Christopher is a Senior Research Associate in ImaginationLancaster. His general research and teaching interests include sustainability, regeneration, decision-making processes, urban design, public space, environmental psychology, wellbeing, (qualitative) methods and urban tourism.
Christopher is currently examining density and the decision-making process on a 4-year, £3 million EPSRC project called Sustainable Regeneration: From Evidence-based Urban Futures to Implementation. This research builds on his previous work about the urban design decision-making process and its relationship to sustainability from another EPSRC-funded research project, VivaCity2020: Urban Sustainability for the 24-hour City. In between these projects, Christopher co-wrote a government report about the impacts of the physical environment on mental well-being. Finally, he has begun working on a Lancaster University Early Career Grant with colleagues in Sociology (Monika Buscher, Tim Dant) and Criminology (Karenza Moore), studying key changes in the ‘interaction order’ of public spaces. is an Associate member of the Higher Education Academy, an academic member of the Association of Town Centre Management and a member of the Environmental Design Research Association.
