Dr Alison McCandlish

  • Lecturer in City Planning (Urban Studies & Social Policy)

Biography

I am a Lecturer in City Planning. I have an academic background in Environmental Planning, European Urban Conservation, Education and Creative Media Practice, and my PhD looked at revealing hidden heritage through creative research methods and the role of digital cultural asset mapping in bidding for City of Culture Status. I am a member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), a chartered town planner (MRTPI), a recognised Historic Environment Service Provider under the IHBC HESPR scheme, and member of the Association of Illustrators.

Research interests

  • Creative techniques for community engagement in town planning, culture and heritage
  • Architectural conservation and urban heritage
  • Cultural heritage and regeneration
  • Sustainability, heritage and planning
  • Social media and digital media for heritage
  • E-learning and SOTL

 

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 22.

2025

McCandlish, Alison, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Soussi, Eilidh and Currie, Lynn (2025) SoTL Journeys - Creating a culture of scholarship in the School of Education. [Audio]

McCandlish, Alison (2025) Ludic landscapes: investigating the potential role of playful ideas for energy creation. Journal of Imaginary Research, 10, pp. 70-71.

Currie, Lynn, Soussi, Eilidh, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison (2025) SOTL Journeys with Professor Jo Edson Ferrie. [Audio]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2025) The Learning, Teaching and Scholarship Podcast: Choose your own SoTL adventure. [Audio]

Soussi, Eilidh, Currie, Lynn, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2025) SoTL journeys with Sarah Honeychurch and Nathalie Tasler. [Audio]

2024

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2024) Rewind and fast forward. SO FI ZINE(16), pp. 23-24.

McCandlish, Alison (2024) Simultaneous exchanges of meantime—a quantitative study. Journal of Imaginary Research, 9, pp. 55-56.

McCandlish, Alison and Iyer, Sunita (2024) The Sounds of Scholarship. [Website]

2023

Honeychurch, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9931-6827, Tasler, Nathalie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9822-4595 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2023) SoTLWriMo: a collaborative reflection. [Website]

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and Zihms, Stephanie (2023) The Power Hour of Writing: A flexible, vibrant writing community format. [Website]

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2023) The menagerie service: a study of the nature of frustratory and dedicatory memory. Journal of Imaginary Research, 8, pp. 29-30.

2022

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and Hoolachan, Andrew (2022) Walking as pedagogy: Tackling urban issues through experiential learning. [Website]

McCandlish, Alison (2022) Popcorn writing and the benefits of movie nights. [Website]

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2022) Architectural regeneration: edited by A. Orbasli and M. Vellinga, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2020, 384 pp., £64.95 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-119-34033-1. Journal of Urban Design, 27(1), pp. 151-153. (doi: 10.1080/13574809.2021.1981643)[Book Review]

2021

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2021) Collage for Sustainable Housing Development - Learning and Reflecting through Collaboration, Document Analysis and Collage. (doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.17158178.v1) [Website]

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and McPherson, Gayle (2021) Promoting tangible and intangible hidden cultural heritage: local communities influencing civic decision-making and international cultural policy. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 27(5), pp. 683-698. (doi: 10.1080/10286632.2020.1822348)

2019

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and Thomas, Antonia (2019) When is Graffiti, Graffiti? Exploring and Recording Heritage and Heritage Crime, Young People Have their Say. 4th Public Archaeology Twitter Conference: Archaeology: Access, Barriers and Participation - Online, Conference took place on Twitter (#PATC4) on 5 Sept 2019

2017

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2017) Revealing Hidden Cultural Heritage through Digital Cultural Asset Mapping. In: Paper presented at Conference on Cultural Heritage And New Technologies, Vienna City Hall, Vienna, Austria, 8-10 Nov 2017,

2016

McGillivray, D., McPherson, G., Jones, J. and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2016) Young people, digital media making and critical digital citizenship. Leisure Studies, 35(6), pp. 724-738. (doi: 10.1080/02614367.2015.1062041)

2014

McGillivray, David, Jones, Jennifer, McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and McPherson, Gayle (2014) Digital commonwealth: Telling stories case study. In: Lockton, D., Greene, C., Casey, A., Raby, L. and Vickress, A. (eds.) Creative Citizens’ Variety Pack: Inspiring Digital Ideas From Community Projects. Royal College of Art: London, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781907342974 (electronic)

McGillivray, David, Jones, Jennifer M., McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and McPherson, Gayle (2014) Digital Commonwealth: Handbook of Digital Storytelling. University of the West of Scotland.

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2014) Digital storytelling at the annual school. Context(136), p. 12.

This list was generated on Mon Jun 16 14:48:21 2025 BST.
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Number of items: 22.

Articles

McCandlish, Alison (2025) Ludic landscapes: investigating the potential role of playful ideas for energy creation. Journal of Imaginary Research, 10, pp. 70-71.

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2024) Rewind and fast forward. SO FI ZINE(16), pp. 23-24.

