, and town planning history. He is the Principle Investigator for the ESRC project Climate Science in Urban Design. - Prof. Maria Kaika
- Professor of Human Geography
Maria’s research is on urban political ecology and the political economy of architectural design. Her work unpacks the power relations involved in the production of urban infrastructure and her recent research on Iconic architecture and the City of London addresses the relationship between built form and urban patronage. She is an honorary MARC fellow. - Dr Andrew Karvonen
- Research Fellow
Andrew’s research interests include urban political ecology, infrastructure, sustainable development, technical expertise, and the politics of design. He is a research fellow for EcoCities and MARC. - Dr Alan Lewis
- Research Associate
Alan’s research centres on theintersection of Government policy and architectural practice, with a particular interest in the implications of an ageing population for housing design. Alan is the Research Associate for the EPSRC/EDF-funded project Conditioning Demand. - Dr Leandro Minuchin
- Lecturer
Leandro's research interests include the politics of construction, appearance and articulation in architectural and political theory, architectural and material imaginations and the study of cultural and political appropriations of concrete. - Dr Graeme Sherriff
- Research Associate
Graeme's research is on sustainable energy and transport systems, the technological and behavioural developments that can help society achieve them, and the social justice implications of energy futures. He has worked in the academic, public and NGO sectors.Graeme is a currently research associate on the Challenging Lock-in through Urban Energy Systems (CLUES) project. - Dr Magda Sibley
- Senior Lecturer
Magda’s main strands of research are heritage led sustainable urban regeneration, courtyard buildings as sustainable urban matrix, and Hammams (commonly known as Turkish baths). Magda is involved in Hammamed project funded by EuroMed Heritage 4 programme.