DrLinda Fox-Rogers

Dr. Linda Fox-Rogers is an Assistant Professor and Head of Regional and Urban Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin. Linda graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2007 with a B.A. (Mod) in Geography and Sociology and is a fully qualified planner having obtained a Masters in Regional and Urban Planning in UCD in 2009. She also holds a PhD in Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy from UCD and a Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching from Queen's University Belfast.

Linda's research is guided by her interest in the analysis of governance processes in the fields of spatial planning, urban development and environmental policy. She is particularly interested in exploring how the uneven power dynamics between the multiple stakeholders involved in the planning process play out to produce substantive social, economical and environmental outcomes which often negate sound planning practice. Set against this concern, her current research spans three thematic areas: 1) Power and politics in the planning system; 2) The neoliberalisation of the state and planning; and 3) Stakeholder perceptions of planning. Linda recently led a team of researchers from UCD, TUD and UCC on an EPA funded project which is examining the barriers to septic tank remediation in the Republic of Ireland.