Peter Larkham

Professor of Planning

Email:
peter.larkham@bcu.ac.uk

Peter Larkham is Professor of Planning at the University’s College of the Built Environment. He teaches planning-related issues such as conservation and urban design on the College’s BSc and MSc courses and leads its Postgraduate Certificate in Research Practice.

Peter studied for his PhD in Urban Geography at the University of Birmingham, where he then worked on projects that were funded by the Leverhulme Trust and British Academy, before joining Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University) in 1991.

He has published over 90 refereed journal papers and 50 book chapters, presented numerous papers at conferences across the globe, and edited and written several books. The most recent is Placemaking: people, properties, planning, written with colleagues in the Faculty and published in 2024.

Peter is also the College’s coordinator of Research Degrees. He has vast experience as a supervisor and examiner of research degrees, having supervised 26, examined 41 and chaired 43 Vivas.

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