Simin Davoudi

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name = Simin Davoudi


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birth_date = 1957
birth_place = Mashhad, Iran
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residence = Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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nationality = British (English)
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field = Spatial Planning, Governance, Environment and Sustainability
work_institution = Newcastle University
alma_mater = Newcastle University
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known_for = Polycentric Development, Territorial Governance
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Simin Davoudi is "Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning" at Newcastle University. She is Past President of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) and, as coordinator of the Planning Research Network, advised the Department of Communities and Local Government on its research priorities until 2007. Currently, she is a member of the DCLG Expert Panel on Housing market and Planning, and is expert advisor for the DG Environment of European Commission for Urban Environment.

At Newcastle University, she is affiliated with [http://www.apl.ncl.ac.uk/ School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape] , [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/environment/ Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability] , and Global Urban Research Unit.

Career

Simin has a degree in Architecture (B.Arch, 1982) from Iran National University, Tehran. In 1988, she completed M.Phil in Town and Country Planning at Newcastle University where she also worked as a Research Associate until 1996 while working as a part-time Planning Officer with Northumberland County Council. She was subsequently appointed as Lecturer at The Bartlett, University College London. In 2000, she became Professor of Planning and Environment, and Director of Centre for Urban Development and Environmental Management, at Leeds Metropolitan University. In 2006 she moved to Newcastle.

Affiliations

She is member of The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), The Regional Studies Association (RSA), and The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA). She is also the founding member of the Editorial team of the 21st Century Society: Journal of the Academy of Socials Sciences, at Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS).

Distinguished positions

* Wibaut Visiting Professor, Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, 2007
* Senior Vice-President, Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) 2006-07
* President, AESOP 2004-06
* Co-ordinator, Planning Research Network, advising Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), 2003-07

Publications

Journal articles

* [http://www.nsl.ethz.ch/index.php/en/content/download/1277/7708/file/ Evidence-Based Planning: Rhetoric and Reality] . DISP 2006, 165(2), 14-24.
* [http://www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=c0609j The evidence - policy interface in strategic waste planning for urban environments: the `technical' and the `social' dimensions] . 2006, 24(5), 681-700.

* (with Neil Evans) [http://www.envplan.com/abstract.cgi?id=c42m The challenge of governance in regional waste planning] . Environment and Planning C: Governance and Policy 2005, 23(4), 493-517.
* [http://www.informaworld.com/index/E1TG0X899FRX8WR4.pdf Polycentricity in European Spatial Planning: From an Analytical Tool to a Normative Agenda] . European Planning Studies 2003, 11(8), 979-999.

Books and chapters

* Territorial Cohesion, European social model and spatial policy research. In: Faludi, A, ed. Territorial cohesion and European model of society. Cambridge, Mass: Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 2007, pp. 81-104.

* (with Layard, A and Batty, S.) (eds.). Planning for a Sustainable Future. London: Spon, 2001.

See also

* Association of European Schools of Planning
* Global Urban Research Unit

External links

* [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/guru/staff/profile/simin.davoudi Simin Davoudi's profile] on [http://www.ncl.ac.uk Newcastle University] website
* [http://www.planning-resnet.org.uk/davoudi.htm Simin Davoudi's profile] on DCLG's Planning Research Network website