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Overview
My professional background is in planning and development consultancy, during which I advised on planning applications, development briefs and affordable housing viability for public and private sector clients. During this experience, I became acutely aware of how my professional practice was shaped by the broader political environment. This has led to my academic research being informed by how political ideas and politics shape policy, governance and practice regarding development land markets and urban planning.
Publication
2024
- Foye, C. and Shepherd, E. 2024. Housebuilding, land and structural power: the case of mortgage market support schemes in England. Business and Politics (10.1017/bap.2024.19)
- Shepherd, E., McAllister, P. and Wyatt, P. 2024. State regulation of land financialisation: Land promoters, planning risk and the land market in England. Housing Studies 39(8), pp. 1903-1929. (10.1080/02673037.2022.2149705)
- Shepherd, E. and Wargent, M. 2024. Embedding the land market: Polanyi, urban planning, and regulation. Environment and Planning A 56(3), pp. 905-926. (10.1177/0308518X231203484)
- Shepherd, E. 2024. Housing development, land values and the decentred state: Traditions and dilemmas in House of Commons planning debates. The Journal of Legislative Studies 30(2), pp. 227-252. (10.1080/13572334.2023.2298127)
- Lord, A., Shepherd, E. and White, T. 2024. Language Value Capture? Redefining terms for the debate on land's public value.. Planning Theory and Practice
2023
- Foye, C. and Shepherd, E. 2023. Why have the volume housebuilders been so profitable? The power of volume housebuilders and what this tells us about housing supply, the land market and the state.. Project Report. [Online]. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. Available at: https://housingevidence.ac.uk/publications/why-have-the-volume-housebuilders-been-so-profitable/
- McAllister, P., Shepherd, E. and Wyatt, P. 2023. An exploration of the role and significance of specialist land promoters in the housing land development market in the UK. Journal of Property Research 40(2), pp. 134-156. (10.1080/09599916.2022.2114927)
- Shepherd, E. 2023. Capturing value: the return of the land question in planning. Town and Country Planning Association Journal 92(2)
- Shepherd, E., Inch, A., Sturzker, J. and Marshall, T. 2023. Ideology, statecraft and the ‘double shuffle’ of Conservative planning reform in England.. Town Planning Review 95(2), pp. 151-174. (10.3828/tpr.2023.36)
2022
- Ball, M., Shepherd, E. and Wyatt, P. 2022. The relationship between residential development land prices and house prices. Town Planning Review 93(4), pp. 401-421. (10.3828/tpr.2021.27)
2021
- Shepherd, E. 2021. Ideology and institutional change: The case of the English National Planning Policy Framework. Planning Theory and Practice 22(4), pp. 519–536. (10.1080/14649357.2021.1942528)
2020
- Parker, G. et al. 2020. The future of the planning profession. Planning Theory and Practice 21(3), pp. 453-480. (10.1080/14649357.2020.1776014)
- Hughes, C., Sayce, S., Shepherd, E. and Wyatt, P. 2020. Implementing a land value tax: Considerations on moving from theory to practice. Land Use Policy 94, article number: 104494. (10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104494)
- Shepherd, E., Inch, A. and Marshall, T. 2020. Narratives of power: Bringing ideology to the fore of planning analysis. Planning Theory 19(1), pp. 3-16. (10.1177/1473095219898865)
- Inch, A. and Shepherd, E. 2020. Thinking conjuncturally about ideology, housing and English planning. Planning Theory 19(1), pp. 59-79. (10.1177/1473095219887771)
- Shepherd, E. 2020. Liberty, property and the state: The ideology of the institution of English town and country planning. Progress in Planning 135, article number: 100425. (10.1016/j.progress.2018.09.001)
2018
- McAllister, P., Shepherd, E. and Wyatt, P. 2018. Policy shifts, developer contributions and land value capture in London 2005–2017. Land Use Policy 78, pp. 316-326. (10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.06.047)
- Shepherd, E. 2018. Continuity and change in the institution of town and country planning: Modelling the role of ideology. Planning Theory 17(4), pp. 494-513. (10.1177/1473095217737587)
- Lees, E. and Shepherd, E. 2018. Morphological analysis of legal ideology: locating interpretive divergence. Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law 10(1), pp. 5-16. (10.1108/jppel-12-2017-0041)
2016
- Allmendinger, P., Haughton, G. and Shepherd, E. 2016. Where is planning to be found? Material practices and the multiple spaces of planning. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 34(1), pp. 38-51. (10.1177/0263774x15614178)
2015
- Lees, E. and Shepherd, E. 2015. Incoherence and incompatibility in planning law. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment 7(2), pp. 111-126. (10.1108/ijlbe-07-2014-0019)
Articles
- Foye, C. and Shepherd, E. 2024. Housebuilding, land and structural power: the case of mortgage market support schemes in England. Business and Politics (10.1017/bap.2024.19)
