Dr Austin Barber

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Senior Lecturer in Urban Development and Planning

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 2984
Email: a.r.g.barber@bham.ac.uk

Address: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Austin is an experienced teacher, researcher and writer who brings a passion for cities and urban life to all aspects of his professional work. He has played a leading role in development of planning education at the University 麻豆精选 and has established a research profile in the planning and regeneration of city centres and inner cities in Britain, Europe and North America.

Teaching

Austin is a committed and passionate teacher who has played a leading role in the development of planning education at the University 麻豆精选. He is a founder and director of the MSc Urban and Regional Planning programme, fully accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute. He is heavily involved in the programme’s management, recruitment and professional links. In addition he is co-ordinator of several modules at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels:

Urban Property Development
Integrated Planning Project
Contemporary Issues in Urban Development and Planning
Society, Space and Policy/ Economy, Space and Policy

Austin is especially keen on stimulating students’ enthusiasm for urban place-making through projects, site visits, and fieldwork around the city 麻豆精选, working in conjunction with practitioners from the public and private sectors.

Postgraduate supervision

Austin Barber's research focuses on the planning and regeneration of city centre and inner city districts in major cities. Particular strands of interest include:

the rise of 鈥渃ity living鈥� and new housing development in central urban areas
socio-economic sustainability in the development of new inner city neighbourhoods
innovative planning and development approaches in urban districts
comparative study of these themes across European and North American cities

Dr Barber welcomes expressions of interest in undertaking doctoral research linked to his main areas of research.

Other activities

Since 2006 Austin has served as a director of the Moseley Community Development Trust in South Birmingham. In this role he is responsible for planning and regeneration activities and acts as chair of the Moseley Regeneration Group, which comprises numerous local stakeholder organisations. The group is working with Birmingham City Council to develop a new official plan for the neighbourhood, the first time a community organisation has led such a process in the city.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Boyko, CT, Gaterell, M, Barber, A, Brown, J, Bryson, J, Butler, D, Caputo, S, Caserio, M, Coles, R, Cooper, R, Davies, G, Farmani, R, Hale, J, Hales, A, Hewitt, CN, Hunt, D, Jankovic, L, Jefferson, I, Leach, J, Lombardi, D, Mackenzie, A, Memon, FA, Pugh, TAM, Sadler, J, Weingaertner-Kohlscheen, C, Whyatt, JD & Rogers, C 2012, '', Global Environmental Change, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 245-254.

Lombardi, D & Barber, A 2012, '', Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design.

Rogers, C, Bouch, C, Williams, S, Barber, A, Baker, C, Bryson, J, Chapman, D, Chapman, L, Coaffee, J, Jefferson, I & Quinn, A 2012, '', Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Municipal Engineer, vol. 165, no. 2, pp. 73-84.

Hunt, DVL, Lombardi, DR, Atkinson, S, Barber, ARG, Barnes, M, Boyko, CT, Brown, J, Bryson, J, Butler, D, Caputo, S, Caserio, M, Coles, R, Cooper, RFD, Farmani, R, Gaterell, M, Hale, J, Hales, C, Hewitt, CN, Jankovic, L, Jefferson, I, Leach, J, MacKenzie, AR, Memon, FA, Sadler, JP, Weingaertner, C, Whyatt, JD & Rogers, CDF 2012, '', Sustainability, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 740-772.

Brown, J & Barber, A 2012, '', Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Engineering Sustainability, vol. 165, no. 1, pp. 99-109.

Brown, J & Barber, A 2012, '', Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Engineering Sustainability.

Lombardi, D, Porter, EJ, Rogers, C & Barber, A 2011, '', Urban Studies, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 273-296.

Lombardi, D, Caserio, M, Donovan, R, Hale, J, Hunt, D, Weingaertner-Kohlscheen, C, Barber, A, Bryson, J, Coles, R, Gaterell, M, Jankovic, L, Jefferson, I, Sadler, J & Rogers, C 2011, '', Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 1105-1121.

Barber, A & Pareja Eastaway, M 2010, '', Policy Studies, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 393-411.

Weingaertner-Kohlscheen, C & Barber, A 2010, '', European Planning Studies, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 1653-1674.

Chapter

Lawton, P, Meczy艅ski, M & Barber, A 2013, . in Place-making and Policies for Competitive Cities. Wiley Interscience/John Wiley and Sons, pp. 105-125.

Barber, A, Pareja-Eastaway, M & Collinge, C 2011, . in Leadership and Place.

Crossa, V, Barber, A, Pareja-Eastaway, M, Musterd, S & Murie, A 2010, . in Making Competitive Cities.

Commissioned report

Brown, J, Lutz, R, Gibney, J, Barber, A, Chapain, C & Murie, A 2010, . vol. 10.3, Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research (AISSR).

Brown, J, Barber, A, Chapain, C, Gibney, J, Murie, A & Lutz, R 2009, . vol. 7.3, AMIDST. <>