Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Our research is carried out within the Manchester Architecture Research Group (MARG).
We are particularly interested in:
- ecological and landscape design
- the conservation and management of historic environments
- urban design and development.
We draw upon a wide range of interdisciplinary research interests through our ongoing collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). We also have research links to discipline areas such as:
- archaeology
- art history
- popular culture
- structural engineering.
The opportunities we provide for collaborative architectural research are unparalleled, and research bids in a variety of disciplines are strengthened by the involvement of our researchers.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Ageing, activism and social infrastructure: Advancing spatial justice within the age-friendly agenda
Kavanagh, N. & Hammond, M., 2025, In: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Place-based, Just Transition framework can guide industrial decarbonisation with a social licence
Lai, H.-L., Devine-Wright, P., Hamilton, J., Mander, S., Clery, D., Rattle, I., Martin, A., Ryder, S. & Taylor, P., Mar 2025, In: Energy Research & Social Science .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Architecture, Empire, and Trade: The United Africa Company
Jackson, I., Harrison, E., Tenzon, M., Woudstra, R. & Tunstall, C., 20 Feb 2025, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. 520 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Aviltamento Sanitário: negligência institucional e práticas sociometabólicas na mesorregião belo-horizontina
Valencio, N., Lenzig Barbosa, K., Gomes de Carvalho, G., Vidal de Andrade, M. L., Machado Silveira, G., Gaio Filla, M. & Iossifova, D., 1 Feb 2025, Dignidade Hídrica e Sanitária: : desafios no contexto cotidiano e de desastres. Valencio, N., Lenzig Barbosa, K. & Gomes de Carvalho, G. (eds.). São Carlos, SP: RiMa Editorial, p. 165-189 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Building Towards Bicentenary: A Campus History of the University of Manchester, 1824-2024
Blackwell, B., Dodge, M., Hopkins, J. & Steele, M., May 2025, Manchester: University of Manchester. 397 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Open Access
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Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives
Nordqvist, P. (PI), Woodward, S. (PI), Balmer, A. (PI), Fenton, L. (PI), Hannell, B. (PI), Lewis, C. (PI), Hall, S. M. (PI), Heaphy, B. (PI), Heath, S. (PI), Hicks, S. (PI), Holmes, H. (PI), Mancuso, J. (PI), Mathrani Chakraborty, R. (PI), Meckin, R. (PI), Price, D. (PI), Reed, K. (PI), Tinkler, P. (PI), Tomlinson, M. (PI), Towers, L. (PI), Yates, L. (PI), Hodgson, J. (PI), Finch, J. (PI), Mason, J. (PI) & Smart, C. (PI)
1/09/05 → 30/09/50
Project: Research
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Air Space: Creating a Community-Integrated Network of Interdisciplinary Research on Socio-Atmospherics (AWARD)
Hicks, S. (PI), Woodward, S. (CoI), Balmer, A. (CoI), Ashton, J. (CoI), Evans, J. (CoI), Lewis, C. (CoI), Topping, D. (CoI) & Jankovic, V. (CoI)
1/08/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Mapping spatial practices and social distancing in smart schools: Sensory and digital ethnographic methods(AWARD)
Yaneva, A. (PI) & Blackwell, B. (Researcher)
1/04/21 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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Towards Healthy China 2035: Sustainable Urban (Sanitation) Infrasystems
Iossifova, D. (PI)
1/02/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Towards Sustainable Sanitation in India and Brazil (TOSSIB)
Iossifova, D. (PI)
30/03/19 → 28/03/23
Project: Research
Impacts
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Building Capacity for Urban Climate Change Adaptation
Handley, J. (Participant), Guy, S. (Participant), Carter, J. (Participant), Cavan, G. (Participant), Gill, S. (Participant), Kingston, R. (Participant), Lindley, S. (Participant), Levermore, G. (Participant) & Ennos, A. (Participant)
Impact: Environmental impacts, Technological impacts
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Supporting older occupants in social housing
Lewis, A. (Participant) & Phillipson, C. (Participant)
Impact
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Activities
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The German Forest as a Contested Territory. The Idea of Wooden Form
Förster, K. (Examiner) & Sekulic, D. (Examiner)
8 Dec 2025Activity: Examination › Research
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Granular Configurations
Förster, K. (Discussant) & Büsse, M. (Speaker)
27 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Cement and the City
Förster, K. (Speaker)
25 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Teaching and Research
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The Future of Extraction.
Förster, K. (Co-Chair), Csepely-Knorr, L. (Co-Chair), Porat, H. (Participant), Ashton, M. (Participant), Vicencio Vega, C. (Participant) & Kucuk, Z. (Participant)
23 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Conceptualising Environments
Förster, K. (Participant)
22 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Prizes
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2020 RIBA President’s Award for History & Theory Research
Stanek, L. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Alice Davis Hitchcock (ADH) Medallion
Szacka, L.-C. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2020, Society of Architectural Historians, UK
Stanek, L. (Recipient), 12 Dec 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Canadian Centre for Architecture, Mellon Fellowship
Tayob, H. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Press/Media
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Brutalism: the Truth behind Britain’s Post-war Architecture
20/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Pioneering Women at the Heart of the Royal Society of Sculptors
20/09/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Kim Förster, Building Institution: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York 1967–1985, transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2024.: Book Review
1/02/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
Student theses
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A Dubious Experiment for Autonomous Architecture ---A Study of Chinese Experimental Architecture Between 1993 and 2010 Through A Bourdieusian Lens
Kang, K. (Author), Iossifova, D. (Supervisor) & Walker, S. (Supervisor), 26 Jul 2023Student thesis: Phd
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A Tunnel of Many Worlds: Unfolding the Blanka Controversy
Kourri, D. (Author), Yaneva, A. (Supervisor) & Haughton, G. (Supervisor), 1 Dec 2022Student thesis: Phd
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Contemporary Courtyard Houses of Libya: New Directions in Sustainable Housing Development
Elwerfalli, M. (Author), Karvonen, A. (Supervisor) & Minuchin, L. (Supervisor), 6 Apr 2017Student thesis: Phd
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Customary Land Tenure and Land Readjustment: Land Administration in Semi-Arid Ghana
Salia, R. A. (Author), Iossifova, D. (Supervisor) & Sengupta, U. (Supervisor), 16 Nov 2020Student thesis: Phd
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Design at the time of the Anthropocene: reporting from the Critical Zone
Arenes, A. (Author), Yaneva, A. (Main Supervisor) & Walker, S. (Supervisor), 8 Jul 2022Student thesis: Phd
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