- Shepherd, E., McAllister, P. and Wyatt, P. 2024. State regulation of land financialisation: Land promoters, planning risk and the land market in England. Housing Studies 39(8), pp. 1903-1929. (10.1080/02673037.2022.2149705)
- Shepherd, E. and Wargent, M. 2024. Embedding the land market: Polanyi, urban planning, and regulation. Environment and Planning A 56(3), pp. 905-926. (10.1177/0308518X231203484)
- Shepherd, E. 2024. Housing development, land values and the decentred state: Traditions and dilemmas in House of Commons planning debates. The Journal of Legislative Studies 30(2), pp. 227-252. (10.1080/13572334.2023.2298127)
- Lord, A., Shepherd, E. and White, T. 2024. Language Value Capture? Redefining terms for the debate on land's public value.. Planning Theory and Practice
- McAllister, P., Shepherd, E. and Wyatt, P. 2023. An exploration of the role and significance of specialist land promoters in the housing land development market in the UK. Journal of Property Research 40(2), pp. 134-156. (10.1080/09599916.2022.2114927)
- Shepherd, E. 2023. Capturing value: the return of the land question in planning. Town and Country Planning Association Journal 92(2)
- Shepherd, E., Inch, A., Sturzker, J. and Marshall, T. 2023. Ideology, statecraft and the ‘double shuffle’ of Conservative planning reform in England.. Town Planning Review 95(2), pp. 151-174. (10.3828/tpr.2023.36)
- Ball, M., Shepherd, E. and Wyatt, P. 2022. The relationship between residential development land prices and house prices. Town Planning Review 93(4), pp. 401-421. (10.3828/tpr.2021.27)
- Shepherd, E. 2021. Ideology and institutional change: The case of the English National Planning Policy Framework. Planning Theory and Practice 22(4), pp. 519–536. (10.1080/14649357.2021.1942528)
- Parker, G. et al. 2020. The future of the planning profession. Planning Theory and Practice 21(3), pp. 453-480. (10.1080/14649357.2020.1776014)
- Hughes, C., Sayce, S., Shepherd, E. and Wyatt, P. 2020. Implementing a land value tax: Considerations on moving from theory to practice. Land Use Policy 94, article number: 104494. (10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104494)
- Shepherd, E., Inch, A. and Marshall, T. 2020. Narratives of power: Bringing ideology to the fore of planning analysis. Planning Theory 19(1), pp. 3-16. (10.1177/1473095219898865)
- Inch, A. and Shepherd, E. 2020. Thinking conjuncturally about ideology, housing and English planning. Planning Theory 19(1), pp. 59-79. (10.1177/1473095219887771)
- Shepherd, E. 2020. Liberty, property and the state: The ideology of the institution of English town and country planning. Progress in Planning 135, article number: 100425. (10.1016/j.progress.2018.09.001)
- McAllister, P., Shepherd, E. and Wyatt, P. 2018. Policy shifts, developer contributions and land value capture in London 2005–2017. Land Use Policy 78, pp. 316-326. (10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.06.047)
- Shepherd, E. 2018. Continuity and change in the institution of town and country planning: Modelling the role of ideology. Planning Theory 17(4), pp. 494-513. (10.1177/1473095217737587)
- Lees, E. and Shepherd, E. 2018. Morphological analysis of legal ideology: locating interpretive divergence. Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law 10(1), pp. 5-16. (10.1108/jppel-12-2017-0041)
- Allmendinger, P., Haughton, G. and Shepherd, E. 2016. Where is planning to be found? Material practices and the multiple spaces of planning. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 34(1), pp. 38-51. (10.1177/0263774x15614178)
- Lees, E. and Shepherd, E. 2015. Incoherence and incompatibility in planning law. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment 7(2), pp. 111-126. (10.1108/ijlbe-07-2014-0019)
Monographs
- Foye, C. and Shepherd, E. 2023. Why have the volume housebuilders been so profitable? The power of volume housebuilders and what this tells us about housing supply, the land market and the state.. Project Report. [Online]. UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. Available at: https://housingevidence.ac.uk/publications/why-have-the-volume-housebuilders-been-so-profitable/
Supervisions
I am currently supervising two PhD students, but am always interested in working with more postgraduate research students.
Do get in touch if you are interested in doing a PhD broadly in one or more of the following areas:
- The political economy of land markets.
- Politics and urban governance.
- Planning reform.
- International comparisons of planning and land market systems.
- Political economy and the development process.
- Housing development.
Even if your research idea doesn't neatly fit into one of the above categories, but you still think I might be interested, then do not hesitate to get in touch. I'm always happy to have a chat.
Contact Details
ShepherdE6@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 76412
Glamorgan Building, Room S/2.85, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
+44 29208 76412
Glamorgan Building, Room S/2.85, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
