Dr Abid Mehmood
Lecturer
Ysgol Daearyddiaeth a Chynllunio
- MehmoodA1@caerdydd.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76232
- Adeilad Morgannwg, Ystafell 1.76, Rhodfa’r Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3WA
- Sylwebydd y cyfryngau
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
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I am a Research Fellow in Sustainable Places Research Institute. My broader research expertise is in social innovation and governance. I have experience of research in climate change, socioeconomic development, and social cohesion for local and regional development policy and practice. I have also conducted research on climate change resilience policies and practice in London and Northeast England.
I lead the Institute's research programmes on Cities and sustainable places that integrates the work related to social innovation for sustainable urban transformations, governance of sustainable places, and spatial analysis and design of the built environment. Other key relevant areas include community-led transition and adaptation, sustainable mobility, and integrative methods for sustainability science research and engagement. I have also worked on the research area 'Adaptive Governance for Social and Ecological Transitions'.
Cyhoeddiad
2023
- Moghayedi, A., Mehmood, A., Michell, K. and Okobi Ekpo, C. 2023. Modeling the neighborhood wellbeing of townships in South Africa. Sustainability 15(11), article number: 8542. (10.3390/su15118542)
2022
- MacKie, P., Brown, A. M. B., Mehmood, A. and Ahmed, S. 2022. Multi-dimensional conflict and the resilient urban informal economy in Karachi, Pakistan. International Development Planning Review 44(2), pp. 169-189.
2021
- Moghayedi, A. et al. 2021. Causality between challenges, motivations, and extent of use of water recycling systems in residential properties. Presented at: 7th International SEEDS Conference Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS 2021), Virtual/Leeds, England, 1-3 Septemer 2021.
- Mehmood, A. and Marsden, T. 2021. Deviance, problematisation and solidarity as attributes of sustainable place-making. Discover Sustainability 2, article number: 10. (10.1007/s43621-021-00016-z)
- Mehmood, A. and Ahmed, S. 2021. Should we act on climate change? Perspectives from global south. [Online]. Cardiff University Sustainable Places Blog: Sustainable Places Research Institute. Available at: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/sustainableplaces/2021/01/26/should-we-act-on-climate-change-perspectives-from-global-south/
- Mehmood, A. and Imran, M. 2021. Digital social innovation and civic participation: toward responsible and inclusive transport planning. European Planning Studies 29(10), pp. 1870-1885. (10.1080/09654313.2021.1882946)
- Moghayedi, A., Mehmood, A., Vassilev, V., Aburamadan, R., Blay, K., Nguyen, D. and Shrestha, . 2021. Interrelationships between sustainability and wellbeing: Three cases from the Global South. Presented at: 7th International SEEDS Conference Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS 2021), Virtual/Leeds, England, 1-3 Septemer 2021.
2020
- Ahmed, S. U. D., Mehmood, A. and Brown, A. 2020. Informal power structures: towards provision of services and security of tenure. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Communities, Land and Social Innovation: Land Taking and Land Making in an Urbanising World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 195-213.
- Mehmood, A., Marsden, T., Taherzadeh, A., Axinte, L. and Rebelo, C. 2020. Transformative roles of people and places: Learning, experiencing and regenerative action through social innovation. Sustainability Science 15, pp. 455-466. (10.1007/s11625-019-00740-6)
- Rebelo, C., Mehmood, A. and Marsden, T. 2020. Co-created visual narratives and inclusive place branding: A socially responsible approach to residents’ participation and engagement. Sustainability Science 15(2), pp. 423-435. (10.1007/s11625-019-00760-2)
- O'Sullivan, K., Golubchikov, O. and Mehmood, A. 2020. Uneven energy transitions: Understanding continued energy peripheralization in rural communities. Energy Policy 138, article number: 111288. (10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111288)
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2020. Towards a social innovation (SI) based epistemology in local development analysis: lessons from twenty years of EU research. European Planning Studies 28(3), pp. 434-453. (10.1080/09654313.2019.1639401)
2019
- Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. 2019. Social innovation as political transformation: Thoughts for a better world. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (10.4337/9781788974288)
- Parra, C., Paidakaki, A., Mehmood, A. and Van den Broeck, P. 2019. Bringing the social back in sustainable socio-ecological development. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Social Innovation as Political Transformation: Thoughts for a Better World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 148-154.
