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Dominic Stead
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Professor of Land Use and Transport Planning
dominic.stead(at)aalto.fi
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DOMINIC STEAD
Professor of Land Use and Transport Planning
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8198-785X
Scopus ID: 7006004274
Qualifications
PhD Planning Studies, University College London, UK
MA Town and Country Planning, University of the West of England, UK
MSc Environmental Science, Imperial College London, UK
BSc Earth Science, University College Cardiff, UK
Employment
From 2021 Professor of Land Use and Transport Planning, Aalto University, Finland
2008-2020 Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2003-2008 Senior Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2001-2003 Marie Curie Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
1999-2001 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University College London, UK
1996-1999 Research Fellow, University College London, UK
1996-2001 Associate Lecturer, University of the West of England, UK
1990-1996 Research Assistant, University of the West of England, UK
Selected research funding and grants
2020-2022 Interregional relations in Europe (IRIE), ESPON, Dominic Stead Co-PI, €902k
2017-2020 Reclaiming lost ground: Transitions of mobility and urban space (RELOG), Australian Research Council, Co-PI, €128k
2016-2018 Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe (COMPASS), ESPON, €869k
2013-2016 Co-creating Attractive and Sustainable Urban Areas and Lifestyles (CASUAL), JPI Urban Europe, Co-PI, €1.2m
2013-2015 Planning for energy efficient cities (PLEEC), European Commission, €3.9m
2012-2014 Implementing Transit Oriented Development (iTOD), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Co-PI, €750k
2011-2013 Territorial Approaches for New Governance (TANGO), ESPON, Co-PI, €749k
2009-2011 Sustainable Land Use Policies for Resilient Cities (SUPER-CITIES), URBAN-NET Programme, Co-PI, €276k
2008-2011 Sustainable Urban Metabolism for Europe (SUME), European Commission (Seventh Framework Programme), Co-PI, €3.2m
2005-2007 Supportive institutional conditions for policy integration, UNECE, PI, €31k
2005-2007 Guidelines for spatial planning with special reference to countries in transition, UNECE, PI, €10k
2004-2006 Governance of territorial and urban policies from EU to local level, ESPON, Co-PI, €391k
2002-2003 Integrating transport, land-use planning and environment policy: an international comparison, NOVEM, Co-PI, €100k
2000-2003 Transport planning, land use and sustainability (TRANSPLUS), European Commission, €2.0m
Research supervision and leadership experience
Postdoctoral researchers: Supervisor of 3 postdoctoral researchers (1 ongoing)
Graduate students: Supervisor of 4 PhDs to completion; 6 PhDs currently being supervised; 8 PhDs examined as external assessor
MSc students: Supervisor of 25 MSc theses since 2015
2012-2020 Member of the Research Leaders Group, Delft University of Technology
2016-2017 Peer Reviewer, Italian research assessment exercise (VQR)
Teaching leadership
2016-2019 Module co-leader, ‘Design of Regional Development Strategies’ (SEN1431), MSc Complex Systems Engineering and Management, Delft University of Technology
2013-2020 Module leader, ‘Regional Strategies and Territorial Governance’ (AR9330), European post-masters course in Urbanism, Delft University of Technology
2017-2020 External examiner, University College Dublin, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy
Awards and honours
1994-1997 PhD Individual Research Scholarship, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK
1987-1988 Masters Individual Research Scholarship, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK
Other key academic merits
- Peer reviewer of research funding applications for Academy of Finland, COST Association, European Research Council, NordForsk, Research Council of Norway (Norges forskningsråd), Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas)
- Member of the Social Sciences roundtable for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
- Editorial Board Member of 5 journals (European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research; Planning Practice and Research; Journal of Planning Education and Research; European Planning Studies; Urban Policy and Research)
- Committee Chair, Best Published Paper Prize Committee, Association of the European Schools of Planning (AESOP)
- Evaluator of book proposals for Edward Elgar, Elsevier, Emerald, Routledge, Springer, and Wiley
- Peer reviewer of article manuscripts for Environment & Planning A; Environment and Planning B; Environmental Policy and Governance; European Planning Studies; International Journal of Sustainable Transportation; Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning; Journal of Transport Geography; Journal of Urban Affairs; Journal of Environmental Planning and Management; Journal of Planning Education and Research; Journal of Transport and Land Use; Land Use Policy; Planning Practice and Research; Planning Theory & Practice; Policy and Society; Policy Sciences; Progress in Planning; Regional and Federal Studies; Regional Environmental Change; Regional Studies; Town Planning Review; Transport Policy; Transport Reviews; Transportation Research Part D; Transportation Research Part F; Urban Policy and Research; Urban Studies
Scientific and societal impact
- Honorary research fellow, University College London (2007-2018)
- Invited visiting professor at HafenCity Universität Hamburg (2010), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg (2015) and University of Malta (2017)
