Challenges in Changing Cities
Theme Leaders
Annette Hastings
Annette is a Professor of Urban Studies. Annette's research focuses broadly on issues of inequality within changing cities, for example Public service provision; Impacts of austerity; Neighbourhood stigmatisation; and Language use in the policy process. Annette is currently a Co-i on the Urban Big Data Centre - Administrative Big Data and Unequal Access to Public Services project and a Co-I in the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.
Joao Porto de Albuquerque
Joao is Professor of Urban Analytics and is Deputy Director of the Urban Big Data Centre, where he leads the theme on Urban Sustainability and Participation. He is currently involved in a range of international research projects including PI on the UKRI/ GCRF funded project “Understanding Risks and Enhancing Capabilities in Latin American Cities”. His general research interests include participatory urban analytics, climate action and adaption in cities, and resilience to natural hazards.
John Reuben Davies
John became part of the History team at the University of Glasgow in 2008. His interest in Indian history, and close partnership with the University of Calcutta, has led to ventures concerned with South Asian cultural heritage. In 2017 John led a workshop in Kolkata on the preservation and promotion of the historical cultural heritage of West Bengal and Bangladesh, and since 2018 has been leading a project on the challenges facing heritage-minority communities in the same region. John was elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society in 2016.
Josephine Adekola
Dr Josephine Adekola is a Lecturer in Risk Communication/Science and Technology Policy at the Adam Smith Business School and a member of the Science and Technology Management Research Cluster member. Her interest lies in disaster risk management related to hazards related to natural (e.g., flooding) or health (e.g., COVID-19). Her current research on COVID-19 vaccine engagement explores how to communicate science and risk using diverse techniques to address public concerns and curiosities for a more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive community.
Muhammad Imran
Muhammad is Professor of Communication Systems. He has led a number of significant international research projects encompassing the areas of energy efficiency, fundamental performance limits, sensor networks and self-organising cellular networks. Muhammad has a global collaborative research network spanning both academia and key industrial players in the field of wireless communications and has led interdisciplinary 5G innovation work across the UK and beyond.
Neil Munro
Dr Neil Munro is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics in the School of Social and Political Sciences at University of Glasgow. He has a comparative interest in participation in governance as well as themes of trust and social cohesion as they relate to social and environmental policies and delivery of urban services. He has been Co-I of major ESRC research grants relating to health care and inequality in China, and a GCRF Small Grant for a city-wide survey in Dar Es Salaam.
Ria Dunkley
Dr Ria Dunkley is a Senior Lecturer in Geography, Environment and Sustainability within the School of Education at the University of Glasgow. Ria was appointed as a Climate Ambassador during COP26 and is currently working with colleagues through the Centre for Sustainable Solutions at the University of Glasgow to advance research on enabling individuals, communities and organisations to initiate sustainable solutions through research, education and partnership.
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