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Sina Shahab

Dr Sina Shahab

Senior Lecturer in Planning and Land Policy

School of Geography and Planning

Email
ShahabS@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 76092
Campuses
Glamorgan Building, Room 1.55, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
Users
Available for postgraduate supervision

Overview

News

Principal Investigator - ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) 2023-2025

Have been awarded an ESRC IAA grant to work with the Cardiff Council on the project 'Making Neighbourhood Parks Inclusive for Teenage Girls and Young Women in Cardiff'. Through directly engaging with teenage girls and young women (TGYW) in Cardiff, this project aims to map the current use of park facilities by TGYW, develop a greater understanding of TGYW’s needs and aspirations for park use, build capacity for TGYW, and guide decision-makers on how to (re)design neighbourhood parks and their facilities in a gender-inclusive manner.

Principal Investigator - ESRC UK and South Korea Connections Grants 2022-2023

Have been awarded an ESRC grant to collaborate with a team of UK and South Korean researchers on the project 'Creating Prosperous City Centres Post-Pandemic Through Repurposing Retail Space'. This project will bring together researchers from six different universities (Cardiff University, University of Glasgow, Nottingham Trent University, University of Seoul, Hanbat National University, and Seoul National University) to share knowledge and experience of practice and research on the planning and regeneration of retail spaces in city centres in the UK and South Korea to identify future challenges and develop solutions.

The RTPI Award for Research Excellence 2018

One of my papers, ‘‘Estimates of Transaction Costs in Transfer of Development Rights Programs’’, which is published in the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA), was selected as the winner of the prestigious Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Research Excellence Award 2018 - Early Career Category.

The JAPA Article of the Year Award 2019

The paper ‘‘Estimates of Transaction Costs in Transfer of Development Rights Programs’’, was selected as the winner of the JAPA Article of the Year Award 2019.

Publication

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Articles

Book sections

Conferences

Research

Informed by various economic theories, including New Institutional Economics and Behavioural Economics, my research explores the ways in which decision-makers can design land, housing, and planning policies that are more effective, efficient, and equitable. My policy research and practice experiences have been in an international context, involving projects in the USA, UK, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Iran, and Mauritania.

My recent published works focus on the self-build and custom housebuilding sector in the UK, land policy in Switzerland, and housing development in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Previously, I examined the extent, drivers, and distribution of transaction costs in transferable development rights (TDR) programmes in the US state of Maryland. My research is highly regarded by experts in the field. I have been the winner of two prestigious awards: The Royal Town Planning Institute Award for Research Excellence 2018 and the Journal of the American Planning Association Article of the Year Award 2019.

Teaching

Course Director

I am currently the course director for the MSc Spatial Planning and Development programme.

Teaching

I lead the postgraduate module ‘Planning and Real Estate’ and also contribute to several modules including 'Site Planning and Development Valuation', 'Space and Place: International Planning Practice',Environmental Policy and Climate Change’, and ‘Research Project’.

Biography

Qualifications

  • Professional Diploma for Entrepreneurial Educators, University College Dublin, Ireland (2018)
  • PhD (Planning and Environmental Policy), University College Dublin, Ireland (2017)
  • Master of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Tehran, Iran (2011)

Honours and awards

2019 - The JAPA Article of the Year Award
2018 - The RTPI Award for Research Excellence

Academic positions

  • Senior Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK (2022-Present)
  • Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK (2018-2022)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland (2019-2021)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland (2017-2018)

Supervisions

I am happy to supervise students interested in the following research areas:

 Land Policy:

  • Instruments of Land Policy (e.g., Land Readjustment, TDR, Land Taxation)
  • Transaction Costs, Property Rights, and Land Policy
  • Land Value Capture
  • Urban Sprawl and Land Take

Housing and Development Management:

  • Self-build and Custom Housebuilding
  • Planning Gain and Developer Obligations
  • Quality of Real Estate Development