- Academic impact factors: Scopus, Google-scholar
CV as file
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CURRICULUM VITÆ
Surname: Stead
First name: Dominic
Research ID: 0000-0002-8198-785X (Orcid), 7006004274 (Scopus)
Degrees
1999 PhD Planning Studies, University College London, UK
1993 MA Town and Country Planning, University of the West of England, UK
1988 MSc Environmental Science, Imperial College London, UK
1987 BSc Earth Science, University College Cardiff, UK
Employment
From 2021 Professor of Land Use and Transport Planning, Aalto University, Finland
2008-2020 Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2003-2008 Senior Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2001-2003 Marie Curie Research Fellow, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
1999-2001 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University College London, UK
1996-1999 Research Fellow, University College London, UK
1996-2001 Associate Lecturer, University of the West of England, UK
1990-1996 Research Assistant, University of the West of England, UK
Selected research funding and grants
2020-2022 Interregional relations in Europe (IRIE), ESPON, Dominic Stead Co-PI, €902k
2017-2020 Reclaiming lost ground: Transitions of mobility and urban space (RELOG), Australian Research Council, Dominic Stead
Co-PI, €128k
2016-2018 Comparative Analysis of Territorial Governance and Spatial Planning Systems in Europe (COMPASS), ESPON, €869k
2013-2016 Co-creating Attractive and Sustainable Urban Areas and Lifestyles (CASUAL), JPI Urban Europe, Dominic Stead Co-PI, €1.2m
2013-2015 Planning for energy efficient cities (PLEEC), European Commission, €3.9m
2012-2014 Implementing Transit Oriented Development (iTOD), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Dominic Stead Co-PI,
€750k
2011-2013 Territorial Approaches for New Governance (TANGO), ESPON, Dominic Stead Co-PI, €749k
2009-2011 Sustainable Land Use Policies for Resilient Cities (SUPER-CITIES), URBAN-NET Programme, Dominic Stead Co-PI, €276k
2008-2011 Sustainable Urban Metabolism for Europe (SUME), European Commission (Seventh Framework Programme), Dominic Stead Co-PI,
€3.2m
2005-2007 Supportive institutional conditions for policy integration, UNECE, Dominic Stead PI, €31k
2005-2007 Guidelines for spatial planning with special reference to countries in transition, UNECE, Dominic Stead PI, €10k
2004-2006 Governance of territorial and urban policies from EU to local level, ESPON, Dominic Stead Co-PI, €391k
2002-2003 Integrating transport, land-use planning and environment policy: an international comparison, NOVEM, Dominic Stead Co-PI,
€100k
2000-2003 Transport planning, land use and sustainability (TRANSPLUS), European Commission, €2.0m
Research supervision and leadership experience
Postdoctoral: Supervisor of 3 postdoctoral researchers (1 ongoing)
PhD: Supervisor of 3 PhDs to completion; 5 PhDs currently being supervised; 7 PhDs examined as external assessor
MSc: Supervisor of 22 MSc theses since 2015
2012-present Member of the Research Leaders Group, Delft University of Technology
2016-2017 Peer Reviewer, Italian research assessment exercise (VQR)
Teaching merits
2016-2019 Module Leader, ‘Design of Regional Development Strategies’ (SEN1431), MSc Complex Systems Engineering and
Management, Delft University of Technology
2013-present Module Leader, ‘Regional Strategies and Territorial Governance’ (AR9330), European post-masters course in Urbanism,
Delft University of Technology
2017-2020 External Examiner, University College Dublin, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy
Awards and honours
2007-present Honorary Research Fellow, University College London, UK
1994-1997 PhD Individual Research Scholarship, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK
1987-1988 Masters Individual Research Scholarship, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK
Other key academic merits
- Peer reviewer of research funding applications for Academy of Finland, COST Association, European Research Council, NordForsk, Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas)
- Member of the Social Sciences roundtable for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
- Editorial Board Member of 5 journals (European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research; Planning Practice and Research; Journal of Planning Education and Research; European Planning Studies; Urban Policy and Research)
- Committee Chair, Best Published Paper Prize Committee, Association of the European Schools of Planning (AESOP)
- Evaluator of book proposals for Edward Elgar, Elsevier, Emerald, Routledge, Springer, and Wiley
- Peer reviewer of article manuscripts for Environment & Planning A; Environment and Planning B; Environmental Policy and Governance; European Planning Studies; International Journal of Sustainable Transportation; Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning; Journal of Transport Geography; Journal of Urban Affairs; Journal of Environmental Planning and Management; Journal of Planning Education and Research; Journal of Transport and Land Use; Land Use Policy; Planning Practice and Research; Planning Theory & Practice; Policy and Society; Policy Sciences; Progress in Planning; Regional and Federal Studies; Regional Environmental Change; Regional Studies; Town Planning Review; Transport Policy; Transport Reviews; Transportation Research Part D; Transportation Research Part F; Urban Policy and Research; Urban Studies
Scientific and societal impact
Invited visiting professor at HafenCity Universität Hamburg (2010), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg (2015) and University of Malta (2017)
H-index: 20 in Web of Science; 25 in Scopus; 41 in Google-scholar