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Dr Philip Boland

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Philip Boland 2025

Dr Philip Boland

School of Natural and Built Environment

Dr Boland’s research focuses on local and regional economic development; neoliberal urbanism and city competitiveness; urban imagery and city branding; cultural events and cities of culture; drugs, cities and planning; economics of God, planning for religion and places of worship; digital technology and public participation; World Heritage Sites and urban planning.

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  • p.boland@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 6564
  • @BolandPhilip

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the fields of:

  • Economic development and neoliberalism
  • Illegal drugs and harm reduction
  • Planning for religion and places of worship
  • Digital technology and public participation
  • Cities of culture
  • World Heritage Sites
  • City branding

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Research students

PhD area Human-Land Relations of Ethnic Minorities in Mountainous Areas: A Case Study of Guizhou, China
Name Yi Li
Years of study 2024 - 2027, Chinese Government Scholarship
   
PhD area Religion-Planning Nexus: Neoliberalism, ‘Blind Spots’ and Places of Worship
Name Amy Oke
Years of study 2022 - 2026, ESRC NINE DTP 1+3
   
PhD area Analysing the Impact of Neoliberalism on Community Planning in Rural China
Name Yue Lui
Years of study 2021 - 2024, Chinese Government Scholarship
   
PhD area Digitalising and Democratising the Planning Process: PlanTech, Public, Participation
Name Justin McHenry
Years of study 2021 - 2024, ESRC NINE Collaborative DTP with VU.CITY
   
PhD area ‘Culturephilia’ for whom and where? Questioning the ‘curing qualities’ of culture in a ‘post-Troubles’ city: an analysis of Derry/Londonderry
Name Emily Wray
Years of study 2020 - 2023, ESRC NINE Collaborative DTP with Derry City and Strabane District Council

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