Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE)

About the centre

The Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE) is a cross-school research centre, established in February 2010, between Westminster Business School (WBS) and the School of Architecture and Cities (A&C).

ProBE is concerned with the critical study of the production of the built environment as a social, environmental, and historical process, what this means for labour, communities, cities and nature, and finding out innovative ways to construct a just, inclusive and sustainable society.

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Our work

ProBE’s research is organised into six areas:

  • Capital and labour relations in the production of the built environment
  • Climate change, society and environmental design 
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion in construction
  • Oral and other histories of the production of the built environment
  • Sustainable urban settlements and low carbon construction 
  • Vocational education and training in the built environment

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Publications

ProBE's recent publications include:

  • Urrutia, M. and Durán-Palma, F. (2023) ‘Chile – from Pinochet’s neoliberal counter-revolution to the 2019-20 anti-neoliberal revolt, in Atzeni, M., Mezzardi, A., Azzellini, D., Moore, P., Apitzsch, U. (eds) Research Handbook on the Global Political Economy of Work, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
  • Borna, M., Woloshynowych, M., Schiano-Phan, R., Volpi, E.V. and Usman, M., (2022) A correlational analysis of COVID-19 incidence and mortality and urban determinants of vitamin D status across the London boroughs. Scientific Reports, 12(1), pp.1–11.
  • Clarke, L., Duran-Palma, F., Sahin-Dikmen, M. (2021) Towards Nearly Zero Energy Building in Europe: Challenges of Vocational Education. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Cham: Springer.
  • Georgiadou, M. C., and Loggia, C. (2021) Beyond self-help: learning from communities in informal settlements in Durban, South Africa, in Keith, M., de Souza Santos, A. (eds) African Cities and Collaborative Futures: Urban Platforms and Metropolitan Logistics, Manchester: Manchester University Press.

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People

ProBE is led by directors drawn from Westminster Business School (WBS) and the School of Architecture and Cities (A&C) who oversee the centre’s key research areas. 

 

ProBE’s broader research community includes a number of affiliates, visiting scholars and doctoral researchers. ProBE also has an Advisory Committee drawn from its members and long-standing research partners, key practitioners and experts.

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Our location

Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment
The Garden Room
35 Marylebone Road
London NW1 5LS

Contact us

Contact ProBE's co-directors:

Dr Maria Christina Georgiadou
T: +44 20 7911 5000 ext 66981
E: [email protected]

Dr Rosa Schiano-Phan
T: +44 20 7911 5000 ext 66846
E: [email protected]

Dr Fernando Duran-Palma
T: +44 20 7911 5000 ext 66713
E: [email protected]

Professor Emerita Linda Clarke
T: +44 (20) 7911 5000 ext 3158
E: [email protected]

Professor Emerita Christine Wall
T: +44 (20) 7911 5000 ext 66582
E: [email protected]