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Dr Scott Orr
Lecturer
Bartlett School Env, Energy & Resources
Faculty of the Built Environment
- Joined UCL
- 1st Mar 2016
Research summary
Scott’s research within heritage science uses data-driven
methods to further understanding, improve management, and widen participation
within the heritage sector. He primarily works on assessing climate impacts on
buildings, the use of non-destructive tools, and incorporating value and
perception into scientific evaluations.
He is currently the UK Coordinator for the KNOWMORE Network – a two-year initiative funded by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office to encourage scientific collaboration between researchers in UK and Belgium working on stone-built heritage.
He was the Organising Committee Chair for the 2nd International Conference on Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage, and Archaeology held in Oxford in 2016.
Teaching summary
Scott is a Lecturer in Heritage
Data Science and Assistant Course Director on the MSc
in Data Science for Cultural Heritage. This programme pioneers a new way of
teaching data science through application in a cross-disciplinary context.
He leads on several modules within, including an Introduction to Heritage Science, Here Data Mapping and Visualisation, Heritage Building Information Modelling, and Heritage Data Management.
Education
- University of Oxford
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 2018
- University College London
- Other higher degree, Master of Research | 2015
- University of Toronto
- First Degree, Bachelor of Applied Science | 2014
Biography
Scott was appointed Lecturer in Heritage Data Science at the
UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage in 2019. An engineer with broad
interests, he has a research masters and doctorate in Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage, and
Archaeology under the supervision of Professor Heather Viles from
UCL and the University of Oxford, respectively. This work emphasised
collaboration with heritage organisations in the public and private sector. From
2018-19, he was a Researcher at the University of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment and
College Lecturer in Physical Geography at St Catherine’s College, during which
time he worked with Historic England
and Historic Environment
Scotland to develop guidance for building professionals on moisture
measurement in the historic environment.