Conference Agenda

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8:30am
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9:00am
Morning Tea, Coffee, Welsh Cakes
Location: Committee Room 1 / Glamorgan Building
8:30am
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4:00pm
Meeting Room
Location: 0.02 / Glamorgan Building

Room for meetings, networking, chatting

Quiet Room
Location: 1.52 / Glamorgan Building

Quiet Room - Strictly no emails, meetings, socialising, etc.

Conference Registration Day 2: Conference Registration Desk Open
Location: Lobby / Glamorgan Building
9:00am
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10:00am
Opening Plenary: Un-Naming the Plotlands: On What Foundations Do We Build Planning Up?
Location: -1.64 / Glamorgan Building
Chair: Brian Webb
 

Un-Naming the Plotlands: On What Foundations Do We Build Planning Up?

Katie McClymont, Richard Bower

10:00am
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11:00am
Housing Challenges
Location: 1.68 / Glamorgan Building
 

Housing vulnerable people: Does size matter?

Daniel James



More homes in smaller spaces: how acceptable is suburban densification to civic societies?

Mark Smith, Christopher Maidment, Angelique Chettiparamb, Sebastian Dembski



Conceptualising the Future of Green Belt within the context of ‘Grey Belt’ and 1.5 million new homes

Charles Goode

Mobility Transitions
Location: 1.65 / Glamorgan Building
 

When exceptions shift norms: explaining transitions to environment-oriented transport policy using orders of worth

Mirka Johanna Virtanen, Richard Cowell



Impact of Birmingham Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) on safety and perceived safety, particularly for women

Cerys Hutchison



20 Minutes for Whom? Rethinking Accessibility Through Walking Isochrones

Martin Duffy

Planning and Place
Location: 1.74 / Glamorgan Building
 

From words into reality? Power, disciplinarity, and the social construction of green infrastructure knowledge

Andrew Flynn, Nick Hacking



Paws for Thought: Animal Rescue Centres at the Margins of Planning, Sustainability and Multispecies Urbanism

Jessica Duke



Regional pavement parking research project (mobility, design and accessibility)

Michael Clark

Planning Through Time
Location: 0.81 / Glamorgan Building
 

Regions in Evolution: A History of Regional Planning

John Harrison, Daniel Galland, Mark Tewdwr-Jones



Planning History: Obstacles and opportunities

David Mountain



Cross-Border Strategic Spatial Planning on the Island of Ireland: Assessing Alignment, Divergence and the Future of Collaboration

Gavan Rafferty, Linda McElduff, Caroline Creamer

Sustainability Challenges
Location: 1.67 / Glamorgan Building
 

Urban Retrofit – a restorative approach to post-growth planning?

James White, Hannah Hickman



Retrofit, conservation areas and climate transitions: evidence from local planning authorities in England

Katy Karampour



A Critical Realist Perspective on City Region Spatial Planning: Lock-in or Transformation?

Claudia Carter

Women Shaping Cities
Location: 1.75 / Glamorgan Building
 

Encountering, Navigating, and Reclaiming the City: Spatial Negotiations of Muslim Refugee Women

Reem Elnady



Women as System-Builders: Leadership Archetypes for African Urban Governance and Planning

Tiffany Davis, Lesego Tshuwa



Dancing the Impossible City: women spatial Imaginaries in Bristol

Elahe Karimnia

11:00am
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11:15am
Morning Refreshment Break
Location: Committee Room 1 / Glamorgan Building
11:15am
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12:15pm
Making Voices Heard
Location: 1.74 / Glamorgan Building
 

Dwelling through the just transition: the Lived Experience of the Niddrie Road tenement Retrofit in Glasgow.

Andrew Hoolachan, Bilge Serin, James White



Beyond Compliance: Reconciling National Infrastructure Delivery and Meaningful Public Participation

Hannah Hickman, Katie McClymont



Beyond the Map: Integrating Arts-Based and Digital Mapping in Place-Based Youth Engagement in Wales

Matluba Khan, Tom Smith, Maya Lee

Neighbourhood Renewal
Location: 1.68 / Glamorgan Building
 

The economic impacts of brownfield redevelopment on neighbourhoods

Danielle Sinnett, Reinhard Weisser, Owen Cranshaw, Paul Miner



State Of The Art Review of Greyfield - Led Suburban Regeneration in Ireland

Grusa Bauman, Garrett Keenaghan, Jim Roche



Addressing rural housing poverty in low‑income Cornish communities through the provision of affordable and low‑carbon homes

CHIENLING LO, Sana Malik, Tim Lee, Frederick Stone

Planning and Delivery
Location: 1.65 / Glamorgan Building
 

Developer Contributions and Value Capture in Northern Ireland: Insights from Early Implementation

Gavan Rafferty, Linda McElduff, Malachy Buck



Temporality and urgency in the planning and delivery of mega-events: A case study of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Charles Goode, Austin Barber



Conceptual notes on a ‘plan-less’ system: examining the contemporary role, relevance and nature of plans

