Professor of Urban Management and Planning & Director, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University
I trained and worked as a Town Planner in London in the 1970s before joining the School for Advanced Urban Studies at the University of Bristol in 1980 to carry out research for my PhD on the redevelopment of London's Docklands. I worked at the University until 2007 when I left my position as Head of the School for Policy Studies to join Griffith University as Professor of Urban Management and Planning. I am currently Director of the new Cities Research Institute at Griffith University. I am also a founding member of Regional Development Australia, Gold Coast.

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