PhD Seminar Exploring the links between heritage, memory and sense of place in order to understand how older adults interact with their local historic environment
Jess Bowden
TUI Seminar The social impact of energy transition in Europe: socio-psychological factors
TUI Seminar Professor Ricardo Garcia
Hate: “As Regular as Rain”A pilot study into the psychological effects of hate crime on Gypsy, Traveller, Roma, Showmen and Boater (GTRSB) communities
“No Time to Deal with One Crisis at a Time: Delivering Places for People, Planet and Equity”
Ageing high streets: Adding life to years
Dr. Luca Bruneli
Judge the hour and size up the situation: Ph.D. journey during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Yiyi Chen
20 Minute Neighbourhoods: New Policy, Old Idea
Guest Speaker: Euan Leitch, Chief Executive SURF – Scotland’s Regeneration Forum
The Scottish Government is placing the 20 minute neighbourhood concept at the heart of a number of policy agendas, from health to climate crisis. It’s a concept championed in Paris, Portland and Melbourne but Scotland appears to be the first place to attempt to deliver it nationally. SURF is hosting a network for practitioners on the area, exploring what this really means in practice and asking how easy is it going to be to roll this deceptively simple idea out across Scotland? Euan will discuss the emerging definition of the concept and the challenges to delivery that the network is raising.
SURF is Scotland’s regeneration forum for practitioners, policy makers and academics. By sharing and channelling the experience, views and ideas and of its extensive membership of over 300 cross-sector organisations, SURF helps to inform better policy and practice for more successful and sustainable community regeneration throughout Scotland. SURF is primarily concerned with shared efforts to tackle the causes and degenerative impacts of poverty and inequalities.
About Euan Leitch
Euan joined SURF in May 2021 following 8 years with the Built Environment Forum Scotland. He is a longstanding supporter of SURF and its cross-sector collaborative approach to addressing inequalities. He studied Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh followed by Urban & Regional Planning at Heriot Watt. At BEFS Euan delivered a strong programme of strategic policy work that included promoting and fostering the productive links between the built environment and community regeneration, diversity, resilience and the maintenance agenda. A priority for Euan will be ensuring that communities experiencing the consequences of deprivation are actively involved in responding to the climate emergency. Euan is a Board Member of Under One Roof.
We look forward to seeing you for what is sure to be an informative and engaging seminar.
Please send an email to: Professor Ryan Woolrych, R.D.Woolrych@hw.ac.uk or Lisa Lavia, ll77@hw.ac.uk in order to join this seminar.
Healthy home design: favourite places at the building edge and their restorative qualities
Presenter: Mina Sufineyestani
Mina will present her findings after which there will be a short 20 minute Q&A session.
This is a fantastic opportunity for all of us to interact with one another, share our experiences and knowledge and take a virtual coffee and lunch break together. We hope to see many of you there; staff, PhDs, master students, as well as external listeners, are all welcome!
If you require any further information, please contact C.A.Jones@hw.ac.uk or ms316@hw.ac.uk.
Experiences of older people and social inclusion in relation to smart cities: A case study of Chongqing, China
Presenter: Manlin Li
We are delighted to invite you to this, our first session of TUI PGR Research Seminars 2021, in which Manlin Li will share her research. There will be a short Q&A session afterwards.
This is a fantastic opportunity for all of us to interact with one another, share our experiences and knowledge and take a virtual coffee and lunch break together. We hope to see many of you there; staff, PhDs, master students, as well as external listeners, are all welcome!
If you require any further information, please contact C.A.Jones@hw.ac.uk or ms316@hw.ac.uk.
Urban Design for Mental Health Mid to Post Covid-19
Guest Speaker: Prof Jenny Roe
We have a zeitgeist opportunity of opining right now on what aspects of city design matter most for our mental health during Covid-19. Jenny Roe will offer a broad perspective on what the current pandemic means for public life and public space and how we can leverage tools like tactical urbanism to explore solutions for more permanent – and healthier – city design. She will also present some of the ideas from her book with co-author, Layla McCay, Restorative Cities, urban design for mental health and wellbeing (August 2021).
About Jenny Roe
Jenny Roe is a Professor in Design and Health and Director of the Center for Design and Health at the University of Virginia, US. Jenny is a former Lecturer in the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt University and now an Honorary Professor of the Urban Institute. Jenny is an environmental psychologist who explores how our interactions with the world shape our health, wellbeing and behaviors. She specializes in understanding how access to restorative environments in our cities create and sustain our health and wellbeing. Jenny has led on world leading research initiatives including multi-disciplinary collaborations amongst experts in public health, medicine, urban design, environmental sciences, geography and psychology. Her research aims to advance social justice by tackling health and environmental inequities.