Urban Environment Project

Project Directorate

Dr. Brendan Williams, Director, UEP
Lecturer, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy

Research areas of interest
Economic competitiveness of leading European Metropolitan areas, settlement strategies and urban regional development, urban regeneration and edge city development

Tel: +353 1 716 2765
Email: brendan.williams@ucd.ie
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Prof. Frank Convery
Emeritus Heritage Trust Professor of Environmental Policy, Director Earth Sciences Institute

Research areas of interest
Resource and environmental economics particularly agriculture, forestry, energy, minerals, land use, urbanisation, environment and development in developing countries. European Union Environmental Policy with particular reference to the use, potential and effectiveness of market-based instruments.

Tel: +353 1 716 2672
Email: frank.convery@ucd.ie

Sheila Convery, Project Manager, UEP
Tel: +353 1 716 2695
Email: sheila.convery@ucd.ie
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Work Package Leaders

Dr. Aoife Ahern

Tel: +353 1 716 7319
Fax: +353 1 716 7399
Email: aoife.ahern@ucd.ie
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Tim Carey

Heritage Officer
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Tel: +353 1 205 4868
Email: tcarey@dlrcoco.ie

Dr. Martin Critchley

Tel: +353 1 633 0516
Fax: +353 1 679 9798
Email: mcritchley@era.ie

Prof. Tom J. Hayden

Tel: +353 1 716 2363
Email: tom.hayden@ucd.ie

Prof. John Sweeney

Tel: +353 1 708 3684
Email: john.sweeney@nuim.ie
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Dr. David J. Timoney

Tel: +353 1 716 1831
Fax: +353 1 283 0534
Email: david.timoney@ucd.ie
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Dr. Brendan Williams

Tel: +353 1 716 2765
Email: brendan.williams@ucd.ie
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Team

Dr. Harutyun Shahumyan

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Research areas of interest
GIS, modelling, software and database development, data management, applied statistics
Researcher Profile
Tel: +353 1 716 2696
Fax: +353 1 716 2690
Email: harutyun.shahumyan@ucd.ie

Gerry Clabby

Heritage Officer
Fingal County Council
Tel: +353 1 890 5697
Email: gerry.clabby@fingalcoco.ie

Dr. Ronan Foley

Tel: +353 1 708 6024
Email: ronan.foley@nuim.ie
NIRSA, NUIM
National Centre for Geocomputation, NUIM

Dr. Tamara Hochstrasser

Tel: +353 1 716 7732
Email: tamara.hochstrasser@ucd.ie
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Dr. Andrew Kelly

Tel: +353 1 716 2805
Email: andrew.kelly@ucd.ie
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Dr. Debra Laefer

Tel: +353 1 716 7276
Fax: +353 1 716 7399
Email: debra.laefer@ucd.ie
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Donal Lennon

Tel: +353 1 716 2694
Fax: +353 1 716 2690
Email: dlennon@ucd.ie
Urban Institute Ireland

Sean Morrish

Position: Postgraduate Student
Email: sean.morrish@ucd.ie

Daniel McInerney

GIS/Remote Sensing
Tel.: +353 1 716 2698 (Mon only)
Email: daniel.mcinerney@ucd.ie
Urban Institute Ireland

Dr. Andrew MacLaran

Tel: +353 1 896 1712
Email: amclaran@tcd.ie

Dr. William J. Smith

Tel: +353 1 716 1902
Fax: +353 1 283 0534
Email: william.smith@ucd.ie
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Eilís Vaughan

Tel: +353 1 633 0511
Fax: +353 1 679 9798
Email: evaughan@era.ie

Research Fellows

Environmental Impact Assessment, Urban Ecological Relationships, Irish distribution of Lacerta vivipara (Common Lizard)
Tel: +353 1 716 2683
Fax: +353 1 716 2690
Email: michael.brennan@ucd.ie
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Energy Conversion Systems: combustion characteristics; engine efficiency measurements; emissions characterisations and reduction strategies; hybrid vehicles.
Tel: +353 1 716 2683
Fax: +353 1 716 2690
Email: edward.casey@ucd.ie
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Evaluating future energy demand based on the derived relationships between temperature and energy demand for the Greater Dublin Region.
Tel: +353 1 708 6469
Email: xiaochen.liu@nuim.ie
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Urban sprawl, spatial planning, sustainable development, critical globalisation theory
Tel: +353 1 716 2683
Fax: +353 1 716 2690
Email: cormac.walsh@ucd.ie
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Urban transport, urban form, land use and travel behaviour
Tel: +353 1 716 2683
Fax: +353 1 716 2690
Email: john.carty@ucd.ie
Urban Institute Ireland

Associated Research Fellows

I am interested in water and have followed its course as it leads me through geography, Quaternary geology and more recently architecture.
Tel: +353 1 716 1754
Fax: +353 1 716 2690
Email: elizabeth.mcnicholas@ucd.ie

Eda Ustaoglu

Urban and real estate economics, transportation policy and planning, economic appraisal of transport projects, applied spatial economics
Tel: +353 1 716 2687
Fax: +353 1 716 2690
Email: eda.ustaoglu@ucd.ie
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