It was great to spend a day this week exploring the housing design quality conundrum with planners working across Scotland - lots of challenges, but lots of passion to change the status quo too

A great piece by @urbanretrofit.bsky.social Co-I Hannah Hickman on the complexities of Labour’s growth agenda

Labour's planning reform agenda fixates on growth, but at what cost? urbanretrofit.housingevidence.ac.uk/urban-retrofit-and-the-governments-planning-agenda-for-growth-compatible-or-contradictory/

Here Andy Inch and I argue that, amidst the drive to build more homes and grow the economy, the UK mustn’t lose sight of its net zero commitments: theconversation.com/starmers-pla...

Still a few weeks to get your application in for this exciting post. Give me a shout if you want to chat about it

Our little @urbanretrofit.bsky.social ‘hello’ video - have a watch…

I am pleased to announce we are seeking a new Senior Lecturer/Prof of Planning @uofglasgow.bsky.social. This is an important investment that coincides with the launch of our postgraduate planning programmes and a new Place and Built Environment subject: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ500/s...

We have our first @urbanretrofit.bsky.social blog out today on our new website - some initial thoughts and ideas from our practice-based partners and academic team about what we really mean by 'urban retrofit'. Check it out below.

Today we’ve launched our new @urbanretrofit.bsky.social website and invite you to check it out. We are just getting started and there will be more to share as our project develops but do follow us on this exciting research journey.

This starter pack is the beginning of a collection of people who run major @ukri.org and civil service projects across the sciences and humanities- follow us and let me know if you want to join us! go.bsky.app/3HUp1di

I’m new to Bluesky so making this my first ‘hello’ post - a recent piece in @rtpiplanners.bsky.social Scottish Planner on the future of place-making and the challenge of ‘planning-by-concession. You can reach or here on Page 13: www.rtpi.org.uk/media/19012/...