Research
Research in the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering is carried out within the Centre for Built Environment Research, Environmental Engineering Research Centre and Institute for Spatial and Environmental Planning. These three centres returned under two Units of Assessment in the 2008 RAE: Civil Engineering and Town and Country Planning.
Civil Engineering at Queen's continues to build on the strong position achieved in previous Research Assesment Exercises and is now ranked 8th in the UK with 75% of its research deemed to be world leading or internationally excellent. Town and Country Planning at Queen's is now rated 9th in Russell Group submissions to the RAE.
You can access individual research centre websites using the links below.
Environmental Engineering Research Centre
This centre is inherently interdisciplinary with staff backgrounds in Civil Engineering and Environmental/Earth Science providing engineering approaches to key environmental and sustainability issues. Two over-arching themes drive research in this centre, Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) and Subsurface Systems & Engineering (SSE). The centre is also closely affiliated with the university wide Institute for a Sustainable World (ISW).
Director of Research - Professor T Whittaker
Centre for Built Environment Research
Research in this cluster is concerned with developments in infrastructure that support life in a more sustainable manner.
Director of Research - Professor P A M Basheer
Institute Spatial Environmental Planning
Seeks to confront the challenges created by the uneven relationships within and between society and the built and natural environments.
Director of Research - Professor Frank Gaffikin
