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Caroline Bird is a research fellow in the WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments. Her research interests are at the overlap of the built environment and public health and in broader issues of environmental sustainability. She has previously worked in local government and in civil engineering.

Laurence Carmichael is a research fellow in the Department of Planning and Architecture. She has worked on a number of EU comparative research projects and undertaken consultancy work examining urban governance, community involvement and the impact of projects at local level. Her research interests include health and planning, and she is actively promoting student exchanges and research collaboration abroad.