Gethin Davison

Gethin has degrees in human geography, planning and urban design, and his research work and teaching both have a strong interdisciplinary flavour. He has previously held academic posts at Oxford Brookes University and the University of New South Wales (Sydney), as well as having worked as a planning officer in local government. Gethin has taken on many senior management roles in academia, including as a course director, Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) academic lead, and director of postgraduate research. His research focuses on the governance of design and the relationships between people and place. It has been supported by grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), and has been published in a wide variety of academic and non-academic outlets across the fields of urban studies, architecture, housing, urban design and planning.