DrPaula Russell

Dr. Paula Russell is a graduate of Geography and Sociology, from Trinity College, Dublin and is a qualified planner having graduated from the Master of Regional and Urban Planning Programme (MRUP) in UCD in 1993. She completed her PhD in Regional and Urban Planning in 2002. Paula worked as a research associate and project co-ordinator in both the Services Industries Research Centre and the Environmental Institute in UCD and was an Assistant lecturer in the Department of Regional and Urban Planning in UCD before being appointed as a Lecturer in October 2001. Paula lectures at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in the following areas: History and Theory of Planning, the Role of Community in Planning and Local Plan Making. Paula's main area of research relates to the role of civil society in the planning process, looking at issues of engagement and influence. She has a broad interest in urban policy issues, is a member of the board of the European Urban Research Association (EURA) and is the Co Editor in Chief of the journal Urban Research and Practice.