Dr. Jessica Ferm

Biography

Jessica currently serves as the Director of Education at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. Her practice-focused academic research interests include spatial planning, economic development, and social sustainability. Her primary research area explores the relationship between planning and development and the ability of diverse, lower-value economic activities to thrive in urban environments. Jessica's PhD evaluated recent affordable workspace policies in London and she continues to advise in this area. Actively involved in planning in London, she is a member of the Space Economy Planning and the London Planning Development Forum for the Greater London Authority's Industrial Logistics Sounding Board. Before her academic career, Jessica worked for 10 years in planning practice across public and private sectors, including as an Associate at Urban Practitioners and at the London Borough of Enfield, where she was responsible for the Council’s Area Action Plans. She is an RTPI accredited town planner and holds a PhD in Planning Studies from UCL, as well as multiple Master's Degrees from the University of Westminster and Goldsmiths College, and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford.

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