Project Team
Urban Retrofit is a £1.77m research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. Our project team is based at the University of Glasgow (lead institution), University of Sheffield, Cardiff University, University of the West of England, Ulster University and Dalhousie University (Canada).
Project Leadership
Prof. James White
Principal Investigator and Planning Authorities Co-Lead
Dr Philip O’Brien
Co-Investigator and Property Developers Co-Lead
Dr Sarah Payne
Co-Investigator and Property Developers Co-Lead
Dr Gareth James
Co-Investigator and Project Partnerships Lead
Project Co-Investigators
Dr Jeff Biggar
Co-Investigator and International Lead
Prof. Neale Blair
Co-Investigator and Communities Co-Lead
Associate Prof. Hannah Hickman
Co-Investigator and Planning Authorities Co-Lead
Prof. Andy Inch
Co-Investigator and Communities Co-Lead
Dr Ruth Potts
Co-Investigator and Communities Co-Lead
Research Associates
Dr Jingyi Zhu
Research Associate
Dr Ying Wang
Research Associate
PhD students
Husniya Kedr Denur
PhD student
Project Administration
Kirsty Hebdon
Communications Lead
Angela Malle
Project Administrator