Ben Campkin appointed Professor in latest UCL staff promotions
26 July 2018
Congratulations to former UCL Urban Laboratory Director Ben Campkin, who has been appointed to the position of Professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism in the latest round of staff promotions at UCL
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Prof Campkin, who is based in The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, currently serves as an Urban Laboratory Co-Director.
Two other academic staff associated with our cross-faculty centre have been issued promotions and new appointments by the college as a recognition of their outstanding achievements.
We would like to congratulate Steering Committee member Dr Barbara Lipietz, who has been appointed to the role of Associate Professor at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL.
Dr Haidy Geismar, who has recently joined the Urban Laboratory Steering Committee, has also been appointed to the role of Professor of Anthropology at UCL Anthropology
The thresholds for promotion at UCL are high, and widely recognised as such. Congratulations to all those in new posts and we wish you every success in your new roles. All promotions are effective from 1 October 2018. You can view a list of all other staff promotions and appointments at UCL here.