Harnessing AI for addressing air pollution in cities
14 May 2025
The Department would like to congratulate Dr Ramit Debnath, Assistant Professor, on the publication of ‘Physics-based machine learning for predicting urban air pollution using decadal time series data’ in Environmental Research Communications. In this collaborative work with Caltech, researchers develop a new model and...
13 May 2025
The Athena Swan award is a national framework used in higher education and research to promote gender equality and advance the careers of women in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) and other fields. It recognises institutions and departments that demonstrate a commitment to creating a more...
12 May 2025
This dissertation was supervised by Dr Ronita Bardhan and can be read in full here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275125001878 . This research empirically shows that in Bhutan, happiness isn't just a philosophy—it shapes policies, communities, and even housing. The paper ‘Residential Satisfaction...
Celebrating the publication of “Arctic Practices: Design for a Changing World”
24 April 2025
The Department would like to congratulate Dr Sofia Nivarti, Assistant Professor of Architecture, on the publication of Arctic Practices: Design for a Changing World . The collected volume, edited by Bert De Jonghe and Elise Misao Hunchuck and published by Actar , assembles forty-six contributors—designers, educators...
23 April 2025
The screening will be followed by a conversation with Prof. Tariq Jazeel (UCL Department of Geography) and Sumedha Kelegama (film director). is this an architectural documentary? (Irushi Tennekoon, Sumedha Kelegama and Sumudu Athukorala, 2023, 60 minutes) explores a housing scheme designed by Minnette De Silva (1918-1998)...