Professor Peter Aspinall

We regret to announce the death of Peter Aspinall in 2024. Peter was latterly Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Studies at Heriot-Watt University. With expertise in environmental psychology and visual science, he worked in the Schools of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art for a number of years, becoming ECA Director of Research in 1997 before moving to Heriot-Watt University in 2000.  Peter continued to work actively for many years with the two research groups he co-founded: OPENspace Research Centre (with Professors Catharine Ward Thompson and Simon Bell), focusing on inclusive access outdoors, health and the environment; and VisionCentre3 (with Professor Bal Dhillon), focusing on vision and quality of life, based in the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, NHS Lothian.

Peter is remembered for his expertise and dedication to innovative research of the highest integrity as well as his kind and inspiring mentorship of a great many staff and students in their research careers.