Bartlett Professor of Planning receives first prize for outstanding international impact

17 May 2013

Fulong Wu, Professor of Planning at The Bartlett, was awarded first prize in the Outstanding International Impact category by The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) on 14 May. He received a trophy along with £10,000 to promote the economic and social impact of research.

Planning Professor presents at AAG Annual Meeting

17 May 2013

 Fulong Wu recently presented at the Presidential Plenary of Association of American Geographers annual meeting which took place in Los Angeles in April. This year's event was very well attended, attracting about 9,000 delegates.  The presidential plenary addresses the theme of the conference and its annual meeting is ...

Warm welcome to our BHP Billiton Chair in Sustainable Global Resources

It is with great pleasure that we formally welcome Prof Raimund Bleischwitz to the ISR team as the BHP Billiton Chair in Sustainable Global Resources.

Practical Environment and Energy Efficiency CPD course launched

UCL, in collaboration with GL Reynolds and Lloyd's Register, is pleased to announce a new CPD course "Practical Environment and Energy Efficiency", 18-20th June. The aim of the course is to to ...

CSH featured in Guardian article

Dr Katherine Curran, Research Associate at CSH, recently spoke about the project 'Heritage Smells!' at the Museums Showoff.

Bartlett Professor part of team on shortlisted project for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Murray Fraser, Professor of Architecture and Global Culture at The Bartlett School of Planning, and Vice-Dean of Research for the Bartlett Faculty, worked with the Palestine Regeneration Team (PART) on the Birzeit regeneration ...

CSH PhD Student wins prize at UCL Digital Humanities workshop

George Neris, PhD student at the Centre for Sustainable Heritage, leads the project ‘UCL Connections’, which recently won £5,000 at the Digital Humanities prize workshop in April 2013. The workshop was organised ...

ICIF launch "UCL to lead research into Infrastructure of tomorrow"

A consortium of Universities led by UCL were recently successful in being awarded funding to establish a Centre looking at the interdependencies of cross sectoral infrastructure. The International Centre for Infrastructure Futures (ICIF ...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Academic Forum

On 2nd May John Kelsey attended the Building Information Modelling (BIM) Academic Forum at Coventry University. The forum exists to explore the interaction of the rapid development of BIM, its deployment (or otherwise ...

Innovation and replication in public organisation

Prof Andrew Davies recently presented his paper, with Lars Frederiksen and Andreas Hartmann, ‘Innovation and replication in public organisation: the Highways Agencies in England and the Netherlands’ for the Collaboratory on Global Projects ...

Recruitment reopens - 2 fully funded LoLo CDT PhD studentships available

For 2013-14, the UCL Energy Institute is offering 2 further fully funded studentships  (enhanced stipend of approx. £17,000 per annum tax free plus UK/EU fees) to eligible applicants, to be part ...

Bartlett Professor helps plan for the future of Central London

Yvonne Rydin, Professor of Planning, Environment and Public Policy at The Bartlett School of Planning, played an active role in the West End Commission which this week published a report outlining a plan ...

Bartlett Summer Show 2013

We are pleased to announce that this year's Summer Show will be opened by the renowned French architect, Claude Parent, on Friday 21 June 2013. 

Life in the City is Essentially One Giant Math Problem

Mike Batty here at UCL, Geoff West, Luis Bettencourt and Jose Lobo at the Santa Fe Institute, and Steve Koonin at the Center for Urban Science and Progress at NYU are quoted in ...

UCL-Energy Professor joins Airports Commission’s External Advisory Panel

Professor Andreas Schafer, Chair of Energy and Transport at the UCL Energy Institute, has accepted an invitation to join the Airports Commission’s External Advisory Panel. The Airports Commission was established in the ...

UCL-Energy Honorary Researcher publishes 'The Burning Question'

Duncan Clark, Honorary Researcher at the UCL Energy Institute, has published his latest book with the help of staff and students of the UCL Energy Institute.

Something Else for The Weekend

CASA will be bringing its unique expertise, a series of workshops, and a range of exhibits to "Something Else for the Weekend" on Saturday May 11th, a reading-themed weekend of activities connecting members ...

Alex Murray Presents at International Conferences

Alex Murray, a Teaching Fellow in Construction and Infrastructure Economics, will be presenting 2 papers at international conferences this coming May.

American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting

At the AAG (American Association of Geographers) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Professor Andrew Davies presented his research on the London Olympics construction project, focusing on the delivery model and its implications for how ...

INNOVATION - The Bartlett Summer Foundation Course

The Bartlett School of Architecture’s Summer Foundation course, starting on 29th July 2013, is now open for applications. The programme, which can be studied over a 5-week or an 8-week period, is ...

Results! Graduate School Bursaries for the Cheltenham Science Festival 2013

We are delighted to announce that the Head of the Graduate School, Professor David Bogle, has considered the nominations put forward by divisions/departments for a Graduate School Bursary to attend the Cheltenham ...

SmoutAllen featured in The Architectural Review

Bartlett School of Architecture Senior Lecturers Mark Smout and Laura Allen (SmoutAllen) along with Sir Peter Cook are featured in a special May edition of The Architectural Review (AR) titled, Architecture & Representation.

CASA at the U3A/UCL lecture day

Friday saw the first UCL/U3A lecture day, hosted at UCL for U3A delegates. The University of the Third Age (U3A) is a volunteer-run organisation which promotes learning for retirees and people no ...

Urban Laboratory to launch Urban Pamphleteer

The UCL Urban Laboratory will next week launch Urban Pamphleteer, a new series of publications that confront key contemporary urban questions from diverse perspectives. Written in a direct and accessible tone, these pamphlets ...

Mega Climate Change

Professor Tim Broyd has recently returned from a two-day trip to New York where he was interviewed for a new programme concerning Mega Climate Change Events. An independent production company are currently developing ...