REP Research Roundup: August

Published on August 15, 2022

Departmental News

The Department of Real Estate and Planning has recently appointed six new staff members. They are:

  • Prof Yiquan Gu - Professor of Spatial Economics and Industrial Organization
  • Prof Carlo Corradini - Professor of Regional Economics
  • Dr Yuan Zhao - Associate Professor in Real Estate
  • Dr Ziyou Wang - Lecturer in Real Estate
  • Dr Jairong (Anita) Li - Lecturer in Real Estate Finance
  • Dr Ren Ren - Lecturer in Real Estate

 

Research Activities

Publications ( 7th of June to 13th July)

Fiorentino, S. , Livingstone, N. , McAllister, P. and Cooke, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3309-7921 (2022) The future of the corporate office? Emerging trends in the post-Covid city. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. ISSN 1752-1386 (In Press) ID: 106164 

Part of an ongoing longitudinal study, this article provides evidence on the emerging impacts of Covid-19 on the demand for, configuration and role of offices in cities, drawing on primary data from semi-structured interviews with UK-based Corporate Real Estate Managers. The research is grounded on a ‘theory of change’ framework combining real estate, institutional economics, and economic geography literature. Our findings confirm an acceleration towards hybrid working patterns. While some changes in the current use of offices may be temporary or more dynamic, other adjustments may be permanent (e.g., working from home, portfolio rationalisations) and trigger structural changes across cities.

 

New Research-related Appointments

  • Research seminar Lead: Prof Yiquan Gu
  • Brown bag seminars Lead: Xiaolun Yu
  • Development of New Centre for Real Estate and Planning: Prof Carlo Corradini

 

Research Grant Applications Submitted

Claudia Murray (PI) – Medical Research Council (MRC) Applied Global Health Research call

  • Title: Indigenous Diets and Environmental Applications (IDEA): Diversifying subsistence farming agriculture in remote arid regions to improve childhood nutrition
  • Outline stage, £457,469 for REP, Project total: £1,671,573
  • Unclear when a decision is expected
  • Other UoR staff: Michael Garratt (Agriculture, Policy and Development), Vimal Karani (Food and Nutritional Sciences), Colin McKinnon (Institute of Environmental Analytics)

 

Impact News

A new report has been released on the Lexicon, Bracknell City Centre:

Nicholls,V and Street,E (2022) ‘Lessons from the Lexicon: Understanding success’ https://www.henley.ac.uk/news/2022/lessons-from-the-lexicon-understanding-success . The release of the above report was covered in e-architect: : https://www.e-architect.com/england/bracknell-town-centre-regeneration

 

Other news

Interest rates: short-term pain for long-term gain?

August 12, 2022
As the Bank of England raises interest rates by half a percentage point – the highest jump since 1995 – Dr Nikolaos Antypas looks at what this could mean for the UK economy in the latest Henley Insight. The Bank of England (BoE) raised interest rates from 1.25% to 1.75% last week, the largest raise for over two decades. The increase in rates comes as a response to the high inflation prints, which

Leadership and Management in the 21st Century: Row harder!

August 25, 2022
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