Research Seminars
Welcome to the Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar Series
For Semester 1, 2025 and Semester 2, 2026.
Our Seminar series will be held face to face and online.
If you would like to attend one of our Seminars or for further information, please contact: REPSchoolOffice@henley.ac.uk.
Semester 1, 2025
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Date / Time |
Presenter and Affiliation / Seminar title |
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Weds 01 October 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Andreas Mense Institute for Employment Research Nürnberg (IAB Nürnberg) Title: ‘Capital Shocks, Risks and the Effects of the Global Financial Crisis in US Cities and Real Estate Markets’ |
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Weds 08 October 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Prof Antonio Russo Institut Mines-Télécom Business School Title: ‘Navigation Apps and Traffic Externalities?’ |
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Weds 15 October 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Joint REP & SBE Seminar Internal Seminar Prof Jacopo Torriti, from the School of the Built Environment Title “Development and Potential Impact of Energy Flexibility Certificates” and Prof Pat McAllister & Dr Xiaolun Yu from Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School Title “The Impacts of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards on Residential Property Markets” |
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Weds 22 October 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr Jakob Brounstein Institute for Fiscal Studies Title: “Taxing Business Ownership via Tax Havens: Evidence from Ecuador” |
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Weds 29 October 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr. Martin Hoesli University of Geneva Title: ‘House prices and systemic events over the last six centuries’ |
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Weds 12 November 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Internal Seminar Gyojun Shin, Doctoral Researcher, from Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School Title “How Public Flood Insurance Affects Property Values and Recovery Inequality: Evidence from South Korea" |
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Weds 19 November 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Prof Tore Sager Norwegian University of Science and Technology Title " Current Issues in Activist Planning Theory. Examples from a radical eco-political community” |
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Weds 26 November 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Prof Max Nathan UCL Title "Migration, diversity, and firm performance" |
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Weds 03 December 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Prof Heidi Falkenbach Aalto University School of Engineering Title "Public Housing, Rent Savings and Tenant Mobility" |
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Weds 10 December 2025 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr Katie McClymont UWE Bristol Title "But what is cemetery? Reflections on different engagements with this question and an ongoing research agenda" |
Semester 2, 2026
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Date / Time |
Presenter and Affiliation / Seminar title |
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Weds 04 February 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Amirhossein Bakhshi, Doctoral Researcher, from Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School Title: ‘"Place-Based Location Qualities and Social Housing Demand in England: Evidence from Waiting Lists" |
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Weds 11 February 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Prof Hans Koster Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Title "Land use regulation, homeownership, and the cost of NIMBYism" |
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Weds 18 February 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr Charles Goode University of Birmingham Title "From Green Belts to Urban Greening - Reflections on Interdisciplinary and Policy-Applied Research in Planning" |
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Weds 25 February 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr. Alexandros Skouralis Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School Title: “The dark side of bank branch closures” |
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Weds 11 March 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Weiran Fang, Doctoral Researcher, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School Title: “REIT Returns: Insights from Behavioural Asset Pricing” |
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Weds 18 March 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Prof Alex Lord University of Liverpool Title TBC |
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Weds 25 March 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr Philip O’Brien University of Glasgow Title: TBC |
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Weds 22 April 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr Ibrahim Dabara Daniel, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School Title: TBC and Denis Charalambidis, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Landscape and Urban Planning, Czech University of Life Sciences Title: TBC |
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Weds 29 April 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr Bing Zhu, Technische Universität München Title: TBC |
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Weds 06 May 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Internal Seminar Dr Yi Wu, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School Title: TBC |
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Fri 08 May 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr Wei Yang, Digital Task Force for Planning Title: TBC |
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Weds 13 May 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Dr Min Zhang, University of St Andrews Title: TBC |
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Weds 20 May 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Internal Seminar Prof Angelique Chettiparamb, Prof Yiquan Gu, Dr Kaio Nogueira, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School David Robins Fund Project “ The added value of Section 106 Agreements and CIL in England”. |
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Weds 27 May 2026 13:30 – 14:30 |
Internal Seminar Dr Ren Ren, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School Title: TBC |
Previous Seminar series :
Semester 1, 2024
Date / Time |
Presenter & Affiliation / Seminar Title |
Wednesday 9th October 2024 |
Jingheng Huang (Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “Governance and Justice: how formal arrangements and informal concessions combine to alleviate inter-ethnic prejudices ”. This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 16th October 2024 |
Prof Yanos Zylberberg (University of Bristol) Title: " The Death and Life of Great British Cities" This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 13th November 2024 |
