Susannah Hagan, Director

Susannah Hagan is Director of R/E/D (Research into Environment + Design), and Professor of Urban Studies and Director of the Office for Spatial Research at the University of Brighton. She has written and lectured extensively on the theory and practice of environmental design in relation to contemporary architecture and urban design in her books Taking Shape (Architectural Press, 2001), City Fights with Mark Hewitt, (James & James (Science) Publishers, 2001), and most recently, Digitalia (Routledge, 2008). She has also written numerous articles in journals ranging from the Architectural Review to the Harvard Design Magazine, and has lectured widely, from the Union of Baltic Cities Commission on Urban Planning to the annual NUTAU conference, São Paulo to the Modern Museum, Stockholm to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

She is a Fellow of the Institute for Urban Design, New York, and a member of the Royal Society of Arts, the International Development Network, Royal Town Planning Institute, the Newham Borough Design Review Panel, and the Urban Buzz Programme Committee. She was a finalist in the James Stirling Memorial Lecture Competition 2008/09.