Prof. Lauren Andres (PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc)
I hold a Chair in Planning and Urban Transformations at the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL) where I am also Director of Research.
As an interdisciplinary urban studies scholar trained in geography and urban planning, my work focuses on adaptable cities and specifically the temporary and more permanent transformations faced by cities, people and places, in both lower, middle- and higher-income contexts. I specialise in research about crises and disruptions, how they challenge key priorities (resilience, sustainability, social justice), affect the most vulnerable (particularly children and young people) while impacting policy making and urban governance. Over the past 5 years, my substantive foci have been on pandemic adaptations and what these mean for recovery planning and future crisis preparedness. More recently, my attention has been turning to AI, cities, planning and urban governance, with a specific focus on the UK and China.
I have been decentralising debates by conducting externally funded research in both Global North and South contexts. Although a qualitative researcher, I have led or co-led major research projects and interdisciplinary consortiums with colleagues from the built environment/urban studies/geography/public health/atmospheric science disciplines and from several countries (Brazil, South/East Africa, France, Japan, USA, China, North America).
My latest monograph on Adaptable Cities and Temporary Urbanisms was published in 2025 by Columbia University Press.
I am purposely not on social media but you can follow the Bartlett School of Planning on Linkedin and YouTube.
Contact details:
Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1h 0NN
email: [email protected]
As an interdisciplinary urban studies scholar trained in geography and urban planning, my work focuses on adaptable cities and specifically the temporary and more permanent transformations faced by cities, people and places, in both lower, middle- and higher-income contexts. I specialise in research about crises and disruptions, how they challenge key priorities (resilience, sustainability, social justice), affect the most vulnerable (particularly children and young people) while impacting policy making and urban governance. Over the past 5 years, my substantive foci have been on pandemic adaptations and what these mean for recovery planning and future crisis preparedness. More recently, my attention has been turning to AI, cities, planning and urban governance, with a specific focus on the UK and China.
I have been decentralising debates by conducting externally funded research in both Global North and South contexts. Although a qualitative researcher, I have led or co-led major research projects and interdisciplinary consortiums with colleagues from the built environment/urban studies/geography/public health/atmospheric science disciplines and from several countries (Brazil, South/East Africa, France, Japan, USA, China, North America).
My latest monograph on Adaptable Cities and Temporary Urbanisms was published in 2025 by Columbia University Press.
I am purposely not on social media but you can follow the Bartlett School of Planning on Linkedin and YouTube.
Contact details:
Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1h 0NN
email: [email protected]
