Ashraful Alam
Master of Planning Co-ordinator
Senior Lecturer
Research interests
Politics of housing, home and homelessness, migrant identity politics in gateway cities, urban (in)formality, care-full approach to planning, multi-species and more-than-human cities, technology-culture intersection in smart cities
Background
DPhil (Macquarie), MPlan (Hong Kong), BArch (Khulna), Local Planning Consultant in Water Management Projects in Bangladesh (Asian Development Bank), Teaching and Consultancy experience in Australia and Asia.
Office Richardson Building, 4th Floor, Room 4N3Tel+64 3 479 8769
Emailash.alam@otago.ac.nz
Michelle Thompson-Fawcett
Professor
Head of School – Geography
Research interests
Innovations in the management of urban form, including developments in sustainable settlements, urban growth management, and inner city revitalisation; the interface between iwi and planning authority resource management processes and strategies; the links between place making marketing, environmental enhancement and strategies to address regional development imbalances.
Background
DPhil (Oxon); MPlan(Hons); BTP (Auck); MNZPI. Ten years planning experience related to urban, rural, conservation, transportation, and iwi issues at the regional and district levels in New Zealand. Six years teaching and research experience in resource management and geography in Great Britain and Canada.
Office Richardson Building, 4th Floor – 4C8 (make an appointment at Reception)Tel+64 3 479 8762
Emailmichelle.thompson-fawcett@otago.ac.nz
Ceri Warnock
Professor
Faculty of Law (LAWS515)
LLB(Hons) (Cardiff); LLM (Auck); MSt (Oxon)
Ceri's primary research concerns environmental constitutionalism and explores in particular the impact of modern governmental ordering on theories for environmental adjudication. She was the recipient of the 2014 'New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship – Te Manatū a Ture o Aotearoa Te Karahipi Rangahau Ā Taiao' for her work into legitimacy and specialist environment courts and tribunals.
Office Richardson Building, 7th Floor – 7N6
Tel+64 3 479 8799
Emailceri.warnock@otago.ac.nz
Nicola Wheen
Professor Faculty of Law (LAWS521, LAWS540)
BA, LLM (Otago)
Nicola teaches and convenes Public Law, Environmental Law and International Environmental Law. Nicola's research interests lie in the environmental and conservation law about marine mammals, wildlife protection, protected areas, precaution, fisheries, genetically modified organisms, rivers and lakes, and the Treaty of Waitangi.
Office Richardson Building, 7th Floor – 7C22
Tel+64 3 479 8866
Emailnicola.wheen@otago.ac.nz
Photo: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium, Baltimore 2012, courtesy of the University of Maryland.