- Cheema, A. and Mehmood, A. 2019. ‘Business-in-a-Box’ as transformative social innovation. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Social Innovation as Political Transformation: Thoughts for a Better World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 165.
- Van den Broeck, P., Mehmood, A., Paidakaki, A. and Parra, C. 2019. Social innovation as an alternative narrative. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Social Innovation as Political Transformation: Thoughts for a Better World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 2-7., (10.4337/9781788974288.00005)
- Axinte, L. F., Mehmood, A., Marsden, T. and Roep, D. 2019. Regenerative city-regions: a new conceptual framework.. Regional Studies, Regional Science (10.1080/21681376.2019.1584542)
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2019. La coconstruction d’une épistémologie socialement innovante pour l’analyse du développement territorial: réflexions sur vingt ans de recherche-action. In: Klein, J. et al. eds. Trajectoires d’innovation. Des émergences à la reconnaissance. Presses de l’Université du Québec, pp. 51-66.
- Backman, M., Pitt, H., Marsden, T., Mehmood, A. and Mathijs, E. 2019. Experiential approaches to sustainability education: towards learning landscapes. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 20(1), pp. 139-156. (10.1108/IJSHE-06-2018-0109)
- Cheema, A. R. and Mehmood, A. 2019. Reproductive health services: 'Business in a Box' as a model social innovation. Development in Practice 29(2), pp. 196-207. (10.1080/09614524.2018.1541166)
2018
- Moulaert, F., Mehmood, A., MacCallum, D., Leubolt, B. and Ganugi, G. 2018. Innovazione sociale. Una scintilla per innescare processi trasformativi. Sociologia e politiche sociali 21(2), pp. 11-49. (10.3280/SP2018-002001)
- Mehmood, A. 2018. Hothouse Earth: seven things you can do to stop it. The Conversation 2018(Aug 10)
- Cheema, R., Mehmood, A. and Khan, A. 2018. Challenges of research in rural poverty: Lessons from large field surveys. Development in Practice 28, pp. 714-719. (10.1080/09614524.2018.1467881)
- Mehmood, A. 2018. Nature governance: a multimodal view. In: Marsden, T. ed. The SAGE Handbook of Nature., Vol. 1. London: SAGE, pp. 126-142.
2017
- 2017. Social innovation as a trigger for transformations - the role of research. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/policy_reviews/social_innovation_trigger_for_transformations.pdf
- Moulaert, F., Mehmood, A. and Manganelli, A. 2017. Spazi d'Innovazione Sociale. In: Monteduro, G. ed. Sussidiarietà e Innovazione Sociale. Costruire un welfare societario. FrancoAngeli, pp. 71-93.
2016
- Mehmood, A. 2016. Institutional forms of social innovation. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development 10(3), pp. 300-311. (10.1504/IJISD.2016.077512)
- Cheema, A., Mehmood, A. and Imran, M. 2016. Learning from the past: Analysis of disaster management structures, policies and institutions in Pakistan. Disaster Prevention and Management 25(4), pp. 449-463. (10.1108/DPM-10-2015-0243)
- Moulaert, F., Jessop, B. and Mehmood, A. 2016. Agency, structure, institutions, discourse (ASID) in urban and regional development. International Journal of Urban Sciences 20(2), pp. 167-187. (10.1080/12265934.2016.1182054)
- Mehmood, A. and Jamal, A. 2016. Social innovation and ethnic entrepreneurship: the UK experience. In: de Bruin, A. and Lewis, K. V. eds. Proceedings of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference: Collaborating for Impact. Auckland: Massey University, pp. 341-344.
- Mehmood, A. 2016. Of resilient places: planning for urban resilience. European Planning Studies 24(2), pp. 407-419. (10.1080/09654313.2015.1082980)
2015
- Mehmood, A., Jamal, A. and Sriram, V. 2015. Ethnic marketing, ethnic entrepreneurship and social innovation. In: Jamal, A., Peñaloza, L. and Laroche, M. eds. The Routledge Companion to Ethnic Marketing. Routledge, pp. 84-96.
