Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the fields of:
- Economic development and neoliberalism
- Illegal drugs and harm reduction
- Planning for religion and places of worship
- Digital technology and public participation
- Cities of culture
- World Heritage Sites
- City branding
Research students
| PhD area | Human-Land Relations of Ethnic Minorities in Mountainous Areas: A Case Study of Guizhou, China |
| Name | Yi Li |
| Years of study | 2024 - 2027, Chinese Government Scholarship |
| PhD area | Religion-Planning Nexus: Neoliberalism, ‘Blind Spots’ and Places of Worship |
| Name | Amy Oke |
| Years of study | 2022 - 2026, ESRC NINE DTP 1+3 |
| PhD area | Analysing the Impact of Neoliberalism on Community Planning in Rural China |
| Name | Yue Lui |
| Years of study | 2021 - 2024, Chinese Government Scholarship |
| PhD area | Digitalising and Democratising the Planning Process: PlanTech, Public, Participation |
| Name | Justin McHenry |
| Years of study | 2021 - 2024, ESRC NINE Collaborative DTP with VU.CITY |
| PhD area | ‘Culturephilia’ for whom and where? Questioning the ‘curing qualities’ of culture in a ‘post-Troubles’ city: an analysis of Derry/Londonderry |
| Name | Emily Wray |
| Years of study | 2020 - 2023, ESRC NINE Collaborative DTP with Derry City and Strabane District Council |
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