McCandlish, Alison (2024) Simultaneous exchanges of meantime—a quantitative study. Journal of Imaginary Research, 9, pp. 55-56.

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2023) The menagerie service: a study of the nature of frustratory and dedicatory memory. Journal of Imaginary Research, 8, pp. 29-30.

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and McPherson, Gayle (2021) Promoting tangible and intangible hidden cultural heritage: local communities influencing civic decision-making and international cultural policy. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 27(5), pp. 683-698. (doi: 10.1080/10286632.2020.1822348)

McGillivray, D., McPherson, G., Jones, J. and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2016) Young people, digital media making and critical digital citizenship. Leisure Studies, 35(6), pp. 724-738. (doi: 10.1080/02614367.2015.1062041)

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2014) Digital storytelling at the annual school. Context(136), p. 12.

Books

McGillivray, David, Jones, Jennifer M., McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and McPherson, Gayle (2014) Digital Commonwealth: Handbook of Digital Storytelling. University of the West of Scotland.

Book Sections

McGillivray, David, Jones, Jennifer, McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and McPherson, Gayle (2014) Digital commonwealth: Telling stories case study. In: Lockton, D., Greene, C., Casey, A., Raby, L. and Vickress, A. (eds.) Creative Citizens’ Variety Pack: Inspiring Digital Ideas From Community Projects. Royal College of Art: London, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781907342974 (electronic)

Book Reviews

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2022) Architectural regeneration: edited by A. Orbasli and M. Vellinga, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2020, 384 pp., £64.95 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-119-34033-1. Journal of Urban Design, 27(1), pp. 151-153. (doi: 10.1080/13574809.2021.1981643)[Book Review]

Conference or Workshop Item

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and Thomas, Antonia (2019) When is Graffiti, Graffiti? Exploring and Recording Heritage and Heritage Crime, Young People Have their Say. 4th Public Archaeology Twitter Conference: Archaeology: Access, Barriers and Participation - Online, Conference took place on Twitter (#PATC4) on 5 Sept 2019

Conference Proceedings

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2017) Revealing Hidden Cultural Heritage through Digital Cultural Asset Mapping. In: Paper presented at Conference on Cultural Heritage And New Technologies, Vienna City Hall, Vienna, Austria, 8-10 Nov 2017,

Audio

McCandlish, Alison, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Soussi, Eilidh and Currie, Lynn (2025) SoTL Journeys - Creating a culture of scholarship in the School of Education. [Audio]

Currie, Lynn, Soussi, Eilidh, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison (2025) SOTL Journeys with Professor Jo Edson Ferrie. [Audio]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2025) The Learning, Teaching and Scholarship Podcast: Choose your own SoTL adventure. [Audio]

Soussi, Eilidh, Currie, Lynn, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2025) SoTL journeys with Sarah Honeychurch and Nathalie Tasler. [Audio]

Website

McCandlish, Alison and Iyer, Sunita (2024) The Sounds of Scholarship. [Website]

Honeychurch, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9931-6827, Tasler, Nathalie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9822-4595 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2023) SoTLWriMo: a collaborative reflection. [Website]

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and Zihms, Stephanie (2023) The Power Hour of Writing: A flexible, vibrant writing community format. [Website]

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 and Hoolachan, Andrew (2022) Walking as pedagogy: Tackling urban issues through experiential learning. [Website]

McCandlish, Alison (2022) Popcorn writing and the benefits of movie nights. [Website]

McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2021) Collage for Sustainable Housing Development - Learning and Reflecting through Collaboration, Document Analysis and Collage. (doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.17158178.v1) [Website]

This list was generated on Mon Jun 16 14:48:21 2025 BST.

Supervision

Current PhD students

  • Bernadett Papp (2020-2025) "The integration of tourism governance into the wider urban agenda in European city destinations. From sustainable cities to sustainable urban destinations" (Second supervisor, Principal Supervisor Professor Simon Joss) 
  • Papp, Bernadett
    The integration of tourism governance into the wider urban agenda.

Teaching

Acting Programme Convenor

  • MSc City Planning (2022)
  • MSc City Planning and Real Estate Development (2022)

Course Convenor

  • Urban Conservation (URBAN 5118/ URBAN 5126)
  • Urban Design and Development (URBAN5098) (Joint Graduate School Course with Nankai University)
  • Designing Places (URBAN 5010) 
  • Evidence, Evaluation and Policy (URBAN 5083) (2020/21)

Postgraduate Teaching Contributions

  • Urban Studies Researching and the Dissertation (URBAN 5119)
  • Qualitative Methods (SPS5037)
  • Sustainable Housing Development (URBAN 5049)
  • Spatial Planning Strategies (URBAN 4056)
  • Urban Design Policy and Practice (URBAN 5050)
  • Urban Conservation (URBAN 5118, URBAN 5126)
  • Development Process (URBAN 5037)
  • Dissertation supervision (URBAN 5054P, URBAN5080P) 

Other Teaching Contributions 

  • Researching the City (SPS3003)

 


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