Dr Andrea Frank PhD, MUP, Dipl-Ing (Arch), SFHEA

Dr Andrea Frank

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

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 6976
Email
a.i.frank@bham.ac.uk

Dr Andrea Frank is an urban planning scholar regarded for her work on community engagement in planning as well as researching and advancing planning education and pedagogies particularly in respect to international and community-engaged (socially responsible) co-learning. She is regularly invited as keynote speaker on education for spatial planning issues.

Qualifications

  • Certificate in Practical Leadership for University Management – ILM, 2009
  • PhD, Urban Technological and Environmental Planning - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 2000
  • Master in Urban Planning (MUP) and Certificate in Gaming/Simulation studies – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 1994
  • Dipl-Ing (Architecture) – University of Stuttgart, Germany, 1990

Teaching

Andrea is a dedicated educator and passionate about teaching. She teaches urban studies and planning topics on the BSc Human Geography/Planning and the MSc Urban and Regional Planning, including for example:

  • GGM216 Berlin Field Course and Dissertation Lab
  • GGM218 Human Research Methods
  • LM International Planning
  • LM Sustainable Cities

Research

Andrea is an urban planning academic with research interest in community involvement/public participation, citizen science, green infrastructure, sustainable development and international comparative planning. She is also an internationally recognised expert in planning education and pedagogy.聽

Other activities

  • Co-editor, (Association of European Schools of Planning)
  • External Examiner (Urban Planning) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • Lead for Thematic Group on
  • Visiting positions at University of Applied Sciences at Stuttgart (2007- present), HafenCity University Hamburg (2019), Universitas Indonesia (2019)
  • Global Planning Education Association Network – council chair (GPEAN) (2009-14)
  • International Board Member: SAGSAGA, Society of German Simulation and Gaming Association. Jury member for Annual Gaming/simulation Prize 2014 - present
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2014 - present )

Publications

Recent publications

Book

Frank, A & da Pires, AR (eds) 2021, . Elgar Guides to Teaching, 1st edn, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.

Silver, C & Frank, AI (eds) 2021, . Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning, 1st edn, Routledge, New York.

Frank, AI & Silver, C 2017, . The Urban Book Series.

Article

Frank, AI & Koll-Schretzenmayr, M 2024, '', DisP, vol. 60, no. 1, 2376450, pp. 63-67.

Frank, A 2021, '', Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 85-94.

Frank, AI, Flynn, A, Nick, H & Silve, C 2021, '', Urban Planning, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 63-74.

Sartorio, FS, Aelbrecht, P, Kamalipour, H & Frank, A 2021, '', Urban Design International, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 135-158.

Frank, AI 2020, '', disP - The Planning Review, vol. 223, no. 4/2020.

Frank, AI 2019, '', Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 7.

Frank, A 2018, '', Journal of Planning Education and Research.

Frank, AI 2017, '', DisP, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 62-63.

Frank, A 2016, '', Planning, Practice and Research.

Frank, A 2016, '', Planning, Practice and Research.

Chapter

Frank, AI 2019, . in The Routledge Handbook of International Planning Education. Taylor and Francis, pp. 12-27.

Comment/debate

Frank, AI 2022, '', Planning Practice & Research, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 484-488.