Neil Harris

Planning in the Digital Age
Location: 0.81 / Glamorgan Building
 

The Potential for Digital Planning to Ease Resource Pressures and Improve Planning Outcomes in Wales

Ruth Potts, Brian Webb



The digitalisation of planning and dependence on consultant procurement

Carla Maria Kayanan



Rebuilding Planning Knowledge In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence: Urban Datarization And The Future Of Planning In The Global South

Abdulsalam Shema Ibrahim, Mustapha Abdulmunafi Yunusa, Muhammed Tauheed Alfa, Halima Abdulmalik, Noordin Yusuf Kasim

Resilient Sustainable Futures
Location: 1.67 / Glamorgan Building
 

Scaling Urban Food Futures: Community-Based Food Initiatives, Planning Knowledge and Participatory Governance in Kraków

Aleksandra Krawczyk, Ewa Kopczyńska



‘For the Public with the Public’: A Participatory Foresight framework for Spatial Planning and Sustainability Transitions

Louise Weir, Maura Farrell, Aisling Murtagh, Tuomas Kuhmonen



Inclusive Urban Mobility for Post-Stroke Survivors: Considering Urban Environmental Factors in Belfast.

Viduni Dedduwa Pathirana, Carlos J. L. Balsas, Gavan Rafferty

Roundtable: (Environmental) Planning Theory, Governance and Practice Revisited
Location: 1.75 / Glamorgan Building
 

(Environmental) Planning Theory, Governance and Practice Revisited

Claudia Carter, Andy Inch, Mark Twedwr-Jones, John Sturzaker

12:15pm
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1:15pm
Plenary Roundtable: In honour of Malcolm Tait (1972-2026)
Location: -1.64 / Glamorgan Building
Chair: Yasminah Beebeejaun
 

In honour of Malcolm Tait (1972-2026)

Yasminah Beebeejaun, Kiera Chapman, Ben Clifford, Andy Inch, Katie McClymont

1:15pm
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2:15pm
Lunch
Location: Bute Exhibition Hall / Bute Building
2:15pm
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3:35pm
Governance in Practice
Location: 1.65 / Glamorgan Building
 

The effectiveness of hybrid forum approaches to policy mediation: a case study of community asset transfer in Wales

Andrew Flynn, Nick Hacking



Multivocal Fishponds: Community-led narratives of places towards Just Regeneration in Post-Industrial Suburbs

Elahe Karimnia



Evaluating Planning-Health Integration in Northern Ireland: The 4 E's Framework for Emergent Governance Contexts

gemma evans



Changes to planning legislation through the lens of procedural and substantive policy tools

Jordana Corrigan

Knowledge Production and Planning Futures
Location: 0.81 / Glamorgan Building
 

Modalities of time and temporality in and for planning: an overview and agenda

Gavin Parker, Mark Dobson



Producing Enclave in the Representation of Space: Rural Planning Practice in China

Han Feng



Determining the facts that matter in complex decision-making: a critical realist framework of identifying valid knowledge in planning 

Andrew Ivins



Conceptual Model for Explaining Self-defined Neighbourhoods

Aya Badawy

Nature, Health and Place
Location: 1.67 / Glamorgan Building
 

Rethinking “green infrastructure” from a rural perspective - competing principles, nature-centric policies, and action

Ian Mell



Green Infrastructure and Urban Centre Repurposing: Learning Lessons from the West Midlands

Charles Goode



New development in England is unlikely to be providing enough access to greenspace

Danielle Sinnett

Place, Identity and Urban Experience
Location: 1.74 / Glamorgan Building
 

Students’ agency in campus greenspace: How guerrilla use informs the design of university greenspace

Yarden Woolf



The Role of Business Improvement Districts as Place-makers in Contemporary Urban Governance – Potential, Perils and Planning Implications in Birmingham

Austin Barber



Re-conceptualising child-centred urbanism: children’s experiences across diverse urban contexts

Matluba Khan



Public Art as Social, Situational, and Relational Practice

Emma Price

Rethinking Planning Education
Location: 1.75 / Glamorgan Building
 

Cinematic pedagogies: teaching urban planning through film

Andrew Hoolachan



Rethinking Authentic Assessment Design in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence – A Case Study from Town and Regional Planning Education

Yuan Shi



Temporal Misalignment in Planning Education: Curriculum, Knowledge, and the Case for Temporal Reflexivity

Marwa Al Khalidi

Roundtable: Zines for Building Planning Up
Location: 1.68 / Glamorgan Building
 

Zines for Building Planning Up

Cat Button

3:35pm
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3:50pm
Afternoon Refreshment Break
Location: Committee Room 1 / Glamorgan Building
3:50pm
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5:15pm
Mobile Tours
Location: Front of Glamorgan Building

Meet in the front of the Glamorgan Building at 3:50pm

7:00pm
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9:00pm
Conference Dinner / pre-booked
Location: Cornerstone / Charles St, Cardiff CF10 2GA