Prof. Lauren Andres (PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc)
I am Professor of Planning and Urban Transformations at the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL, London) and BSP Director of Research. Prior to joining UCL, I spent 10 years at the University of Birmingham (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences), as lecturer and senior lecturer in spatial planning.
My work and contribution sit within the interface of planning, urban studies and geography. It focuses on adaptable cities and specifically the temporary and more permanent transformations faced by cities, people and places, in both developed and developing contexts. From a focus on urban regeneration, brownfield development and sustainable planning, my expertise then included everyday, temporary and longer-term socio-economic and spatial adaptations, power mechanisms and their impact for urban and community resilience and planning. My latest work has been focusing on the implication of urban transformations for planning education and practice, in the way these translate into diverse form of ‘temporary urbanisms’ and lately for post-pandemic and adaptable cities.
I have an extensive track record in securing UKRI funding and leading interdisciplinary and comparative research. I am currently leading two international projects:
- the ESRC/NRF/FAPESP PANEX – YOUTH project ‘Adaptations of young people in monetary-poor households for surviving and recovering from COVID-19 and associated lockdowns’ (2022-2024). See: https://www.panexyouth.com
- the British Academy project 'Adaptable Cities, Pandemic Mitigation and Crisis Preparedness' (2023-2024). See:https://adapt4.weebly.com/
I have published over 90 research outputs and this includes 4 books/edited books with two others under contract along with numerous papers in leading international journals (Urban Studies, Planning Theory, Progress in Human Geography, International Journal for Urban and Regional Research, Regional Studies, Environment and Planning A, etc.).
Contact details:
Bartlett School of Planning
University College London
Central House,
14 Upper Woburn Place
London, WC1h 0NN
email: l.andres@ucl.ac.uk
My work and contribution sit within the interface of planning, urban studies and geography. It focuses on adaptable cities and specifically the temporary and more permanent transformations faced by cities, people and places, in both developed and developing contexts. From a focus on urban regeneration, brownfield development and sustainable planning, my expertise then included everyday, temporary and longer-term socio-economic and spatial adaptations, power mechanisms and their impact for urban and community resilience and planning. My latest work has been focusing on the implication of urban transformations for planning education and practice, in the way these translate into diverse form of ‘temporary urbanisms’ and lately for post-pandemic and adaptable cities.
I have an extensive track record in securing UKRI funding and leading interdisciplinary and comparative research. I am currently leading two international projects:
- the ESRC/NRF/FAPESP PANEX – YOUTH project ‘Adaptations of young people in monetary-poor households for surviving and recovering from COVID-19 and associated lockdowns’ (2022-2024). See: https://www.panexyouth.com
- the British Academy project 'Adaptable Cities, Pandemic Mitigation and Crisis Preparedness' (2023-2024). See:https://adapt4.weebly.com/
I have published over 90 research outputs and this includes 4 books/edited books with two others under contract along with numerous papers in leading international journals (Urban Studies, Planning Theory, Progress in Human Geography, International Journal for Urban and Regional Research, Regional Studies, Environment and Planning A, etc.).
Contact details:
Bartlett School of Planning
University College London
Central House,
14 Upper Woburn Place
London, WC1h 0NN
email: l.andres@ucl.ac.uk