Here are some of our current and recent MPhil and PhD candidates:
Ki Tong
Enhancing greenspace accessibility for older adults – an alternative perspective focusing on socio-personal characteristics, preferences, needs and design requirements
Co-supervised by Gillian Mead and Catharine Ward Thompson, School of Medicine
Qiyan Li
Built Environment and Health: A Synthetic Approach Through Multiple Psychophysiological Responses
Co-supervised by Zhiqiang Feng, Jamie Pearce and Catharine Ward Thompson
Menyang Ni
Availability of urban landscape resources for floating population – an environmental justice Enquiry in Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson and Simon Bell
Jenny Elliott
Urban data and decision-making: emerging technologies and built environment design
Co-supervised by Nina Morris, Larissa Pschetz and Catharine Ward Thompson, School of Geosciences
Ameelia Mohsin
Built Environment, Physical Activity and Longevity: Examining the built environment affordances of moving elderly in areas of extreme longevity
Co-supervised by Iain Scott and Catharine Ward Thompson
Song Zhao
Outdoor Environments on University Campus in China: what is the link between green spaces and students’ health and wellbeing in promoting quality of life?
Co-supervised by Simon Bell and Catharine Ward Thompson
Tasniva Mumu
A study of children’s play practice/urban landscape use in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Co-supervised by Simon Bell, Catharine Ward Thompson and Kenny Fraser.
Ni Kang
The implementation of city models in China: how residents use different green/blue space
Co-supervised by Simon Bell and Catharine Ward Thompson
Leyla Deniz Kiraz
Wellbeing as a decision-making criterion in Urban Park Design: Assessing urban parks on their effect on human wellbeing
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson, John Lee and Mark Rounsevell
Alexia Mercieca
The impact of dementia care environments. Exploring the perceived daily life experiences of people with dementia in their dementia care environments and their immediate outdoor settings
Co-supervised by Iain Scott, Catharine Ward Thompson and Heather Wilkinson
Teresa Griffiths
Food-growing in Scottish schools: An analysis of the present position and indicators for the future
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson and Greg Kenicer
Beichen Yu
The New Urbanisms of Colour: Saturated Colour in The Urban Landscape 2000-20
Co-supervised by Simon Bell and Catharine Ward Thompson
Nik Farhanah Nik Azhari
The Affordance of Scotland’s Pre-war Schools In The Provision of 21st Century Learning
Co-supervised by Fiona McLachlan, Catharine Ward Thompson and Kay Tisdall
Jennifer Noall
Forests, health and inequalities in Scotland: a longitudinal approach
Co-supervised by Jamie Pearce, Niamh Shortt, and Catharine Ward Thompson, School of Geosciences
Yuanyuan Liu
Social Reform, Civic Culture and Urban Planning: Chinese Parks, 1905-1949
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson and Felix Boecking
I-Chun Kuo
Reading the Landscape of Ezekiel 40-48: a theology of resilience
Co-supervised by Mark Harris and Catharine Ward Thompson, School of Divinity
Montasir Alabdullah
Making streets in Saudi cities more pedestrian friendly
Co-supervised by Simon Bell, OPENspace, and Chris Speed, School of Design
Tareq Alwaraf
Sustainable recreation and tourism in desert environments in Saudi Arabia
Supervised by Simon Bell
Azlina Aziz
Blind people and their use of public space in Malaysia
Co-supervised by Simon Bell, OPENspace, and Lisa Mackenzie, ESALA
Rick le Brasseur
Urban sprawl and landscape
Co-supervised by Simon Bell and Catharine Ward Thompson, with input from Peter Aspinall
Rebecca Crowther
Capturing Communitas – Exploring the essence of wellbeing witnessed within momentary social interactions in public spaces: A Scottish Ethnography
Co-supervised by Penny Travlou, OPENspace, Neil Thin, School of Social & Political Science, and Angela McClanahan, School of Art
Kurt Culbertson
Surfacing Natural Systems: A Methodology and Economic Basis for Reshaping Shrinking Cities
Co-supervised by Simon Bell, OPENspace, Lisa Mackenzie, ESALA, and Catharine Ward Thompson, OPENspace
Teresa Griffiths
Does participating in gardening have a positive impact on children’s learning and behaviour?
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson, OPENspace, and Greg Kenicer, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE)
Matluba Khan
Design for outdoor education in Bangladeshi elementary schools
Co-supervised by Simon Bell and Eva Silveirinha de Oliverira, OPENspace, and Sarah McGeown, Moray House School of Education
Francisca Lima
Public space in shrinking cities: the case of Lisbon
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson and Simon Bell, with input from Peter Aspinall
Yuanyuan Liu
Cosmopolitan Landscape: Chinese Modern Gardens in Shanghai and Tianjin, 1840-1949
Co-supervised by Thomas Oles, ESALA, and Catharine Ward Thompson, OPENspace
Dan Marriott
British-American Road Heritage
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson, OPENspace, and Iain Boyd Whyte, ESALA
Frederico Mereiles
Evaluation of the POLIS project of urban parks in Portugal
Supervised by Simon Bell
Aikaterina Mitka
Tourism landscape futures in Greece post-crisis
Co-supervised by Simon Bell and Penny Travlou
Omar Mohammed
Contemporary monuments in the landscape
Co-supervised by Simon Bell, OPENspace, and Kenny Fraser, ESALA,
with input from Peter Aspinall
Reyhaneh Mozaffar
Design principles for primary school yards to enhance creativity in pupils
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson, OPENspace, Iain Scott, ESALA, and
Evelyn McGregor, Moray House School of Education
Norhanis Diyana Nizarudin
Urban Mosque Open Space as Communal and Intercultural Space in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson and Eva Silveirinha de Oliverira
Christine O’Hara
Analysis of Olmsted Brothers landscapes in Los Angeles
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson, OPENspace, Richard Anderson, ESALA, and
Iain Boyd Whyte, ESALA
Agnès Patuano
Natural settings related to the experience of stress reduction and psychological wellbeing
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson and Jenny Roe, with input from Peter Aspinall
Caroline Stanton
Scale and perception of wind turbines in the landscape
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson and Simon Bell, with input from Peter Aspinall