Urban Retrofit - reflections on a busy first year - Urban Retrofit November 2025 marked the end of the first year of Urban Retrofit and, with the Festive Period quickly approaching, I wanted to share some reflections on the activities we have been engaged in over the...

It has been a busy first year for the Urban Retrofit project, with much more to come in 2026. Principal investigator @profjtwhite.bsky.social reflects on the milestones of this year. Read: urbanretrofit.housingevidence.ac.uk/urban-retrof...

Counting carbon, crossing boundaries, navigating ice - Urban Retrofit In this blog, Associate Prof Hannah Hickman and Prof James White reflect on their recent trip to Trondheim, Norway for the Sustainable Built Environment conference

Reflections from @profjtwhite.bsky.social and Assoc. Prof Hannah Hickman who recently attended #SBE25 in Trondheim, Norway. Read more: urbanretrofit.housingevidence.ac.uk/counting-car...

It was great to spend a day this week exploring the housing design quality conundrum with planners working across Scotland - lots of challenges, but lots of passion to change the status quo too

A great piece by @urbanretrofit.bsky.social Co-I Hannah Hickman on the complexities of Labour’s growth agenda

Urban retrofit and the Government’s planning agenda for growth: compatible or contradictory? - Urban Retrofit Associate Professor Hannah Hickman (UWE Bristol) critiques the Labour Government’s narrow focus on economic growth in planning reform, arguing for a broader narrative that prioritises urban retrofit a...

Labour's planning reform agenda fixates on growth, but at what cost?

urbanretrofit.housingevidence.ac.uk/urban-retrofit-and-the-governments-planning-agenda-for-growth-compatible-or-contradictory/

Starmer’s plan to ‘build baby build’ risks more American-style car-dominated sprawl Developers will always choose low-density suburbs at the edge of cities over more environmental alternatives.

Here Andy Inch and I argue that, amidst the drive to build more homes and grow the economy, the UK mustn’t lose sight of its net zero commitments: theconversation.com/starmers-pla...

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Our little @urbanretrofit.bsky.social ‘hello’ video - have a watch…

Senior Lecturer/Professor in Planning at University of Glasgow An opportunity for an academic position as a Senior Lecturer/Professor in Planning is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

I am pleased to announce we are seeking a new Senior Lecturer/Prof of Planning @uofglasgow.bsky.social. This is an important investment that coincides with the launch of our postgraduate planning programmes and a new Place and Built Environment subject: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ500/s...

We have our first @urbanretrofit.bsky.social blog out today on our new website - some initial thoughts and ideas from our practice-based partners and academic team about what we really mean by 'urban retrofit'. Check it out below.

Today we’ve launched our new @urbanretrofit.bsky.social website and invite you to check it out. We are just getting started and there will be more to share as our project develops but do follow us on this exciting research journey.

This starter pack is the beginning of a collection of people who run major @ukri.org and civil service projects across the sciences and humanities- follow us and let me know if you want to join us!

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I’m new to Bluesky so making this my first ‘hello’ post - a recent piece in @rtpiplanners.bsky.social Scottish Planner on the future of place-making and the challenge of ‘planning-by-concession. You can reach or here on Page 13: www.rtpi.org.uk/media/19012/...