I am a Senior Lecturer in Spatial Planning at the University of Manchester. My research focuses on spatial inequality and how it is shaped by urban transformation, infrastructure, human behaviour and policy decisions.

I am particularly interested in how spatial data analysis and AI-enabled methods can improve how inequalities across places and population groups are identified, interpreted and addressed in planning. My work takes a multi-scalar perspective and combines geospatial and quantitative analysis with qualitative evidence to strengthen explanation, contextual understanding and policy relevance.

Empirically, my research has examined inequalities related to health, mobility and low-carbon transition, with a broader interest in how planning can better address uneven development in rapidly changing urban environments.

I have led or contributed to projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy, the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and the Alan Turing Institute.

I currently serve as Co-Associate Director of Research Ethics, Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee, and Coordinator of the Spatial Policy and Analysis Research Group in the School of Environment, Education and Development.

My research adopts a multi-method and multi-scalar approach, combining geospatial data analysis, social statistics and emerging AI-enabled techniques with qualitative and participatory methods. This allows me to examine spatial inequalities not only through measurement and modelling, but also through contextual interpretation and engagement with policy-relevant questions.

My research draws on methods including:

• • Geospatial data analytics

  • Social statistical analysis

  • AI-enabled spatial and multimodal analysis

  • Qualitative and participatory methods

I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in the following areas:

• Spatial inequality in planning, particularly in relation to health, mobility and uneven urban outcomes
• Transport decarbonisation and mobility justice
  (e.g. equity implications of low-carbon transitions, EV infrastructure planning, sustainable mobility pathways)
• AI-enabled analysis, decision support and evidence generation in planning
  (e.g. spatial data science, image-based urban analysis, multimodal data integration for planning decision support)

If you're interested in pursuing a PhD in these areas, please send your research proposal, CV and academic transcripts to me at [email protected].

• URBN70011 Policy Making in Greater Manchester (Unit coordinator)
• PLAN20172 Applied Research for Planning and Real Estate (Unit co-coordinator)
• PLAN30000 UG Dissertation (Unit coordinator)
• PLAN40761/PLAN60761 Digital Planning - Spatial and Policy Analysis (Unit contribution)
• PLAN40861/PLAN60861 International Planning: System and Frameworks (Unit contribution)
• PLAN26041 Data Analytics for Planning and Real Estate (Unit contribution)