REP Research Roundup: May

Research Outputs

The department continues to publish a high-volume of quality research, find below highlights since April this year:

• Erol, I. and Unal, U. (2022) Employment effects of immigration to Germany in the period of migration policy liberalization, 2005–2018. Eurasian Economic Review. ISSN 1309-422X
• Li, W., Yigitcanlar, T., Liu, A. and Erol, I. (2022) Mapping two decades of smart home research: a systematic scientometric analysis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 179. 121676. ISSN 0040-1625 Accessible here.
• Marcato, G. and Sebehela, T. (2022) The paradoxical prices of options. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 25 (2). ISSN 1793-6705
• Nunes, R. and Fielmua, N. (2022) Institutional bricolage in community-based water management: Some insights from non-representational theory. International Journal of Water Resources Development. ISSN 1360-0648 (In Press)Moseley, M., Parker, G. and Wragg, A., (2000) The Joint Provision of Services 2000. Report. Countryside Agency, Cheltenham. pp67. ID: 104773 
• Moseley, M. J. and Parker, G., (1998) The Joint Provision of Rural Services. Report. Rural Development Commission, Salisbury. pp124. ISBN 9781869964634 ID: 104772 
• Taylor, B. and Nunes, R. (2022) Entitlement, indeterminacy and professional discretion in urban planning: problematising a childʼs right to clean air for play in London. Sustainability. ISSN 2071-1050 (In Press) ID: 105196

Research Impact News

Christopher Maidment and Angelique Chettiparamb presented to DLUHC on April 12, based on their work with Civic Societies involvement with the planning process in England. The presentation drew on their recently published research report ‘Civic Societies and the Planning Process’ which was also presented to the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Civic Societies on the 8th of February.

‘Government response to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee report on the Future of the Planning System in England’ published in May clearly references a REP publication from 2021 authored by Gavin Parker, Mark Dobson and Tessa Lynn. The foot note is from REP.

Research Dissemination

On Saturday May 14th Joe Doak, former Associate Professor at REP and current PhD student presented the interim findings of his PhD research to members and guests of Reading Civic Society. His talk is part of the bicentennial celebrations of Huntley & Palmer’s in Reading which is being organised by Reading Borough Council.

Joe described and explained how the Kings Road factory happened, covering land assembly, funding, design, construction, building use and, finally, redevelopment for office, industrial and retail uses. Indicative of this on-going process of property development, part of the original site is currently being redeveloped again for the new Huntley Wharf residential scheme. The social and economic history that Joe uncovered from the MERL archives as well as insights into the planning and development process were presented. Joe’s research also contributed to the recent ‘Local Listing’ of the Factory’s Recreation Building and the Factory Garden, next to the Kennet & Avon Canal.

Research Grants

Research Grants submitted in April/May
Gavin Parker – Nuffield Foundation ‘Just neighbourhoods? Potential of community-led planning in left behind places’
£226,753 – June 2022

Steven Devaney (and Neil Crosby) – Property Research Trust ‘The application of Long-term valuation models across Europe’
£10,000

Research Grants awarded in April/May

Kwon, Heeseo ABM-based Land Use-Transport Interaction (LUTI) Simulation: focusing on travel mode switch, urban decision-making behaviour, development and health implications in Greater Manchester

Pain, Kathy - Tackling Root Causes Upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development (TRU3D). Standard Research Grant UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP);
Total Income – Division £4,851, Total Income – UoR  £4,851

Rita, Nasr (PhD student working with Angelique Chettiparamb) – IJURR Foundation Writing up Grant – 2022. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Total income - £4000. 

Research Environment

Prof. Angelique Chettiparamb has taken over as the new Research Division Lead for REP from Kathy Pain who has ably served REP as RDL for the last 10 years. Angelique’s profile.

Emma Street, Seminar Co-ordinator for REP Research Seminars has stepped down. An Expression of Interest for a new Research seminar co-ordinator will soon be issued.

Angelique Chettiparamb spoke at the university organised event, “An Introduction to Open Peer Review’ drawing upon her experience of piloting Transparent Peer Review in the journal Planning Theory for which she is Managing Editor.

Kathy Pain has accepted an invitation to submit work for the Local Government Association's Future of Cities project. Her contribution will be shared at the LGA's Annual Conference in June.

14 REP staff (Lecturers and Associated Professors) will be attending a full-day hands-on Grant Development workshop organised by REP research staff and RDL on June 27th, with support from the Research Endowment Trust fund from the University won by Kathy Pain in her role as previous RDL.

PhD Students

There are 25 full-time PhD students and 3 part-time PhD students currently in REP. Four new PhD students joined in the academic year 2021-22. They are:

• Ellen Kwofie: Appraising the Appraisal; An Investigation of Real Estate Appraisal Production and Complexities in Ghana. Supervised by Steven Devaney
• Adele Wylie: The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s paid and non-paid foodwork from a critical feminist perspective. Supervised by Richard Nunes and Mike Goodman (from Geography and Environmental Sciences)
• Esteban Rocha: Participatory Initiatives in Urban Planning: Conceptual Integration and Empirical Evidence from Emerging and Developed Countries. Supervised by Claudia Murray and Gavin Parker.
• JingHeng Huang: Examining how residents manage inter-racial differences and conflicts in Singapore’s neighborhoods. Supervised by Angelique Chettiparamb and Christopher Maidment.

PhD Students Examined

Dexter Du: Reassembling for Sustainable Urban Transition: UK Institutional Property Owners’ Deployment of Solar Panels on Buildings. Examined in January 2022.