Built Environment staff directory
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Professor David Edwards
Professor of Plant and Machinery Management
David has accrued considerable leadership and management experience in the roles of teaching, award management and development, quality enhancement, student liaison and the national student survey (NSS), academic administration and research at a number of higher education institutes in this country and abroad. He is currently...
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Dr Damilola Ekundayo
Associate Professor in the Built Environment, Programme Director for MSc Quantity Surveying
Damilola has a substantial professional experience in the construction industry and in the UK higher education sector as well as varied management experience. Before joining academia he worked in the construction industry as a chartered quantity surveyor, chartered construction manager and professional project manager both in...
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Michael Grace
Senior Research Fellow
Mike Grace is a chartered town planner and has extensive experience in land use planning and place making through working in UK local authorities and national government agencies. He was Head of Planning Services at Carlisle City Council and Head of Profession for Sustainable Land Use at Natural England. Mike’s research...
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Dr Silvia Gullino
Associate Professor in City Making
Silvia holds a BA and MA in Architecture and an MSc in Environmental Engineering, both from the Politecnico di Torino. She gained her PhD in Spatial Planning at the Politecnico di Milano in 2005 and conducted postdoctoral research as a Senior Fellow in International Urban Studies at the Institute for Policy Studies at...
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Foroogh Hajiseyedjavadi
Lecturer
Foroogh is a lecturer in Civil Engineering at the Department of Built Environment and a visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds. She has a PhD in Civil Engineering with the focus on Transportation Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, where she also worked as a research and teaching...
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Professor David Higgins
Professor of Real Estate
Dr David Higgins is the Professor of Real Estate, Birmingham City University and past Visiting Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Xiamen University, China. David has worked in both industry and academia in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and China. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered...
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Dr Miguel Hincapie-Trivino
Lecturer in Urban Planning and Sustainability
Miguel has joined Birmingham City University in 2022 as Lecturer in Urban Planning and Sustainability at the Built Environment Department. He teaches across various undergraduate and postgraduate courses on subjects related to sustainable urban design, development project and digital cities. Miguel obtained a professional...
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Angela Kilby
Senior Lecturer
Angela is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment. Subcontracting QS with experience in final account settlement and onsite measurement. PQS career: based in West Midlands & London – experienced Capital Allowance consultant with Morland and Allied Domecq with public house/nightclub...
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Professor Peter Larkham
Professor of Planning
Peter Larkham is Professor of Planning at the University’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment. He teaches on the BSc (Hons) courses in Building Surveying and Real Estate, as well as the MA Planning Built Environments and the Postgraduate Certificate...
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Paul Laycock
Deputy Head of Built Environment
Paul is the Deputy Head of Built Environment. He is also a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment and Course Director for BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology . Paul was originally a site manager. He moved into design management and from there became an Architectural Technologist. He taught at...