Day 1 of the visit to Edinburgh as part of our ESRC-funded project on 'repurposing city centres' included a discussion with the developer of St James Quarter, a new major development in the city centre. A different perspective on city development, but certainly really insightful!

Day 2 included a visit to Glasgow and St. Enoch centre. Super interesting to listen to the management team of a major shopping centre on how they're strategically adapting to the changing retail sector with a focus on offering 'experience' and the experience economy.

Over 70 people have registered for our symposium this Friday in London. Looking forward to presenting our research with Brian Webb, listening to super interesting presentations and engaging in productive discussions on 'repurposing city centres'.

Day 3 included talks from colleagues at the University of Liverpool, site visits to The Welsh Streets, Liverpool One, and Albert Docks, as well as a visit to a Yellow Submarine with a view at the Beatles Story Musium in Liverpool.

Day 4: we made our way down to London and visited Battersea Power Station, a recently redeveloped project that turned a massive grade-II listed brick building (built in 1929 and decommissioned in 1983) to a high-end shopping centre (opened in 2022).

Attended the 'Repurposing City Centres' Symposium at University of Westminster. It was an amazing transformative learning experience. Interesting to know about how UK & Korea are working on strategies for City Centres.A huge thanks to Sina Shahab & Brian Webb for organizing.

Had a great time at the University of Westminster presenting at the 'Repurposing City Centres Symposium' with Scott Orford... I posited that data is a fundamental evidence base for transforming our city centres, made easier by centres like CDRC! Thanks Sina Shahab! 🌍

There are a couple of principal planner roles in development management in Cardiff Council being currently advertised jobs.theplanner.co.uk/job/38060/2-x-…

Job post: Lecturer in Urban Planning and Development at Cardiff University Geography & Planning shorturl.at/mqvW6 The position is full-time and open-ended. Closing date: Tuesday, 5 September 2023

I am pleased to share that two projects led by me with wonderful colleagues in Geography & Planning and Cardiff Business School -A Grangetown to Grow Up In and Cardiff Breaking Barrier Summer School have been shortlisted for #IFGAwards23 in 3 categories! Neil Harris Sina Shahab Marcus Gomes

Had a very informative and productive day at the NaCSBA's Custom and Self Build Conference today. Discussing all things self build and custom housebuilding in the UK.

Happy that our project Cardiff Breaking Barrier Summer School have been shortlisted for #IFGAwards23 , great project with great team Matluba Khan Sina Shahab julia Cardiff Business School Geography & Planning

Part-time research assistant opportunity at Cardiff University Apply to join a team of researchers and policy makers to support the delivery of impactful research on ‘Making neighbourhood parks inclusive for teenage girls and young women in Cardiff’: jobs.ac.uk/job/DEU682/res…

I am pleased to announce that next year's annual conference of the Planning, Law, and Property Rights Association (PLPR) will take place in Cardiff (Wales, UK) on 3-7 March 2025. More information will be posted on the conference website: lnkd.in/djQRGhcK #PLPR #PLPR2025

Great to see the New South Wales Government (Australia) has used our typology of sludge in designing their sludge audit methodology. The paper Leonhard Lades and I wrote a while ago on 'Sludge and Transaction Costs' can be found open access here: doi.org/10.1017/bpp.20…

We'd like to invite proposals to organise special sessions at the #PLPR2025 conference. #PLPR will hold its 19th annual conference between 3-7 March 2025 in Cardiff, UK. Please contact me ([email protected]) if you are interested. The deadline is 15 July 2024.

I am pleased to inform you that the #PLPR2025 conference in Cardiff is now accepting abstracts. A submission link is available on the conference website: cardiff.ac.uk/conferences/up… The call for abstracts will close on Monday, 30 September 2024.

Inspiring afternoon at the #HERParks Symposium. Great discussions by Cardiff University Cardiff Council @makespaceforgirls on inclusive green spaces for young women & girls. Key takeaways: youth voices, practical design, & well-being. Matluba Khan Neil Harris Sina Shahab