Esteem

Colleagues in the Manchester Urban Institute have seen their standing in the various disciplinary fields that go into the making-up of urban studies rewarded in a range of ways. This include fellowships, journal editorships, learned society prizes, and positions on government and industry committees.

Current indicators of esteem include: 

  • Mark Baker 
    • Charted Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
    • Elected Academic Member of the Landscape Institute (LI)
    • Editorial board member of Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management
  • Philip Black 
    • Fellow of Higher Education Academy 
    • Member Royal Geographic Society (with IBG)
  • Stefan Bouzarovski
    • Chair of the European Energy Poverty Observatory
    • Trustee, Eaga Charitable Trust
  • Greig Charnock
    • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
    • Member of the editorial board of the journal Capital & Class, and serves on the advisory board of URBS: Revista de Estudios Urbanos y Ciencias Sociales (Spain)
  • Iain Deas
    • Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
  • Henrik Ernstson
    • Honorary Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
  • James Evans
    • Fellow of the Volkswagen Foundation
    • Fellow of the Institute for British Geographers
    • Fellow of the Association of American Geographers
    • Member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Team of Specialists on Public-Private Partnerships.
  • Sarah Marie Hall
    • ISRF Political Economy Research Fellowship
    • Member of the Department for Work and Pensions Methods Advisory Group
  • Martin Hess
    • Member of the ESRC Peer Review College
    • Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers
  • Deljana Iossifova
    • Appointed Member of the Urban Studies Foundation ‘Trustees’ Board 
    • Visiting Scholar, Urban Studies Institute, University of Antwerp
  • Richard Kingston
    • Associate Editor for Regional Studies, Regional Science, Regional Studies Association
    • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Urban Planning
  • Ruth Lupton
    • Visiting Professor, London School of Economics & Political Science (University of London)
  • Ian Mell
    • Editorial Board - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
    • Editor (Special Issues on GI/Greening Cities)
  • Diana Mitlin
    • Vice-Chair of the Research Committee of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). 
    • Vice-Chair of ESRC's International Development Expert Group.
  • Anupam Nanda
    • European Real Estate Society Board Member
  • Nuno Pinto
    • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Liz Richardson
    • Trustee for the National Association for Neighbourhood Management
  • Cristina Temenos
    • Editorial board member for Environment & Planning C: Politics and Space and Geography Compas
  • Mark Usher
    • Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
  • Arpana Verma
    • Honorary Consultant, Public Health England
  • Kevin Ward 
    • Editor-in-chief, Urban Geography
  • Saskia Warren
    • Member of the AHRC Peer Review College
  • Cecilia Wong
    • Co-Editor of Town Planning Review
    • Chair of Regional Studies Association North West Branch
    • Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI)
    • 2021 REF Sub-panel Chair of Architecture, Built Environment and Planning
    • Member of Economic and Social Research Council Grant Assessment Panel
  • Albena Yaneva
    • Lise Meitner Visiting Chair at the University of Lund

Past indicators of esteem include:

  • Nicola Banks
    • ESRC Future Leaders award
  • Stefan Bouzarovski
    • Visiting Professor, Institute of Geography, University of Gdansk
  • Yaron Matras 
    • BA Wolfson Research Professorship
  • Erik Swyngedouw
    • British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship
    • The University of Manchester's Researchers of the Year
  • Cristina Temenos
    • Editorial Board Member: Geography Compass – Urban
    • Urban Studies Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
  • Harriet Thomson
    • Winner of ESRC Outstanding Early Career Impact award 2017
  • Saskia Warren
    • AHRC Leadership Fellowship
  • Albena Yaneva
    • Visiting Professor at Princeton School of Architecture