by Cairn Macfarland | 8th December 2022
Thesis Title: Postcolonial geographies of urban precarity: race, pollution, and everyday life in Hounslow Abstract; Foregrounded by decades of austerity and ecological degradation, COVID-19 drew back the veneer of the welfare state and revealed with stark clarity the...
by Sarah Kiernan | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Digitisation of life: addressing behavioural shortcomings in agent-based activity-travel models Abstract: Participation in activities has become less constrained to physical location and time in the digital era. Such activities as teleworking, distance...
by Cairn Macfarland | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Everyday urban spaces, social inclusion and transnational connection: The shaping of the urban lives of refugees in London Abstract: Against the contexts of hostile politics and of forced displacement, this research project will explore the everyday...
by Sarah Kiernan | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: Making the difference: friendship, geographies of care and food insecurity Abstract: There are suggestions that our social world is shrinking under austerity, as the spaces that support social interaction (from play groups to libraries) continue to close...
by Sarah Kiernan | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: What does the 21st Century Settlement look like? Abstract: The Settlement Movement in England began in the early 1880s providing neighbourhood services such as education, training, home medicine and recreational activities. Pembroke House is one of the...
by Sarah Kiernan | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Renters unions against the neo-liberal city: can new renters’ organisations in Barcelona and London build mass movements? Abstract: My project seeks to understand the rise of renters unions and their capacity to build mass housing movement organisations...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Investigating the Cultural Ecosystem Services of Urban Water Bodies and their use in Environmental and Land Use Planning Abstract: This is an interdisciplinary PhD exploring the use of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) for improving environmental policy...
by Sarah Kiernan | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: The Crisis of Affordable Workspace in London Abstract: The unaffordable commercial rent levels in London have been slowly but steadily dismantling the unique and vibrant commercial fabric of the city. Independent shops, decades-old family businesses and...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Improving Efficiency and Equity of Ambulance Services through Advanced Demand Modelling Abstract: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam et purus a risus ultrices dapibus. Curabitur sit amet elit quis ipsum tincidunt dapibus...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Staying Afloat? Making Home and Creating Place on London’s Canals and Rivers (a CASE project with the Canal & Rivers Trust and The Geffrye Museum) Abstract: The past 30 years have seen dramatic changes to London’s residential landscapes and...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Playing or being played? Abstract: Play and playfulness are increasingly conspicuous in contemporary urban spaces. In work spaces play is used to foster creativity, socialise and retain employees, build emotional intelligence and alleviate boredom, and...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Spontaneous urban initiatives and collective socio-environmental assemblages: an investigation into non-dualistic conceptions of municipal governance in Almere, Netherlands. Abstract: In the midst of debates in urban studies and political ecology around...
