Academic and Teaching staff

DPU Director

Professor Julian Walker
Professor of Inclusive Social Policy
Co-Director of Gender Policy and Planning Programme
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Professors and Directors

Professor Adriana Allen 
Professor of Development Planning and Urban Sustainability
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Dr Giovanna Astolfo
Associate Professor
Course Leader of MSc Building and Urban Design in Development
Director of Communications
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Professor Robert Biel
Professor of the Political Ecology of Sustainable Food
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Professor Julio D Davila
Professor of Urban Policy and International Development
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Professor Cassidy Johnson
Professor of Urbanism and Disaster Risk Reduction
Director of Research
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Dr Alessio Kolioulis
Associate Professor
Director of Consultancy (Training and Advisory Services) 
Joint Course Leader of MSc Urban Economic Development
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Professor Barbara Lipietz
Professor of Urban Development Planning
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Professor Maurizio Marinelli
Professor of Chinese Development Planning (Teaching)
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Professor Colin Marx
Professor of Urban Development Planning
Director of MPhil/PhD Programme
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Dr Azadeh Mashayekhi
Lecturer (Teaching) MSc Dissertations
Director of Education 
Development and Planning Dissertation
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Professor Caroline Moser  
DPU Honorary Professor
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Professor Catalina Ortiz
Professor of Critical Urban Pedagogy 
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Professor Kamna Patel
Professor of Critical Development Studies
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Professor Andrea Rigon
Professor of Participatory Development Planning
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Dr Giorgio Talocci
Associate Professor
Director of Short Courses
Joint Course Leader of MSc Development Administration & Planning
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Professor Margarethe Theseira
Professor (Teaching)
Practice in Urban Economic Development
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Professor Michael Walls
Professor of Development Politics and Economy
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Professor Haim Yacobi
Professor of Development Planning
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Professor Le Yin Zhang 
Professor of Urban Economic Development
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Lecturers and Associate Professors

Dr Donald Brown
Associate Professor
Course Leader of MSc Health in Urban Development 
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Dr Mahsa Alami Fariman
Lecturer in Just Urbanism, Societal Diversity, and Citizenship
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Jorge Fiori
Associate Professor (Teaching)
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Dr Liza Griffin
Associate Professor
Joint Course Leader of MSc Health in Urban Development
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Dr Pascale Hofmann
Associate Professor
Joint Course Leader of MSc Environment and Sustainable Development
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Dr Rita Lambert
Associate Professor
Joint Course Leader of MSc Environment and Sustainable Development
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Dr Naji Makarem
Associate Professor
Joint Course Leader of MSc Urban Economic Development
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Dr Emmanuel Osuteye
Associate Professor
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Dr Alexandra (Xaxa) Panman
Associate Professor
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Dr Daniel Oviedo Hernandez
Associate Professor
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Dr Raktim Ray
Lecturer (Teaching)
Joint Course Leader of MSc Development Administration & Planning
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Dr Jordana Ramalho
Associate Professor
Joint Course Leader of MSc Urban Development Planning
Inclusion Lead
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Lecturers and Associate Professors (Teaching)

Dr Afia Afenah
Lecturer (Teaching)
MSc Social Development Practice
Joint Course Leader of MSc Social Development Practice
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Dr Paroj Banerjee
Lecturer (Teaching)
Joint Course Leader of MSc Social Development Practice
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Étienne von Bertrab
Lecturer (Teaching)
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James Oporia-Ekwaro     
Development Administration and Planning
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Timothy Wickson
Lecturer (Teaching)
Joint Course Leader of MSc Urban Development Planning
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