Urban Studies, Planning and Spatial Science
Pathway Leader:
Team members:
Thomas Oléron-Evans (UCL CASA)
Anna Minton (UEL Architecture)
Susan Moore (UCL Bartlett School of Planning)
Scott Rodgers (Birkbeck, School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication)
Prospective candidates can contact the pathway leader or team members for further information.
Training Routes
See table below for training routes and institutions available for this pathway.
ESRC studentships at the UBEL DTP are structured around the following routes: 1+3, +3, 2+3 and +4 funding. Please note that not all routes are available in all institutions or pathways. Click here for further information on funding routes.
Pathway | Institution | Training Route | (1+3) | (2+3) | (+3) |
Urban Studies, Planning and Spatial Science | UEL | MRes Architecture: Reading the Neoliberal City | x | x | |
UCL Urban Lab | MSc Urban Studies MASc Global Urbanism | x | x | ||
Birkbeck | MSc Social Research MA/MSc Sustainable Cities/MRes Social Research | x | x | ||
UCL CASA | MSc Urban Spatial Science MRes Urban Spatial Science MSc Connected Environments MPhil Advanced Spatial Analysis | x | x | ||
UCL Bartlett School of Planning | MPlan City Planning MSc Spatial Planning MSc International City Planning MSc International Real Estate and Planning MSc Urban Regeneration MSc Sustainable Urbanism MSc Housing and City Planning MSc Transport and City Planning MRes Interdisciplinary Urban Design MSc Urban Design and City Planning MSc Infrastructure Appraisal and Development MSc Smart Cities and Urban Analytics (joint with CASA) | x | x |
The Urban Studies, Planning and Spatial Science pathway undertakes methodologically innovative, cross-disciplinary research into cities, the built environment and complex urban socio-spatial phenomena. It draws on leading urbanists from Birkbeck, UEL and UCL (across the Bartlet School of Planning, CASA and the Urban Laboratory). The pathway prioritises cross-disciplinary and international analysis of social and spatial urban issues drawing on innovative methodological expertise that crucially straddles quantitative and qualitative domains. It holds extensive links with external partners across government, industry and civic society and emphasises the development of participatory and engaged methods of urban research and practice
