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Hannah Hickman

Hannah Hickman is Associate Professor of Planning Practice at the University of the West of England. She joined academia from practice in 2017 after a career involving leadership roles in both the public and private sectors as a professional town planner.

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She is passionate about the value of research in achieving change in policy and practice and was selected as The Planner's “Women of Influence 2022: Academia”. Her research interests include: strategic spatial planning; planning for housing; nationally significant infrastructure planning; and, professional practice and ethics.

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Her most recent research projects have included: 'the role of local planning authorities in delivering brownfield land' (for the Planning Advisory Service); 'improving post-planning processes to deliver better places' (for the West of England Combined Authority and winner of the 2021 RTPI Sir Peter Hall Award for Research Excellence); 'project-hindsight: post-decision implementation' (for the National Infrastructure Planning Association and winner of the 2024 RTPI Sir Peter Hall Award for Research Excellence); and 'strategic planning, current practice future directions' (for the Royal Town Planning Institute).

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