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Mirian Calvo

Lancaster University

Mirian Calvo

Lecturer in Participatory Architecture at Lancaster School of Architecture, her research actively challenges traditional architectural practices by centring people in the design process, revitalising their agency in urban interventions and in the co-development of planning policies.

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Susanna Dart

Lancaster City Council

Susanna Dart

Climate Change Policy Officer at Lancaster City Council in the Planning and Climate Change Service. Her work covers the policies, projects, and priorities of the council in addressing the climate emergency and meeting net zero by 2030.

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Paul Hatch

Lancaster City Council

Paul Hatch

Paul has over 20 years’ experience working in Local Government across the North West region on a range of local development plans and masterplans. Most recently Plan has led on work for the Lancaster District Local Plan and the exploration of strategic growth in South Lancaster via the Bailrigg Garden Village project

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    Lancaster University

    Shuning Feng

    PhD researcher at Lancaster University, where her research is about intercultural interactions in urban public spaces and the use of co-design research methodologies. She is working as a design research assistant in this Soil Task Force group.

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    Birgit Hontzsch

    Cornwall Council

    Birgit Höntzsch

    Senior Project Lead at Cornwall Council working on the Garden Village Programme.  A Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute (CMLI) and Chair of the LISW Branch.  Focussed on green & blue infrastructure and climate change mitigation and adaption, including trees, soils, SuDS, biodiversity.

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    Stephen O'Malley

    Civic Engineers

    Stephen O'Malley

    Founding Director of Civic Engineers, he is passionate about urban infrastructure and sets about his work aiming to engineer less; this is about clustering and proximity, reaching first for nature-based solutions and applying these principles with a high degree of emotional intelligence.

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    Charles Campion

    JTP

    Charles Campion

    JTP’s Partner-in-Charge of Collaborative Placemaking working with communities and stakeholders on a range of urban and rural projects for the private, public and third sectors.

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    Jess Davies

    Lancaster University

    Jess Davies

    Professor of Sustainability at Lancaster University, her research focuses on sustainable soil and land systems with expertise in soil carbon and nutrient cycle prediction.

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    Noel Farrer

    Farrer Huxley Associates

    Noel Farrer

    Noel has practised as a landscape architect for over 30 years, with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. His work is founded upon the belief that landscape makes an essential contribution to environmentally responsible and sustainable communities.

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    Lancaster University

    Emelye Gill

    Master's student at Lancaster University. Her research focuses on soil sustainability, with particular emphasis on the re-use of waste in the construction industry and whether soil waste regulation can support a circular economy. 

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    Lancaster University

    Angeliki Kourmouli

    Biogeochemist with expertise in belowground biogeochemical cycles in agricultural, forest and urban ecosystems. Her current research focuses on the impact of mineral-based construction and demolition waste on soils multifunctionality and ecosystem services.

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    John Quinton

    Lancaster University

    John Quinton

    Professor of Soil Science at Lancaster University. He is passionate about protecting soils for future generations and restoring degraded soils and is a founding member of the Soils Taskforce. He has travelled the world researching  and writing about soils and draws on this experience in his teaching of Soil Science at Lancaster.

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