Dr Deepak Gopinath

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Associate Director - Planning and Sustainable Change

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School of Architecture and Environment

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Qualifications:BArch MPlan PhD MRTPI SFHEA
Position:Associate Director - Planning and Sustainable Change
Department:School of Architecture and Environment
Telephone:+441173283125
Email:Deepak.Gopinath@uwe.ac.uk
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About me

I am Associate Director in the School of Architecture and Environment at the University of the West of England (UWE) Bristol. I am the Lead for the subject 'Planning and Sustainable Change' and as well as the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)-UWE Planning School.

RESEARCH

Research Interests:

(1) Planning education for critical urban transitions

(2) Future visioning of cities

(3) Knowledge production and interactive spaces

Current research projects:

Sustainable Schools: Learning, teaching and living sustainably in the school environment (2023-25): Co-I, Funded by VC Challenge Fund, UWE.

Previous research projects:

CCC-CATAPULT(2020-23): Challenging the Climate Crisis: Children's Agency to TAckle Policy Underpinned by Learning for Transformation (Co-I). Funded by JPI Climate Joint Transnational Call on "Enabling Societal Transformation in the Face of Climate Change" (SOLSTICE). Project webpage: https://ccc-catapult.org

VIP-CLEAR (2020-22): Voices in a Pandemic: Children's Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery. Funded by AHRC (Co-I). Project webpage:http://www.voicesinapandemic.org/

2018-20: Decision-support framework for resilient critical infrastructure (CI) against extreme weather events (EWE) and climate change. British Council. Team: Dr Anil Kashyap (PI), Prof. Lindsey McEwen (CI), Nick Smith (CI), Dr Deepak Gopinath (CI).

2014-15. The City as a thinking machine: the city in evolution. Funder: Carnegie Trust. Dr Lorens Holm (PI), Dr Deepak Gopinath (CI), Matthew Jarron (CI). Project webpage: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/geddesinstitute/projects/citythink/

2011-12. The possibility of local communities shaping an understanding of poverty? Experiences from the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission for improving the lives of urban poor in India. Funded by British Academy Small Research Grant. Dr Deepak Gopinath (PI); Prof. Murali Nair (CI). Project webpage: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/geddesinstitute/projects/keralastudy/

TEACHING:

Teaching interests: Capacity building for practitioners; reflective learning; constructivist learning spaces and school outreach projects.

Indicators of esteem:

Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Chartered Member, Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Chair, RTPI Leeds-Beckett Partnership Board

Vice-Chair, RTPI Technological University of Dublin Partnership Board

Advisory Group Member, Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Subject Benchmarking Statement for Town and Country Planning 2024

Area of expertise

A social scientist with core expertise in 'critical urban transitions'; a conceptual thinker, of well-being that works both for the individual and the collective; and a reflective educator who is involved in the skilling of the next generation of professionals who will be managing environmental change in towns and villages.

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