University of Reading
Professor of Planning Studies
Gavin has held the Chair of Planning Studies at the University of Reading since 2009. A chartered planner, he maintains a strong research interest in citizenship, participation, knowledge and the politics and governance of land, planning and development. Gavin’s interests span the urban and rural divide and many policy fields. He has maintained a thread of research that is concerned with interactions and tensions between actors involved in planning and development throughout his research career. This has been manifest in the body of work he has produced on participation in planning, community action and neighbourhood planning in England, as well as the politics of planning and the role of the profession. He has a keen interest in the application of theory to practice and seeks to demonstrate the value of theory in his research and teaching as well as in dissemination to the public.