Prof Rose Lai (University of Macau) Title: "Under the radar: The role of subsidiaries in concealing political connections in Chinese land transactions" This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 20th November 2024 |
Leonardo Ricaurte (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher, School of the Built Environment, University of Reading) Title: “Design that expands capabilities: Assessing the social value of the housing block” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Friday 22nd November 2024 |
Prof Brent W. Ambrose (Pennsylvania State University) Title: "Credit Market Spillover Effects to the Real Economy: Evidence from Rental Housing Evictions" This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 27th November 2024 |
Dr Davide Luca (University of Cambridge) Title: “Divided we spend: Brexit and the polarisation of consumer economic behaviours ”. This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 4th December 2024 |
Dr Stefania Fiorentino (University of Cambridge) Title: “The Regeneration of left-behind places: the case of coastal towns in England” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Semester 2, 2025
Date / Time |
Presenter & Affiliation / Seminar Title |
Wednesday 5th February 2025 |
Gyojun Shin (Doctoral Researcher, Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “TBC” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be online) |
Wednesday 12th February 2025 |
Dr Ricardo Lopez (University of Syracuse) Title: “TBC” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be online) |
Wednesday 19th February 2025 |
Dr Jing Guan (Beijing Technology and Business University) Title: " Improving children's health outcomes: The effect of China's Urban and Rural Basic Medical Insurance" This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 26th February 2025 |
Prof Tobias Wenzel (University of Düsseldorf) Title: “TBC” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Tuesday 11th March |
Prof Stefano Moroni (Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milano, Italy) Title: “Spatial justice: A fundamental or derivative notion?” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 12th March 2025 |
Dr Xiaolun Yu (Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “Regulatory tax and housing markets: Theory and Evidence from China” This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 19th March 2025 |
Dr Rainer Schulz (University of Aberdeen) Title: “TBC” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 26th March 2025 |
Dr Felipe Carozzi (London School of Economics) Title: "TBC" This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 |
Dr Lukas Makovsky (Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “Justice in Greenbelt: Effects of UK planning restrictions on migration choices, gentrification and local economic development”. This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 30th April 2025 |
Dr Yushi Peng (University of Tilburg) Title: “TBC” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 7th May 2025 |
Dr Zongyuan Li (University of Galway) Title: “Firm Locations and Market Reactions to Regional Shocks: Insight from the Brexit Referendum” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 14th May 2025 |
TBC |
Wednesday 21st May 2025 |
Prof Alex Lord (University of Liverpool) Title: “TBC” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 28th May 2025 |
TBC |
View our previous schedule of Seminars here :
Spring Term 2024
Date / Time |
Presenter & Affiliation / Seminar Title |
Wednesday 10th January 2024 |
Mr David Hearne (University of Birmingham) Title: "Do Bicycle Networks Have Economic Value? A Hedonic Application to Greater Manchester" This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 17th January 2024 |
Fengting Zhang, (Doctoral Researcher in Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “The Herding Behaviour of Analysts: Evidence from Stock Recommendations and Segmented Dual-Class Shares.” This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 24th January 2024 |
Dr Enrico Vanino (University of Sheffield) Title: "Renewable Energy Transition and the Local Economic Development of Lagging-behind Regions: Evidence from Offshore Wind Energy in the UK" This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 31st January 2024 |
Professor Stefano Colombo (Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) Title: Strategic anonymity and behavior-based pricing This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 7th February 2024 |
Dr Brano Glumac (University of Reading) Title: “ The Effects of Land Plot Shape on Urban Land Price” This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 21st February 2024 |
Professor Christian Hilber – (London School of Economics LSE) Title: “Structural Density and Homeownership.” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 28th February 2024 |
Dr Christopher Maidment (University of Reading Title: “Trust, Stewardship & Simplified Planning.” This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 6th March 2024 |
Professor Alex Lord (University of Liverpool) Title: “TBC” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 13th March 2024 |
Dr Edward Yiu (University of Auckland) Title: The heterogeneous impacts of widespread upzoning: Lessons from Auckland, New Zealand Professor Paavo Monkkonen (UCLA) Title: Built Out Cities? A New Approach to Measuring Land Use Regulation |
Wednesday 20th March 2024 |
Professor Thies Lindenthal (University of Cambridge) Title: “TBC” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Autumn Term 2023
Date / Time |
Presenter & Affiliation / Seminar Title |
Wednesday 4th October 2023 |
Dr Nan Liu (University of Aberdeen) Title: “Occupier profile and the ESG agenda in commercial real estate” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 11th October 2023 |
Prof Richard Dunning (University of Liverpool) Title: " Mobile (park) home (de-)financialization through England’s history " This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 18th October 2023 |
Dr Rodolfo Sejas-Portillo (London School of Economics) Title: “The effect of weather on the willingness to pay for residential energy-efficiency” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 8th November 2023 |
Gordon Seabright & Gemma Dean (Creative Land Trust) Title: “Creative Land Trust: Making Space for Art” This event will be held in person (Presenters will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 15th November 2023 |
Dr Daniel Galland ( Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark ) Title: "Planning without the clock in a world out-of-sync: Temporal mismatches and regional planning deliberations" This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 22nd November 2023 |
Dr Lukas Makovsky (Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “TBC ”. This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 29th November 2023 |
Dr Yi Wu (Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “TBC” This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 6th December 2023 |
Prof Tobias Seidel (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) Title: “Optimal minimum wages in spatial economies ” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |