Research Groups 2023

Architectural Humanities

Members of the Architectural Humanities Research Group address critical questions about architecture and its historical, social and cultural contexts by engaging with a range of humanities-based methods, including interdisciplinar y approaches that bring together arts and sciences.

Convened by Kate Jordan and Davide Deriu

• Moving Pictures: Reusing cinemas as places of worship in the diaspora

Making and Practice

The Making and Practice Research Group brings together award-winning design practitioners and leading academics who conduct innovative research through the process of practice and making. Collectively, they have exceptional expertise in the fields of representation, fabrication, live projects, experimental building projects, and environmental design.

Convened by Paolo Zaide and John Zhang

• Experiments in ‘Torsegrity’: Helical frameworks with torsional integrity
• Re-Imagining Coral Reefs

Transport and Mobilities

The Transport and Mobilities Research Group covers a diverse range of aspects of transport and mobility, including: City Mobilities, Active Travel, Freight, Infrastructure Investment, Networks, Accessibility and Transport Equity.

Convened by Gerald Gurtner and Enrica Papa

Emerging Territories

The Emerging Territories Research Group focuses on societal and environmental challenges faced by cities and territories in relation to evolving notions of sustainability and resilience, climate change, healthy cities, governance, diversity and social inclusion. Key themes intersecting our research are: Climate Urbanism; Health, Wellbeing and Cities; Urban-Rural Interfaces; Anthropocene Territories; and Public Space and Diversity.

Convened by Krystallia Kamvasinou and Giulio Verdini

• Accessibility and Connectivity Knowledge Hub for Urban Transformation in Europe (ACUTE)
• Climate Cartographics
• Experimenting with City Streets to Transform Urban Mobility (EX-TRA)
• Gender Ecologies
• Mapping the 15-Minute City
• Reimagining the Good City from Ennore Creek

Place and Experience

The Place and Experience Research Group focuses on tourism, events and leisure research with specialisms in: City Tourism, Mega Events, Urban Parks, Destination Community Experiences, and Sustainability.

Convened by Stroma Cole and Ilaria Pappalepore

• Interpreting Ephemeral Heritage of Displaced Communities: Case study of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
• Water Insecurity and Gender-Based Violence: Exploring links and steps for prevention. A comparative study of Indonesian and Peruvian women