Distinguished Chair Professors
Prof. Michael BATTY
Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor
Research Overview
His research work involves the development of data systems and computer models of cities and regions,
He has published many books and articles in this area, the most recent being Cities and Complexity (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2007) and The New Science of Cities (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2013), both of which have been awarded the Alonso Prize of the Regional Science Association in 2011 and 2017. He is editor of the journal Environment and Planning B.
Education and Academic Qualifications
He received his BA degree from The University of Manchester in Town and Country Planning in 1966 and his PhD in Architecture from the University of Wales in 1984.
Professional Qualifications
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the British Academy. He was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2004 and the 2013 recipient of the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud. In 2015 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and in 2016 the Gold Medal of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Academic and Professional Experience
He is the Bartlett Professor of Planning and Chairman of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London.
Prior to his current position, he was Professor of City Planning and Dean of the School of Environmental Design at the University of Wales at Cardiff from 1979 to 1990 and then Director of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1990 to 1995.
His research work is pictured on his blogs at http://www.complexcity.info/ and http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/.
Prior to his current position, he was Professor of City Planning and Dean of the School of Environmental Design at the University of Wales at Cardiff from 1979 to 1990 and then Director of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1990 to 1995.
His research work is pictured on his blogs at http://www.complexcity.info/ and http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/.
