MSUD academic staff

Meet our teaching staff

The MSc in Sustainable Urban Development is taught by research-intensive academic staff pursuing cutting-edge knowledge relating to sustainability, resilience, and urban and regional studies. The programme is also delivered in collaboration with comprehensive range of commercial, governmental and non-government organisations specialising in sustainable urban development.

Discover more about their research below.

 

Dr Nigel Mehdi

Dr Nigel Mehdi

Departmental Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development, Co-Director MSc in Sustainable Urban Development

Dr Patricia Canelas

Dr Patricia Canelas

Departmental Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development, Co-Director MSc in Sustainable Urban Development

Dr Nihan Akyelken

Dr Nihan Akyelken

Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Development

Dr Idalina Baptista

Dr Idalina Baptista

Associate Professor in Urban Anthropology

Dr Desiree Daniel-Ortmann

Dr Desiree Daniel-Ortmann

Desiree Daniel-Ortmann is a Departmental Lecturer for the Master’s in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford.

Dr Francesca Froy

Dr Francesca Froy

Departmental Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development

Dr Debbie Hopkins

Dr Debbie Hopkins

Dr Debbie Hopkins is an Associate Professor in Human Geography. Her position sits between the Department's Sustainable Urban Development programme and the School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE).

Dr David Howard

Dr David Howard

Director of Studies and Associate Professor, Sustainable Urban Development, Director of the DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development

Dr Pedro Marques

Dr Pedro Marques

Pedro Marques is a Departmental Lecturer for the Master's in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford.

Dr Vlad Mykhnenko

Dr Vlad Mykhnenko

Associate Professor of Sustainable Urban Development. Fellow, St. Peter’s College Oxford