- Baker, S. C. and Mehmood, A. 2015. Social innovation and the governance of sustainable places. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 20(3), pp. 321-334. (10.1080/13549839.2013.842964)
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2015. Analysing regional development: From territorial innovation to path dependent geography. In: Davis, J. B. and Dolfsma, W. eds. The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, Second Edition., Vol. 2. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 676-700.
2014
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2014. Towards social holism: social innovation, holistic research methodology and pragmatic collective action. In: Silva, E. A. et al. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods: A Case-Based Guide to Research Design. New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 97-106.
2013
- Moulaert, F. et al. eds. 2013. The international handbook on social innovation: Collective action, social learning and transdisciplinary research. Elgar Original Reference. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Mehmood, A. and Parra, C. 2013. Social innovation in an unsustainable world. In: Moulaert, F. et al. eds. The International Handbook on Social Innovation: Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research. Elgar Original Reference Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 53-66.
- Moulaert, F., MacCallum, D., Mehmood, A. and Hamdouch, A. 2013. General introduction: the return of social innovation as a scientific concept and a social practice. In: Moulaert, F. et al. eds. The International Handbook on Social Innovation: Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research. Elgar Original Reference Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 1-6.
- Davoudi, S., Brooks, E. and Mehmood, A. 2013. Evolutionary resilience and strategies for climate adaptation. Planning Practice & Research 28(3), pp. 307-322. (10.1080/02697459.2013.787695)
- Mehmood, A. and Franklin, A. 2013. Sustainable urban land use and the question of eco-places. Presented at: 8th Seminar on Urban and Regional Planning – “Dynamics of Land in Planning”, Karachi, Pakistan, 30 March 2013Proceedings of the Eighth Seminar on Urban and Regional Planning. Karachi: NED University Press pp. 172-202.
- Mehmood, A. and Moulaert, F. 2013. Holistic research methodology and pragmatic collective action. In: Moulaert, F. et al. eds. The International Handbook on Social Innovation: Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research. Elgar Original Reference Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 442-452.
- Mehmood, A. 2013. Urbanisation and climate change in developing countries: Options for Pakistan. In: Bajwa, K. W. ed. Urban Pakistan: Frames for Imagining and Reading Urbanism. Oxford University Press, pp. 38-50.
- Mehmood, A. 2013. Developing ecological settlements: two cases from the UK. In: Pengfei, Z. and Byrne, J. eds. Urban ecological environment protection. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, pp. 207-215.
2012
- Novy, A., Mehmood, A. and Moulaert, F. 2012. The DEMOLOGOS methodology for analyzing urban and regional trajectories. In: Martinelli, F., Moulaert, F. and Novy, A. eds. Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 45-62.
- Mehmood, A. 2012. Urban sustainability: between mimetics and metaphors. Presented at: Sustainability Through Biomimicry, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 27-28 November 2012Proceedings of the Sustainability Through Biomimicry Conference. University of Dammam pp. 31-48.
2011
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2011. Spaces of social innovation. In: Pike, A., Rodríguez Pose, A. and Tomaney, J. eds. Handbook of Local and Regional Development. London: Routledge, pp. 212-225.
- Davoudi, S., Mehmood, A. and Brooks, L. 2011. The London Climate Change Adaptation Strategy: gap analysis. Project Report. [Online]. Global Urban Research Unit. Available at: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/media/wwwnclacuk/globalurbanresearchunit/files/electronicworkingpapers/ewp44.pdf
2010
- Mehmood, A. 2010. On the history and potentials of evolutionary metaphors in urban planning. Planning Theory 9(1), pp. 63-87. (10.1177/1473095209346495)
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2010. Analysing regional development and policy: A structural-realist approach. Regional Studies 44(1), pp. 103-118. (10.1080/00343400802251478)
2009
- Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A. 2009. Climate change and spatial planning responses. In: Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A. eds. Planning for Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners. Earthscan, pp. 7-18.
- Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A. eds. 2009. Planning for climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation for spatial planners. London: Earthscan.
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2009. Spatial planning and institutional design: What can we expect from transaction cost economics?. In: Geyer, H. S. ed. International Handbook of Urban Policy: Issues in the Developed World., Vol. 2. Elgar Original Reference Edward Elgar, pp. 199-211.
