Newcastle University

Introduction

Dr Mehmood is currently working on environment, sustainable development and climate change issues in policy and planning. He also has research experience and interest in socio-economic development, spatial planning, social innovation, exclusion and integration in urban and peripheral regions, and small islands.

Background

Before coming to Newcastle, Abid had a career in business administration until 2000 when he moved to France for a Research Masters degree (DEA) at University of Lille 1. After joining Newcastle University, he has worked on a number of research projects for European Commission, particularly KATARSIS and DEMOLOGOS, apart from completing his PhD at SAPL.

Qualifications

PhD, Newcastle University, UK
DEA, University of Lille 1, France
MBA, Hamdard University, Pakistan
BSc, Karachi University, Pakistan

Previous Positions

• Research Associate for DEMOLOGOS (demologos.ncl.ac.uk)
• Research Associate for KATARSIS (katarsis.ncl.ac.uk)

Memberships

• Member, Regional Studies Association (MeRSA)
• Associate Member, Higher Education Academy, UK

Honours and Awards

• Research Fellowship in Social Innovation, The Leverhulme Trust (2007)
• Research Studentship, Newcastle University (2002-04)
• Research Fellowship in Regional Development, CNRS, Lille (2001-02)

Research Interests

• Climate change governance and emergency planning
• Environment, sustainability and ecological transitions
• Urban and regional planning and socio-economic development
• Marine Spatial Planning
• Small island development, peripherality, connectivity and vulnerability

Current Work

Currently, working for EPSRC project ARCADIA, and European Commission FP7 project SOCIALPOLIS (www.socialpolis.eu).

Esteem Indicators

• Gateway Convener for track ‘Global environmental change and the future of regional development’, RSA Annual Conference, Regional Responses and Global Shifts: Actors, Institutions and Organisations, Pécs, Hungary (24-26 May 2010)
• Co-organiser of ESDP Network conference, Contemporary Society and Cultural Shifts in Public Policy, Aveiro, Portugal (22-23 June 2009)
• Gateway Convener for track ‘Rurality, peripherality and island development’, RSA Annual Conference, Understanding and Shaping Regions: Spatial, Social and Economic Futures, Leuven, Belgium (6-8 April 2009)
• Panel Member at Roundtable ‘The implications of the current “global crisis” for spatial planning – a critical discussion of claims and hypotheses’, chaired by Prof Patsy Healey at Annual UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, Unequal Places: Planning and Territorial Cohesion, Newcastle University, UK (1-3 April 2009)

Postgraduate Teaching

• TCP 8002 Planning Frameworks 2
• TCP 8025 Linked Research Project
• Postgraduate Certificate in European Spatial Planning

• Mehmood A. On the history and potentials of evolutionary metaphors in urban planning. Planning Theory 2010, 9(1), 63-87.
• Davoudi S, Crawford J, Mehmood A, ed. Planning for climate change: strategies for mitigation and adaptation for spatial planners. London:Earthscan,2009.
• Moulaert F, Mehmood A. Analysing regional development and policy: A structural-realist approach. Regional Studies 2010, 44(1), 103-118.
• Kizos T, Spilanis I, Mehmood A. Climate change vulnerability: planning challenges for small islands. In: Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A., ed. Planning for climate change: strategies for mitigation and adaptation. London: Earthscan Ltd, 2009, pp. 94-104.
• Moulaert F, Mehmood A. Analyser le développement régional. De l'innovation territoriale à la géographie de « dépendance du sentier ». Géographie Economie Société 2008, 10(2), 199-222.
• Moulaert F, Mehmood A. Analysing regional development: From territorial innovation to path dependent geography. In: Davis, JB; Dolfsma, W, ed. The Elgar Companion to Social Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008, pp. 607-631.
• Davoudi S, Mehmood A, Brooks E. Gap Analysis of the London Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 2011. GURU Working Paper 44.
• Mehmood A, Cain PJ. Poverty Targeting in Rural Sialkot-Pakistan; Application of Modified Participatory Wealth Ranking technique. In: Livelihoods and well-being in developing countries: Multidisciplinary approaches. 2007, Oxford, UK.