Quentin Stevens

Professor Stevens is a researcher in urban design, with strong transdisciplinary links to landscape architecture, public art, urban planning, urban geography, sociology and history. His particular research interests are people’s perception and behaviour in urban open spaces, temporary urbanism, commemorative landscapes, and urban waterfronts. His work has been funded by major competitive grants from the Australian Research Council, Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Taiwan’s Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the Academy of Korean Studies and the British Academy. He has previously taught and researched at Humboldt University Berlin, University College London and the University of Queensland. He holds professional degrees in architecture and urban planning.

Professor Stevens has delivered over fifty invited lectures in thirteen countries, including numerous conference keynotes, mostly to audiences in other disciplines, particularly public art, digital media, and urban sociology. He has published ten books with leading international academic publisher Routledge, 35 additional book chapters, and over 70 peer-reviewed papers. This includes interdisciplinary co-authoring with over 40 collaborators across Architecture, Urban Planning, Public Art, Game Design, Geography, Sociology, and Environmental Psychology. Professor Stevens has been a peer reviewer for fifty leading international journals across these disciplines, and for funding agencies in the EU, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Portugal and Belgium.