OMEGA Centre Team (2005-2015)
Centre Director
Prof. Harry T. Dimitriou
OMEGA Centre Director, Bartlett Professor of Planning Studies, Bartlett School of Planning, UCL (2005-)
Centre Research Fellows
Richard S. Oades
Centre Research Fellow/Administrator (2005-12)
Centre Research Assistants
Dr. Marco Dean
Qualified civil engineer and infrastructure planner, specialist in transport and infrastructure appraisal. Lecturer (Teaching) in Infrastructure Planning, Bartlett School of Planning, UCL.
Alireza Kolahi
Research Assistant/PhD Candidate (2013-)
Helen Chen
Research Assistant/PhD Candidate (2014-)
Daniel Durrant
Research Assistant/PhD Candidate (2012-15)
Graziano Di Gregorio
Research Assistant, CMS/Social Media Specialist, Web Developer (2014-15)
Liron Shur
Research Assistant (2012-13)
June Taylor
Research Assistant (2010-11)
Caroline Fabiansky
Research Assistant/PhD Candidate (2007-2010)
Varina Delrieu
Research Assistant/PhD Candidate (2006-12)
Yen-Ning Tseng
Research Assistant/PhD Candidate (2005-12)
Centre Associates
Prof. John Adams
Risk Analyst and Transportation Specialist Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, UCL
Dr Martin Hurst
Environment, Housing and Water Specialist, sometime Commercial and Major Projects Director in DEFRA, and Senior Advisor to Prime Minister in 10 Downing Street, London, UK
Prof Francesca Medda
Professor of Applied Economics and Finance at the University College London (UCL).
Colin Osborne
Regional planning and development. Chartered Town Planner and Member of the Association of Project Management. Adviser to MHCLG on European territorial co-operation programmes and on EU Programme Steering Committees. Sometime Head of Merseyside (City Region) Policy Unit and Head of European and Regional Affairs Halton Unitary Authority.
Prof. Mike J. Batty
Urban and Regional Planning and GIS Specialist. Sometime Director of Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), UCL
Robin Caven
Urban Regeneration, Housing and Infrastructure Investment Specialist with particular expertise in pension funds. Sometime Head of Finance for UK’s Homes and Communities Agency, UK Government
Prof. Carey Curtis
City Planning and Urban Transport Specialist. Research Professor and Director of Urbanet, School of Built Environment, Curtin University, Australia
Prof. Brian Field
Economist, public policy analyst, city/regional planner and housing and transport analyst. Sometime Urban Adviser to the European Investment Bank (EIB)
Niall McNevin
Mega Events and Project Management Specialist, Planner and Chartered Surveyor. Sometime Director of Planning and Sustainability, The London Olympic Legacy Development, UK
Prof. Yasunori Muromachi
Urban Transport Planning, and Transport and the Environment Specialist Associate Professor, Department of Built Environment, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Dr. Kalia Pediaditi
Environmental Appraisal Specialist. Sometime advisor to Minister of the Environment, Greece
Keith Perry
Architect and professionally qualified accountant, specialist in strategic business in the property, tourism, infrastructure and financial sectors. Sometime Director of The Asset Factor Ltd. and Lend Lease Europe Ltd. and Partner of E.C. Harris/Arcadia
Prof. Pantelis Skayannis
Infrastructure and Urban Regeneration Specialist, currently Director of Research Unit of Infrastructure, Technology Policy and Development, University of Thessaly. Advisor to the Mayor of Athens
Dr. Sophie Sturup
Specialist in analysis of mega project mentalities and public administration. She currently holds a lecturing position at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China
Robert Upton
Public Administration and Infrastructure Specialist. Sometime Vice Chairman of the Infrastructure Planning Commission, UK and Director of Planning, Hong Kong Government
Philip G. Wright
Strategic spatial planner, urban regeneration specialist and project appraisal specialist of large-scale infrastructure. Sometime Research Fellow at OMEGA Centre, UCL
Prof. Geneviève Zembri-Mary
Head of Research Team on Transport Geography, Laboratoire Mobilité, Réseaux, Territoires, Environnement and Director of the MSc Programme in Operations and Development of Public Transport Networks, University of Cergy-Pontoise, in partnership with international groups RATP Dev, Kéolis, Transdev