- Kizos, T., Spilanis, I. and Mehmood, A. 2009. Climate change vulnerability: Planning challenges for small islands. In: Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A. eds. Planning for Climate Change:Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners. Earthscan, pp. 94-106.
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2009. Analysing regional development: From territorial innovation to path-dependent geography. In: Davis, J. B. and Dolfsman, W. eds. The Elgar Companion to Social Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 607-631.
2008
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2008. Analyser le developpement regional. De l'innovation territoriale a la geographie de dependence du sentier. Geographie Economie Societe 10(2), pp. 199-222. (10.3166/ges.10.199-222)
Articles
- Moghayedi, A., Mehmood, A., Michell, K. and Okobi Ekpo, C. 2023. Modeling the neighborhood wellbeing of townships in South Africa. Sustainability 15(11), article number: 8542. (10.3390/su15118542)
- MacKie, P., Brown, A. M. B., Mehmood, A. and Ahmed, S. 2022. Multi-dimensional conflict and the resilient urban informal economy in Karachi, Pakistan. International Development Planning Review 44(2), pp. 169-189.
- Mehmood, A. and Marsden, T. 2021. Deviance, problematisation and solidarity as attributes of sustainable place-making. Discover Sustainability 2, article number: 10. (10.1007/s43621-021-00016-z)
- Mehmood, A. and Imran, M. 2021. Digital social innovation and civic participation: toward responsible and inclusive transport planning. European Planning Studies 29(10), pp. 1870-1885. (10.1080/09654313.2021.1882946)
- Mehmood, A., Marsden, T., Taherzadeh, A., Axinte, L. and Rebelo, C. 2020. Transformative roles of people and places: Learning, experiencing and regenerative action through social innovation. Sustainability Science 15, pp. 455-466. (10.1007/s11625-019-00740-6)
- Rebelo, C., Mehmood, A. and Marsden, T. 2020. Co-created visual narratives and inclusive place branding: A socially responsible approach to residents’ participation and engagement. Sustainability Science 15(2), pp. 423-435. (10.1007/s11625-019-00760-2)
- O'Sullivan, K., Golubchikov, O. and Mehmood, A. 2020. Uneven energy transitions: Understanding continued energy peripheralization in rural communities. Energy Policy 138, article number: 111288. (10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111288)
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2020. Towards a social innovation (SI) based epistemology in local development analysis: lessons from twenty years of EU research. European Planning Studies 28(3), pp. 434-453. (10.1080/09654313.2019.1639401)
- Axinte, L. F., Mehmood, A., Marsden, T. and Roep, D. 2019. Regenerative city-regions: a new conceptual framework.. Regional Studies, Regional Science (10.1080/21681376.2019.1584542)
- Backman, M., Pitt, H., Marsden, T., Mehmood, A. and Mathijs, E. 2019. Experiential approaches to sustainability education: towards learning landscapes. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 20(1), pp. 139-156. (10.1108/IJSHE-06-2018-0109)
- Cheema, A. R. and Mehmood, A. 2019. Reproductive health services: 'Business in a Box' as a model social innovation. Development in Practice 29(2), pp. 196-207. (10.1080/09614524.2018.1541166)
- Moulaert, F., Mehmood, A., MacCallum, D., Leubolt, B. and Ganugi, G. 2018. Innovazione sociale. Una scintilla per innescare processi trasformativi. Sociologia e politiche sociali 21(2), pp. 11-49. (10.3280/SP2018-002001)
- Mehmood, A. 2018. Hothouse Earth: seven things you can do to stop it. The Conversation 2018(Aug 10)
- Cheema, R., Mehmood, A. and Khan, A. 2018. Challenges of research in rural poverty: Lessons from large field surveys. Development in Practice 28, pp. 714-719. (10.1080/09614524.2018.1467881)
- Mehmood, A. 2016. Institutional forms of social innovation. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development 10(3), pp. 300-311. (10.1504/IJISD.2016.077512)
- Cheema, A., Mehmood, A. and Imran, M. 2016. Learning from the past: Analysis of disaster management structures, policies and institutions in Pakistan. Disaster Prevention and Management 25(4), pp. 449-463. (10.1108/DPM-10-2015-0243)
- Moulaert, F., Jessop, B. and Mehmood, A. 2016. Agency, structure, institutions, discourse (ASID) in urban and regional development. International Journal of Urban Sciences 20(2), pp. 167-187. (10.1080/12265934.2016.1182054)
- Mehmood, A. 2016. Of resilient places: planning for urban resilience. European Planning Studies 24(2), pp. 407-419. (10.1080/09654313.2015.1082980)
- Baker, S. C. and Mehmood, A. 2015. Social innovation and the governance of sustainable places. Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability 20(3), pp. 321-334. (10.1080/13549839.2013.842964)
