About the centre
The Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE) is a cross-school research centre between Westminster Business School (WBS), the School of Architecture and Cities (A+C), and the School of Social Sciences.
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 innovative ways to construct a just, inclusive and sustainable society.
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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Recent publications
ProBE's recent publications include:
Duran-Palma, F., Clarke, L., Gehring, R., Kus, J., Winch, C. and Georgiadou, M. (2024). SCAFFOLD: Improving Training, Working Conditions, and Transformation in the European Scaffolding Sector. Brussels CLR.
Segovia, S., Schiano-Phan, R., Gonçalves, J. and Mulfarth, R. (2024). Daylighting in modernist educational architecture in the United Kingdom : the Marylebone building London. PARC: Pesquisa em Arquitetura e Construcao. 15 (00) e024020.
Georgiadou, M., Greenwood, D., Schiano-Phan, R. and Russo, F. (2024). Assessing retrofit policies for fuel-poor homes in London. Buildings and Cities. 5 (1), pp. 133-149.
Schiano-Phan, R., Guedes, C., Georgiadou, M., Clarke, L. and Duran-Palma, F. (2023). Women in Construction, Wood and Forestry: a Resource Toolkit for Gender Equality at Work. Brussels, Belgium European Federation of Building and Woodworkers.
Schiano-Phan, R., Georgiadou, M., Russo, F., Laurel, R., Anselmo, A. and Naccarato, M. (2023). Tackling Fuel Poverty in London. London University of Westminster.
People
ProBE is led by directors from Westminster Business School (WBS) and the School of Architecture and Cities (A+C), and associate directors from the School of Social Sciences (SSS), who oversee the centre’s key research areas.
SSS
Dr Dan Greenwood – Associate Director
Dr Melahat Sahim-Dikmen – Senior Lecturer
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.
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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