Lecturer in European Planning History

Contact Details

• Office Hours: Semester 2, Tuesday 2pm-4pm
• Dissertation Office Hour: Friday 12pm-1pm

Biography 

I am an urban historian and I joined the University of Leicester in 2010. Previously I was a Research Fellow at the University of East London, Giles Worsley Travel Fellow at the British School at Rome, and Research Fellow in Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow. I am an Associate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and have extensive experience of both historical research and contemporary urban policy research in the academic, local government, private and voluntary sectors. I am particularly interested in the ways the urban past informs the future development of the city.

Outside of work I have had a long, but rapidly receding, football career playing for clubs in five different countries and I enjoy urban walks and photography.

Research

• Research Interests
• Publications  

PhD Supervision

European cities in the twentieth century; preservation, conservation, heritage of cities; town planning; urban improvement/renewal/regeneration. 

Teaching

Undergraduate

• HS1000 Making History: Jointly co-ordinate the first year core module with Dr Jo Story
• HS1100 People and Places: Engels and Manchester
• HS2215 World Cities
• HS2350 Preserving the Past: Saving the British City, 1880-1980

Postgraduate

• MA Urban History (Conservation, Heritage and Planning Pathway)
• Conservation, Heritage and the Urban Environment   

Administrative Responsibilities

Admissions Team
Postgraduate Committee 

Most Recent Publications

Monograph

1. Madgin, R. Heritage, Culture and Conservation: Managing the Urban Renaissance, (Saarbrucken, VDM Verlag, 2009).

Journal Articles

1. Madgin, R. ‘The Value of Continuity within Change: Motivations for Re-Using the Historic Urban Environment’, Urban Studies. (Submitted)
2. Madgin, R. 'Reconceptualising the Historic Urban Environment: Conservation and Regeneration in Castlefield, Manchester, 1960-2009', Planning Perspectives, 25, No. 1, (2010), 29–48.
3. Madgin, R. 'The Rise of Industrial Heritage and its Role in Manchester's Urban Renaissance, 1945-2007, Informationen zur Modernen Stadtgeschichte, 2, (2008), 33-36.

Research Reports

1. Madgin, R. Evaluation of the Implementation and Development of Fight for Peace in East London, (London, University of East London, Centre for Institutional Studies Research Report Series, Research Report 6,  2008), ISBN 1-902494-55-5.
2. Madgin, R. and Sampson, A. Summary Report of the Haringey Children's Fund Programme 2001-2008, (London, University of East London, Centre for Institutional Studies Research Report Series, Research Report 7, 2008), ISBN 1-902494-56-3.