Postgraduate research programmes

Here are some of our current and recent MPhil and PhD candidates:

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

Mei-Lin Su
New Agenda of Healthy City: Greenspace Network Planning in Compact Asian Cities for Active Lifestyle
Co-supervised by Catharine Ward Thompson, OPENspace, Jamie Pearce, School of GeoSciences, and Niamh Shortt, School of GeoSciences

Wahidah Wan Kamaruddin
Universal and Inclusive Design in Malaysia
Co-supervised by Tahl Kaminer, ESALA, and Catharine Ward Thompson, OPENspace


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