LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
UCL Urban Laboratory
1- 19 Torrington Place
London WC1E 7HB
www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanlab
+44 (0)20 7679 1890
M.Phil/PhD affiliation to the UCL Urban Laboratory
If you would like to be informally affiliated with the UCL Urban Laboratory, and to have a link to
your work or an abstract posted on the Urban Laboratory website, please complete the details
below. Please note that this will not change your registration/supervision status or home
department.
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W orking title for the PhD
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Areas Of Interest
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Please provide a brief outline/abstract of your research topic (max 100 words)
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Date of enrolment at UCL
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Please return this form to Laura Hirst, Urban Laboratory Administrator at l.hirst@ucl.ac.uk
General Information
The UCL Urban Laboratory, established in 2005, is a university-wide initiative to bring together the best
urban teaching and research at UCL. Our activities build on the full spectrum of work at UCL across the
arts and sciences, ranging from civil engineering to film studies, planning, urban history and the latest
developments in architectural and urban design. Urban research at UCL draws on a rich heritage of
ideas including the path breaking insights of figures such as Patrick Abercrombie, Peter Hall, Ruth
Glass, Peter Cook and Reyner Banham. The engagement between UCL and wider public debates over
the future design and planning of cities is a distinctive feature of UCL research and teaching. The focus
on cities at UCL has a strong international dimension building on extensive networks across Europe,
Africa, Asia and the Americas. At the UCL Urban Laboratory we wish to encourage thinking and
research that is critical, independent and interdisciplinary.
The Urban Laboratory runs regular lectures, seminars, workshops and exhibitions that will be of interest
to students at all levels. Our current work focuses on five themes, described on our website: housing and
dishousing, ecology and metabolism, change and crisis, imagination and design, data and place. We
pursue these themes through cross- and inter-disciplinary methods, prioritising collaborative research,
public and community engagement, and the development of international comparative frameworks.
Further information
Website: www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanlab
On the website you can find details of events, urban research at UCL, urban publications, and
opportunities for study, including links to UCL’s urban programmes at masters and doctoral level. Details
of our Steering Committee and International Advisory Board are also posted here.
Subscribers to the Urban Circular mailing list http://tinyurl.com/cxptnlb will receive regular listings of
urban events going on at UCL and elsewhere, and they can post relevant information to the list.
We are on Facebook and details of events are posted on our page. Search for “UCL Urban Laboratory”.
Follow us on Twitter @UCLurbanlab
http://twitter.com/UCLurbanlab
Our regular activities include:
Urban Lab Films
Urban Lab Films is an ongoing programme of films, discussions and performances exploring the work of
filmmakers depicting cities, the urban landscape and life in urban societies. Details are circulated on the
Urban Circular listing and our website. Students can suggest film titles and discussion themes and help
curate events. Contact: urbanlaboratory@ucl.ac.uk
Cities Methodologies
Inaugurated in 2009, this annual event is a pan-UCL cross-disciplinary initiative to showcase innovative
methods in urban research, drawing together work from undergraduate programmes, through to PhD
studies, staff, and the wider urban research community. An annual London exhibition and events
programme takes place in the third term each year, together with a coordinated programme of ‘spin-off'
exhibitions in other cities internationally.
Stadtkolloquium: Urban PhD Research Seminars and Annual Workshop
The UCL Urban Laboratory organises an annual interdisciplinary work-in-progress workshop for PhD
students to present and discuss their research projects. This is an open and informal space to discuss
theoretical, practical or methodological questions and problems. Individual colloquia, feedback sessions
and reading groups are also held throughout the year. The Stadtkolloquium aims to create a supportive
environment for urban researchers who would like feedback and to meet peer PhD students from other
departments. Lively round-table discussions are held on diverse urban questions across various
disciplinary backgrounds, including Geography, Architecture, Anthropology, Literature, Cultural Studies,
Development Studies, History, Environmental Studies, Health Sciences, Fine Art, Planning, Engineering.
MPhil/PhD student affiliation to the Urban Laboratory
MPhil/PhD students who would like to be informally affiliated with the UCL Urban Laboratory, and to
have a link to their work or an abstract posted on the Urban Laboratory website should complete and
return the form posted at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanlab/en2/datalive/downloadfiles/AffiliationForm.pdf
Please note that this does not change your registration/supervision status or home department, or incur
additional fees. General enquiries to: urbanlaboratory@ucl.ac.uk
Urban Laboratory Student representatives
Students from UCL’s urban programmes are represented on the Urban Laboratory Steering Committee
by:
Regan Koch r.koch@ucl.ac.uk
Sandra Jasper s.jasper@ucl.ac.uk
Feel free to get in touch with them with feedback or suggestions at any time.
Urban Laboratory Staff
Director of the UCL Urban Laboratory:
Dr Ben Campkin (Bartlett School of Architecture) b.campkin@ucl.ac.uk
Room 129b, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, London, WC1J 0QB
Urban Laboratory Administrator:
Laura Hirst laura.hirst.10@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7679 1890
Urban Laboratory Co-Directors Group:
Dr Pushpa Arabindoo (Geography and Urban Studies) p.arabindoo@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Matthew Beaumont (English) m.beaumont@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Camillo Boano (Development Planning Unit) c.boano@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Ger Duijzings (Sch of Slavonic and East European Studies) g.duijzings@ucl.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Harris (Director, MSc Urban Studies, Geography) andrew.harris@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Jenny Robinson (Geography) jennifer.robinson@ucl.ac.uk