- Davoudi, S., Brooks, E. and Mehmood, A. 2013. Evolutionary resilience and strategies for climate adaptation. Planning Practice & Research 28(3), pp. 307-322. (10.1080/02697459.2013.787695)
- Mehmood, A. 2010. On the history and potentials of evolutionary metaphors in urban planning. Planning Theory 9(1), pp. 63-87. (10.1177/1473095209346495)
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2010. Analysing regional development and policy: A structural-realist approach. Regional Studies 44(1), pp. 103-118. (10.1080/00343400802251478)
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2008. Analyser le developpement regional. De l'innovation territoriale a la geographie de dependence du sentier. Geographie Economie Societe 10(2), pp. 199-222. (10.3166/ges.10.199-222)
Book sections
- Ahmed, S. U. D., Mehmood, A. and Brown, A. 2020. Informal power structures: towards provision of services and security of tenure. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Communities, Land and Social Innovation: Land Taking and Land Making in an Urbanising World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 195-213.
- Parra, C., Paidakaki, A., Mehmood, A. and Van den Broeck, P. 2019. Bringing the social back in sustainable socio-ecological development. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Social Innovation as Political Transformation: Thoughts for a Better World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 148-154.
- Cheema, A. and Mehmood, A. 2019. ‘Business-in-a-Box’ as transformative social innovation. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Social Innovation as Political Transformation: Thoughts for a Better World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 165.
- Van den Broeck, P., Mehmood, A., Paidakaki, A. and Parra, C. 2019. Social innovation as an alternative narrative. In: Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. Social Innovation as Political Transformation: Thoughts for a Better World. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 2-7., (10.4337/9781788974288.00005)
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2019. La coconstruction d’une épistémologie socialement innovante pour l’analyse du développement territorial: réflexions sur vingt ans de recherche-action. In: Klein, J. et al. eds. Trajectoires d’innovation. Des émergences à la reconnaissance. Presses de l’Université du Québec, pp. 51-66.
- Mehmood, A. 2018. Nature governance: a multimodal view. In: Marsden, T. ed. The SAGE Handbook of Nature., Vol. 1. London: SAGE, pp. 126-142.
- Moulaert, F., Mehmood, A. and Manganelli, A. 2017. Spazi d'Innovazione Sociale. In: Monteduro, G. ed. Sussidiarietà e Innovazione Sociale. Costruire un welfare societario. FrancoAngeli, pp. 71-93.
- Mehmood, A. and Jamal, A. 2016. Social innovation and ethnic entrepreneurship: the UK experience. In: de Bruin, A. and Lewis, K. V. eds. Proceedings of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference: Collaborating for Impact. Auckland: Massey University, pp. 341-344.
- Mehmood, A., Jamal, A. and Sriram, V. 2015. Ethnic marketing, ethnic entrepreneurship and social innovation. In: Jamal, A., Peñaloza, L. and Laroche, M. eds. The Routledge Companion to Ethnic Marketing. Routledge, pp. 84-96.
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2015. Analysing regional development: From territorial innovation to path dependent geography. In: Davis, J. B. and Dolfsma, W. eds. The Elgar Companion to Social Economics, Second Edition., Vol. 2. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 676-700.
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2014. Towards social holism: social innovation, holistic research methodology and pragmatic collective action. In: Silva, E. A. et al. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods: A Case-Based Guide to Research Design. New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 97-106.
- Mehmood, A. and Parra, C. 2013. Social innovation in an unsustainable world. In: Moulaert, F. et al. eds. The International Handbook on Social Innovation: Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research. Elgar Original Reference Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 53-66.
- Moulaert, F., MacCallum, D., Mehmood, A. and Hamdouch, A. 2013. General introduction: the return of social innovation as a scientific concept and a social practice. In: Moulaert, F. et al. eds. The International Handbook on Social Innovation: Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research. Elgar Original Reference Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 1-6.
