Dr Deepak Gopinath

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

Social media:

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 Lead for the subject 'Planning and Sustainable Change' and as well as the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)-UWE Planning School. 

TEACHING:

RESEARCH

Research Interests:

(1) Planning education for critical urban transitions 

(2) Future visioning of cities

(3) Knowledge production and interactive spaces

 Research projects: 

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

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/  

Indicators of esteem:

Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Chartered Member, Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

Chair, RTPI Leeds-Beckett Partnership Board (2022-2025)

Vice-Chair, RTPI Technological University of Dublin Partnership Board (2024-)

Vice-Chair, RTPI Newcastle University Partnership Board (2026-)

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

Area of expertise

A reflective educator with core expertise in 'critical urban transitions'; a conceptual thinker, of well-being that works both for the individual and the collective; and an academic practitioner 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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