Rebecca Madgin

Professor of Urban Studies

University of Glasgow

Speaker Biography

Dr Rebecca Madgin is Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow and Programme Director for the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Place-Based Research Programme. Rebecca is an urban historian who works on placemaking and place attachment. Rebecca is particularly interested in the relationship between the economic and emotional value of historic places. Rebecca has published widely on these topics using historical and contemporary examples drawn from urban and rural places across the UK and internationally. Rebecca is an Associate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a member of Historic England’s Historic Places Panel.

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