Previous research projects

Architecture and immigration in London: the lost history of Limehouse Chinatown, 1900-1970

Tracing a history of the lost architecture and community of London's original Chinatown in the East End

Connected Spaces, Controlled Movements: Technology, Surveillance, Security, and Cities

What are the territorial implications and manifestations of surveillance and augmenting technologies in contemporary neoliberal cities?

Creative City Limits: Urban Cultural Economy in a New Era of Austerity

An international and interdisciplinary research network offering a forum for reassessing the place of creativity in urban economic growth

Picturing Place: The Agency of Images in Urban Change

Could a more critically rigorous approach to images in built environment discourse lead to better and more transparent decision making, and representation of a greater range of publics?

Surplus Space: Art in Urban Settings

Examining the ways in which contemporary artists engage with issues regarding the remnants of modernisation and industrialisation in urban space

University-led urban regeneration

Analysing the processes and impacts of urban regeneration initiatives led by universities in the UK and US