- Mehmood, A. and Moulaert, F. 2013. Holistic research methodology and pragmatic collective action. In: Moulaert, F. et al. eds. The International Handbook on Social Innovation: Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research. Elgar Original Reference Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 442-452.
- Mehmood, A. 2013. Urbanisation and climate change in developing countries: Options for Pakistan. In: Bajwa, K. W. ed. Urban Pakistan: Frames for Imagining and Reading Urbanism. Oxford University Press, pp. 38-50.
- Mehmood, A. 2013. Developing ecological settlements: two cases from the UK. In: Pengfei, Z. and Byrne, J. eds. Urban ecological environment protection. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, pp. 207-215.
- Novy, A., Mehmood, A. and Moulaert, F. 2012. The DEMOLOGOS methodology for analyzing urban and regional trajectories. In: Martinelli, F., Moulaert, F. and Novy, A. eds. Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 45-62.
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2011. Spaces of social innovation. In: Pike, A., Rodríguez Pose, A. and Tomaney, J. eds. Handbook of Local and Regional Development. London: Routledge, pp. 212-225.
- Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A. 2009. Climate change and spatial planning responses. In: Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A. eds. Planning for Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners. Earthscan, pp. 7-18.
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2009. Spatial planning and institutional design: What can we expect from transaction cost economics?. In: Geyer, H. S. ed. International Handbook of Urban Policy: Issues in the Developed World., Vol. 2. Elgar Original Reference Edward Elgar, pp. 199-211.
- Kizos, T., Spilanis, I. and Mehmood, A. 2009. Climate change vulnerability: Planning challenges for small islands. In: Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A. eds. Planning for Climate Change:Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners. Earthscan, pp. 94-106.
- Moulaert, F. and Mehmood, A. 2009. Analysing regional development: From territorial innovation to path-dependent geography. In: Davis, J. B. and Dolfsman, W. eds. The Elgar Companion to Social Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 607-631.
Books
- Van den Broeck, P. et al. eds. 2019. Social innovation as political transformation: Thoughts for a better world. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (10.4337/9781788974288)
- Moulaert, F. et al. eds. 2013. The international handbook on social innovation: Collective action, social learning and transdisciplinary research. Elgar Original Reference. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Davoudi, S., Crawford, J. and Mehmood, A. eds. 2009. Planning for climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation for spatial planners. London: Earthscan.
Conferences
- Moghayedi, A. et al. 2021. Causality between challenges, motivations, and extent of use of water recycling systems in residential properties. Presented at: 7th International SEEDS Conference Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS 2021), Virtual/Leeds, England, 1-3 Septemer 2021.
- Moghayedi, A., Mehmood, A., Vassilev, V., Aburamadan, R., Blay, K., Nguyen, D. and Shrestha, . 2021. Interrelationships between sustainability and wellbeing: Three cases from the Global South. Presented at: 7th International SEEDS Conference Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS 2021), Virtual/Leeds, England, 1-3 Septemer 2021.
- Mehmood, A. and Franklin, A. 2013. Sustainable urban land use and the question of eco-places. Presented at: 8th Seminar on Urban and Regional Planning – “Dynamics of Land in Planning”, Karachi, Pakistan, 30 March 2013Proceedings of the Eighth Seminar on Urban and Regional Planning. Karachi: NED University Press pp. 172-202.
- Mehmood, A. 2012. Urban sustainability: between mimetics and metaphors. Presented at: Sustainability Through Biomimicry, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 27-28 November 2012Proceedings of the Sustainability Through Biomimicry Conference. University of Dammam pp. 31-48.
