PhD study
I’m accepting PhD applicants on topics using geographic information systems and/or Earth observation including:
- City sustainability
- Safety in the built environment
- Urban design and mental well-being
- Applications of accessibility and transport networks (using new tools such as R5R)
- Environmental / social / political equity (e.g. urban heat islands and redlining)
- Applied urban research using big spatial data tools (e.g. DuckDB, PostGIS or Google Earth Engine)
Current students
Emmanuel Farinre “The Mental Health of Individuals and Neighbourhoods & Victims and Perpetrators of Violence. Where do we Intervene”.
Completed students
Dr Matthew Ng “Analysing Urban Growth in Brunei: a focus on land-use, accessibility, and policy”.
MSc/MRes study
I’m the MSc/MRes Urban Spatial Science programme leader. The programme equips students with a multi-disciplinary and critical perspective on approaches to understanding, monitoring and improving global urban resilience and sustainability through the use of data. Taught content explores the theoretical, social and scientific foundations of the modern built environment through a geo-spatial, data-oriented lens. Learn more about the MSc/MRes Urban Spatial Science →
Past students
Scholarships
I apply and maintain a range of scholarship funding for our MSc, including: