Research projects

The final report from the ADAPT4 project (Adaptable Cities, Pandemic Mitigation and Crisis Preparedness), led by Prof Lauren Andres has just been released.

Students from the Bartlett School of Planning awarded prizes for outstanding postgraduate work in the academic year 2023/24.

Suzanne Ghadanfar, a Doctoral candidate at The Bartlett School of Planning, has released a new book bringing together diverse perspectives on rebuilding communities in the Muslim world.

Dr. Martina Manara and colleagues from the London School of Economics and George Washington University conducted an in-depth study of the of the ‘20K Plots’ project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The London Assembly has recently published a report that finds that existing social value is still too often neglected during redevelopment with research and evidence from BSP academics.

The Bartlett School of Planning (BSP) Director, Prof. Raco and Research Director Prof. Andres spent a week in Shanghai to launch new projects and forge new partnerships.

The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment, has retained its global #1 ranking for the third year in a row in the QS Architecture and Built Environment World University Rankings by Subject 2025.

Prof. Lauren Andres from The Bartlett School of Planning with Prof. Mark Pelling, from the Department for Risk and Disaster Reduction, secured £74,545.71 through the UCL Climate Crisis Pump-Priming call for the CADANCE project (Consequences of Adaptation for Democratic AdvaNCE).

Professor Lauren Andres, Director of Research at The Bartlett School of Planning, was invited by the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), New York City, to present her new book.

A ground-breaking new study from researchers at The Bartlett School of Planning UCL, demonstrates that well-designed housing developments can be successfully delivered in disadvantaged areas across England.

Professor Fulong Wu and Professor Fangzhu Zhang from The Bartlett School of Planning have recently published a new book providing deep insight into the Chinese urban experience.

New funding secured in partnership with Peking University will be used to explore the ways in which artificial intelligence is being used to shape the current and future planning and sustainable development of Global Cities, specifically London and Beijing.

As part of their work at the World Urban Forum in Cairo, researchers from The Bartlett enabled the production of The International Participatory Charter for urban and territorial development to deliver the new urban agenda.

Transport and City Planning MSc student, Fernanda Rivera, participated as a speaker at COP29 which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The Built Environment journal, edited by academics at The Bartlett School of Planning (BSP) for over thirty years, celebrates 50 years of publication.