Monographs
- 2017. Social innovation as a trigger for transformations - the role of research. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/policy_reviews/social_innovation_trigger_for_transformations.pdf
- Davoudi, S., Mehmood, A. and Brooks, L. 2011. The London Climate Change Adaptation Strategy: gap analysis. Project Report. [Online]. Global Urban Research Unit. Available at: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/media/wwwnclacuk/globalurbanresearchunit/files/electronicworkingpapers/ewp44.pdf
Websites
- Mehmood, A. and Ahmed, S. 2021. Should we act on climate change? Perspectives from global south. [Online]. Cardiff University Sustainable Places Blog: Sustainable Places Research Institute. Available at: http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/sustainableplaces/2021/01/26/should-we-act-on-climate-change-perspectives-from-global-south/
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I have participated in research and consultancy projects for a range of organisations including: DEFRA, ESRC, EPSRC, Leverulme Trust and European Commission. My current areas of research cover:
- Social innovation for place based development
- Climate change policy and planning
- Urban and regional governance
Projects and grants
- 'Institutional change for sustainable placemaking'. International Collaboration Seedcorn Fund (2017-18)
- 'Towards an agenda for sustainable food governance'. Cardiff University - KU Leuven Joint Collaboration Fund (2017)
- ‘Information Models for the "Sharing Economy"’. Cardiff University CUROP grant (2016)
- ‘Sustainable Place-Shaping’ SUSPLACE. European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska Curie ITN (2015-19)
- 'Low Carbon Planning, Innovation and Management'. ESRC UK for PhD Supervision (3 years), co-funded with Brecon Beacons National Park Authority (2015-18)
- 'Making sense of financial consumption for ethnic minorities in Wales'. ESRC UK for PhD Supervision (3+1 years) (2014-18)
- 'Sustainable Urban Regeneration', European Commission Erasmus Intensive Programme (2013-14)
- 'Biodiversity and Food Security: Developing Collaborative Policy for Seagrass Conservation in Turks and Caicos Islands'. Darwin Initiative DEFRA for UK Overseas Territories Challenge Fund, Round 18 (2012-13)
- International seminar series on environmental governance. Cardiff University Graduate College (2011-12)
- 'Planning Responses to Climate Change in the North East England'. Newcastle University Humanities Arts and Social Sciences Research Fund (2009-10)
- 'Adaptation and Resilience in Cities: Analysis and Decision making using Integrated Assessment' ARCADIA. EPSRC UK (2009-10)
- 'Social Platform on Cities and Social Cohesion' SOCIALPOLIS. European Commission FP7 (2008-10)
- 'Growing Inequality and Social Innovation: Alternative Knowledge and Practice in Overcoming Social Exclusion in Europe' KATARSIS. European Commission FP6 (2006-09)
- 'Development Models and Logics of Socioeconomic Organization in Space' – DEMOLOGOS. European Commission FP6 (2004-07)
Addysgu
My lectures and seminars cover topics around social innovation, sustainable development, climate change, behavioural change, urban resilience, and qualitative research methods.
I have conducted lectures, seminars and tutorials as part of the following modules:
- Environmental Policy and Climate Change (School of Geography and Planning)
- Power, Politics, and Policy (School of Social Sciences)
- Critical Perspectives in Social Science (School of Social Sciences)
- Web and Social Computing (School of Computer Science and Informatics)
I am currently supervising five PhD theses:
- Lorena Axinte (April 2016-) ‘Sustainable City-Regions: The case of Cardiff Capital Region’ in collaboration with Welsh Government
- Cátia Rebelo (April 2016-) ‘Place Ambassadors’ in collaboration with Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
- Malin Bäckman (April 2016-) ‘Connected Learning Spaces: University campus as a living lab’
- Kate O’Sullivan (October 2015-) ‘Low-carbon Planning, Innovation and Management: Energy vulnerability in South Wales Valleys', in collaboration with Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
- Muhammad Alamgir (October 2014-) ‘Making Sense of Financial Consumption: A Case of Muslims in Wales’
I am happy to support PhD research in the following areas:
- Social innovation
- Social and ethnic entrepreneurship
- Sustainable development and climate change
- Social and public policy and governance
- Resilience thinking
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Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Fellow, Royal Geographical Society
- Member, UN-HABITAT University Network Initiative
- Associate Member, Higher Education Academy, UK
- Steering group member, Community Gateway
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
- Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (since 2021)
- Senior Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University (2020-21)
- Research Fellow, Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University (2010-20)
- Research Associate, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University (2004-10)
Meysydd goruchwyliaeth
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- Social innovation
- International planning and sustainability
- Global development related challenges
- Energy transitions
- Sustainable development and climate emergency
- Social and public policy and governance
- Resilience thinking
Goruchwyliaeth gyfredol

Miss Catia Rebelo Rebelo
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