Dr Philip O'Brien
- Lecturer in Real Estate and Urban/Housing Economics (Urban Studies)
Research interests
Philip’s research primarily focuses on the land and property development process and the relationship between state and market within this, addressing:
- The role of planning in stimulating market-led development
- Land value capture
- Institutionalist theory in planning and development
Grants
2020
Co-Investigator, Housing Land Allocation, Assembly and Delivery (Scottish Land Commission), £24,800
Co-Investigator, Affordable housing need in Scotland post 2021 (Scottish Federation of Housing Associations), £40,900
2018-2019
Co-Investigator, Land: Value to capture? (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Research Trust), £8,400
2017
Co-Investigator, Rapid evidence assessment of changes to mortgage interest tax relief in Ireland 1998-2016 (Residential Landlords Association of England and Wales), £4,000
Co-Investigator, Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), EHRC, AHRC and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, £6,070,028
2015
Co-Investigator, Planning as ‘market maker’: how planning is used to stimulate development in Germany, France and the Netherlands (Royal Town Planning Institute Small Project Impact Research Scheme), £10,000
Supervision
Contact Philip if you are interested in undertaking doctoral research in:
- State-market relations in land and property development
- The economic role of planning
- Planning and institutionalism
- Du, Haitao
Understanding the Residential Expectations, Aspirations, and Outcomes of Skilled Migrants in China-the Case Study of Guangzhou, Foshan, and Zhongshan
Teaching
Philip teaches on the MSc. City Planning, the MSc. City Planning and Real Estate Development, and the MSc. Real Estate programmes.
Convenor
- Development Process
- International Real Estate Analysis
- International Real Estate Markets
- Real Estate Institutions and Markets (Nankai Graduate School)
Contributing lecturer
- Professional Practice, Ethics and Management
- Urban Design and Development (Nankai Graduate School)