Dr. Robert Richardson

Biography

Rob Richardson is a Lecturer in Urban Planning and Place-Making at the University of Manchester. His research primarily concerns how planning and public policy shape urban design quality, development, housing, and public spaces. His work is particularly focused on approaches to placemaking and the relationship between governance and policy. He currently convenes various course units including Placemaking, International Urban Design, and Urban Design & International Planning Study Tour, and he has previously taught both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in planning, urban design, and public policy. Rob has held research positions at the University of Glasgow in the Centre for Public Policy and has worked with the International Public Policy Observatory and the Cambridge Centre for Housing Planning Research. He completed a collaborative PhD with a Scottish local authority, studying the local implementation of the Scottish Government's placemaking policy at the University of Glasgow. Rob is a licentiate member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and is involved with the North West Regional Activities Committee as well as the Regional Studies Association and Urban Design Group.

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