Dr. Claire Colomb
Reader in Planning and Urban Sociology
Claire Colomb (B.A. Hons, Ph.D., MRTPI) is Reader in Planning and Urban Sociology in the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. Her background is in sociology and politics (with a first degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris – Sciences-Po) and urban and regional planning (with a PhD in Town Planning from University College London, the Bartlett School of Planning). Her research interests cover European spatial planning and comparative urban & regional planning; and urban governance, public policies and urban social mobilisations in European cities. She is the author of Staging the New Berlin (Routledge, 2011), European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation (Routledge, 2010, with S. Dühr and V. Nadin) and editor of Protest and Resistance in the Tourist City (Routledge, 2016, with J. Novy).
Recent London posts
The Geographies of Viability Planning
In a recent new publication Whig researchers Jess Ferm and Mike Raco explore the geographies of viability-driven planning reform in England.Drawing on interviews and fieldwork in London and the North East region, the paper reflects on the variable outcomes and...
Towards an understanding of the role of debt
Given our focus on investment into residential real estate, an essential dimension is understanding how housing fits more broadly within the financialized economy of the UK (and the Netherlands and France). An important but under engaged within urban studies part of...
Community Led Regeneration: the London Case
UCL has a long-standing relationship with Just Space, an umbrella organisation for community groups across London. Whilst the WHIG project is not explicitly working with them at this stage, their work is highly relevant to understanding the planning context of London...