Academic Staff
Julia Gatley
Associate Professor (Co-director)
Research Interests
- Modern and postmodern architecture
- New Zealand architecture
- Conservation of significant 20th century buildings
Elham Bahmanteymouri
Lecturer (Co-director)
Research Interests
- Planning Theory – Applying critical logic approach in planning theory and practice Different modes of reasoning – Methodology of Research
- Urban and Regional Economics
- Land Economics, Land-use Planning, Housing Policies, Urban Growth Management Policies
- Economics of Incomplete Markets
- The Experience Economy
- Smart and Sharing Economy
- Pedagogy of Planning Discipline
Elizabeth Aitken Rose
Senior Lecturer
Research Interests
- Arts and cultural policy
- Heritage
- Children’s policy
- Community and local economic development
- Planning history
- Public management
Karamia Muller
Lecturer
Andrew Barrie
Professor
Research Interests
- Contemporary Japanese architecture
- Contemporary practice and design
- Design as research
- Architectural representation
Farzaneh Haghighi
Lecturer
Research Interests
- Political philosophy of Michel Foucault
- Architecture and politics Intersection of urban space and event
- Iranian modern architecture and urbanism
- Architecture of the act of trade
Anthony Brand
Lecturer
Research Interests
- Haptic Phenomenology
- Atmosphere and Affect
- Architecture and Neuroscience
- Multisensory and Synaesthetic Perception
- Enaction and Embodiment
Bill McKay
Senior Lecturer
Research Interests
- New Zealand architectural history
- Maori architecture
- South Pacific architecture
- Social housing
- War memorials
- Auckland urban design issues
- Contemporary architectural criticism
- Contemporary practice and design
Deidre Brown
Head of School
Research Interests
- Toi Te Mana: a new history of Maori art (with Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki and Dr Ngarino Ellis)
- A Maori architectural history of early nineteenth century Wairoa Bay, Bay of Islands, including Te Pahi’s house (the first European house in New Zealand) built 1806
Mohsen Mohammadzadeh
Lecturer
Research Interests
- Critical Urban Theory – Society of Control
- Urban Discontent and Planning
- Smart City and the Ethics of Big Data
- Driverless Cars and their impacts on the built environment
PhD Students
Akram Fatourehchi
PhD Candidate (editor)
Research Interests
- Cultural Ecosystem Services
- Indigenous Environmental Stewardship
- Participatory Action Research
- Participatory–based Assessment of Environmental Effects(AEE)
Tony Barnes
PhD Candidate
Asgari Masoominia Bishe
PhD Candidate
Research Interests
- Urban Regeneration Policy, Neoliberal Planning, Social Inclusion,
Political Discourse Analysis.
Ye Lin
PhD Candidate
Gina Hochstein
Nidhi Nautiyal
Oluwafemi Olajide
PhD Candidate