I am professor of Land Use and Transport Planning at Aalto University where I manage the Spatial Planning and Transportation group.

Education

▪ PhD Planning Studies, University College London

▪ MA Town & Country Planning, University of the West of England

▪ MSc Environmental Science, Imperial College London

▪ BSc Earth Science, Cardiff University

Career

My academic career began at Bristol Polytechnic (now UWE) where I started out as a researcher in 1990. A few years later I moved to UCL as a PhD researcher (alongside part-time lecturing at UWE). In 2001, I moved to Delft University of Technology after being awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship, a European postdoctoral research grant for young talented academics. I worked in Delft for 20 years before moving to Aalto University in 2021.

Publications

I have published more than 100 academic journal articles and over 40 book chapters. Many of these articles are highly cited, including contributions to Planning Theory and Practice, and disP - The Planning Review. I have also co-edited seven books. Click the link above for a publication list.

Professional recognition

▪ editorial board member of 6 international journals – EJTIR, EPS, JPER, JPL, PPR, UPR

▪ invited visiting professor, University of Malta (2017)

▪ invited visiting scholar, University of Queensland (2015)

▪ invited visiting professor, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (2015)

▪ invited visiting professor, HafenCity Universität Hamburg (2010)