The RTPI’s outgoing President Dr Wei Yang presented the RTPI Awards for Research Excellence last night at the UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2022.
Now in their eighth year, these prestigious awards continue to recognise and celebrate high leading spatial planning research from RTPI accredited planning schools and RTPI members.
The RTPI thanks all entrants for their quality submissions, noting that this year presented exceptionally high candidates.
This year’s Awards for Research Excellence at Planning Research Conference were presented to:
Sir Peter Hall Award for Excellence in Research and Engagement
Winner - Regulating short-term rentals. Platform-based property rentals in European cities: the policy debates
Winner - Appealing Design
Commended - Digital Participatory Planning: Citizen Engagement, Democracy, and Design
Early Career Researcher Award
Winner - Meeting the housing needs of BAME households in England: the role of planning
Commended - Incorporating Planning Intelligence into Deep Learning: A Planning Support Tool for Street Network Design
Planning Practitioner Award
Winner - Effective Delivery of Strategic Sites: A Toolkit for Planning Authorities
Commended - Taking Stock: The geography of housing need, permissions, and completions
Commended - Tracking Progress
Student Award
Winner - Mental Health and the Built Environment: delivering mentally healthy places
Commended - Levelling up on the Urban Coast
Find out more about this year's awards here.