Events & Seminars
PLANNING &
PLACE FORUM
UWS Sustainable Urban Planning invite you to bring your valuable expertise of planning knowledge and practices to our students
Upcoming Events
Join us at our next sessions featuring leading experts in planning and urban development.
12 Nov 2026
Developing Scottish New Town - Cumbernauld
Craig McIntyre
North Lanarkshire Council
Developing Scottish New Town - Cumbernauld
09 Dec 2026
Applications of GIS in Urban Transport Studies
Dr Dongsheng He
Research Fellow, Institute for Spatial Data Science, University of Leeds
16 Dec 2026
Applications of GIS in Local Authority Planning Practice
Ryan Hardy
Planning Enforcement Officer, Falkirk Council
Past Events
29 Sep 2026
AI Agents for Human Mobility in Healthy & Sustainable Cities
Dr Qiumeng Li
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Guangzhou
Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Award Online Training Session 1
23 Apr 2026
Planning Law & Politics in Scotland
Tom Winter
Scottish Government
26 Mar 2026
Planning for Infrastructure Projects and the Role of Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO)
Gillian Baillie
Gillian Baillie Planning
Statutory processes for major infrastructure, CPO land assembly, compensation and alternative development potential
17 Feb 2026
Timeless by Design: Place Planning that Lasts
Bea Nichol
Historic Environment Scotland
How integrating heritage into planning can strengthen place, support sustainable growth, and deliver wider economic, environmental, and cultural benefits for communities.
28 Jan 2026
"Placemaking" within Scotland's Post-Devolution Planning and Urban Design Policies
Rob Richardson
University of Manchester
how Scotland's post-devolution planning policies promote placemaking, highlighting case studies that reveal significant barriers to delivering these ambitions in practice.