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Browse the academic profiles of our Architecture staff.
Academic staff
Dr Benjamin Blackwell
Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Architectures of Science, Architectures of Education, Science and Technology Studies, Architecture and Power
Dr Kim Förster
Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Environmental, energy and material histories of architecture; Institutional histories of knowledge production, education and culture; Political ecologies, future imaginaries, and alternative economies of building
Dr Ewan Harrison
Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Histories of architecture and colonialism / architectures of the British Empire; Histories of architectural business and capitalism; Modern architecture in Britain; Queer and feminist architectural histories
Dr Michal Huss
Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Political architecture; Contested heritage; Colonial/divided cities; Architecture of daily life and death
Professor Deljana Iossifova
Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies
Research specialisms: Global urban transformations; Sustainable infrastructure transitions; Urban borderlands and coexistence; Urban ageing; Emerging urban phenomena
Dr Alan Lewis
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Health and wellbeing; Older people's housing; Building users' experience; Social construction of building users; Design standards
Dr Camilla Lewis
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Urban inequalities; Urban ageing; Urban regeneration; Housing, belonging and community
Dr Leandro Minuchin
Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Global Urbanism
Research specialisms: Social architectures in South America; Architectures of exit; New materialism; Logistical Urbanisations; Libertarian urbanisms
Dr Diana Osmólska
Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Design Theory; Design cognition; Design errors; Design processes; Site analysis
Dr Trude Renwick
Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Architecture and urbanism of Southeast Asia and Thailand; Spiritual practice and commercial landscapes; Inequality, globalisation and development, Heritage and food studies; Qualitative methods and urban ethnography
Dr Léa-Catherine Szacka
Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Architecture curating and the history of architecture exhibitions; Postmodern architecture; Ephemeral architecture in the 19th and 20th century; Oral history; Media and architecture
Professor Stephen Walker
Professor of Architectural Humanities
Research specialisms: Art and architecture; Fairgrounds and temporary architectures; Critical theory; Visual research methods; Architecture and the body
Dr Matthew Wells
Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: Modern architecture in Britain and Europe (1815–1945); Architectural drawings and models; Technological and material histories of architecture; Victorian and Edwardian built environment in the British world
Rosamund Lily West
Lecturer in Architectural Studies
Research specialisms: British council housing; Post-war London; Histories of memory and emotion; Community and public engagement; Ethics
Research Associates
Dr Niamh Kavanagh
Research Associate
Research Assistants
Elsa Holm
Research Assistant
Professional support staff
Ken Chan
Workshop Assistant
Teagan Dorsch
Workshop Assistant
Lara Gerrard
Workshop Technician
Scott Miller
Technical Workshop Manager
Paulina Voang
Workshop Assistant