Research Seminars
Welcome to the Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar Series
For the Autumn and Spring term of 2022-23, the 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.
Spring Term 2023
Date / Time |
Presenter & Affiliation / Seminar Title |
Wednesday 11th January 2023 |
Dr Pei Kuang (University of Birmingham) Title: “Macroprudential policy and housing market expectations” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 18th January 2023 |
Prof Cecilia Wong (University of Manchester) Title: "Spatial Inequalities and Spatial Policy Thinking in the UK" This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Wednesday 25th January 2023 |
Kaio Santos Nogueira (Doctoral Researcher in Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “Zoning for TOD and its impacts on residential markets during an economic bust in Sao Paulo” This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 1st of February 2023 |
Ms. Fengting Zhang (Doctoral Researcher in Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “Does media political bias affect land price? Evidence from the Chinese land market” This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Monday 6th February 2023 |
Professor Dr Yosef Jabareen (Technion, Institute of Technology) Title: “Planning The Risk City: Climate Change Action Plans around the World”. This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 1st March 2023 |
Prof Sebastian Kohl (Freie Universität Berlin) Title: “Spatial Heterogeneity in Returns to Housing”. This event will be held in person (Presenter will be online) |
Wednesday 8th March 2023 |
Dr Yiquan Gu (Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “Exclusive data, price manipulation and market leadership” This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 15th March 2023 |
Dr Yuan Zhao (Real Estate & Planning, University of Reading) Title: “Signal herding and contrarianism in REITs – Dissemination of stock vs fixed income factors” This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 22nd March 2023 |
This Seminar will now be rescheduled for Autumn 2023 Dr Rodolfo Sejas-Portillo (London School of Economics and Political Science) Title: “Cooler Heads Prevail: The Effect of Weather on Pricing Residential Energy-Efficiency” This event will be held in person (Presenter will be visiting us in person) |
Autumn Term 2022-23
Date / Time |
Presenter & Affiliation / Seminar Title |
Wednesday 5th October 2022 |
Associate Professor Dr Georgia Warren-Myers (University of Melbourne) Title: "Valuation challenges – evaluating climate change and emissions risks for real estate". The Presenter will be visiting us in person |
Wednesday 19th October 2022 |
Associate Professor Dr Adrian Lee (Deakin University) Title: "Who Gains from Housing Market Stimulus? Evidence from Housing Assistance Grants with Threshold Prices". The Presenter will be Online |
Wednesday 26th October 2022 |
Rohit Lalit Bajaj (Doctoral Researcher in Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School) Title: "Higher risk driven by less overconfident behaviour: women on REIT boards". This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 9th November 2022 |
Professor Dr Yosef Jabareen (Technion, Institute of Technology) Title: "The Contribution of State Spatial Policies in Constructing Fear among Different Ethnic Groups: The Case of Planning Jerusalem". The Presenter will be visiting us in person |
Wednesday 16th November 2022 |
Dr Chris Foye (Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School) with Dr Edward Shepherd (Cardiff University) Title: "Build more, or else? Exploring the power relationship between the state and volume housebuilders in England". This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Monday 21st November 2022 |
Dr. Linda Fox-Rogers (University College Dublin) Title: "Exploring the dynamics between stakeholder perceptions of planning and planning reform: a temporal analysis from Northern Ireland". The Presenter will be visiting us in person |
Wednesday 23rd November 2022 |
Salvatore Siringo (Doctoral Researcher at University of Palermo, Visiting PhD Student at Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School) Title: " Informal Migrant Settlements Between Irregular Conditions and Right to The City. New Challenges for Planning in Cross-Border Euro-Mediterranean Contexts". This event will be held in person (INTERNAL SEMINAR ONLY) |
Wednesday 7th December 2022 |
Professor Pinghan Liang (University of Oxford) Title: "The Art of Not Being Chocked: Environmental Awareness, Vote with Feet, and Land Finance in China". The Presenter will be visiting us in person |
Previously held seminars:
Spring Term 2022
Date / Time |
Presenter & Affiliation / Seminar Title |
Wednesday 26th January 2022 |
Professor Gabriel Ahlfeldt (London School of Economics) Title: "The Economics of Skyscrapers: A Synthesis". This event will be held on MS Teams |
| Wednesday 23rd February 2022 |
Dr Rob Harris ( Ramidus Consulting Limited ) Title : "London’s Global Office Economy: From Clerical Factory to Digital Hub" This event will be held in person (and on MS Teams for those who cannot attend in person) |
| Wednesday 9th March 2022 | Prof. Elisabete A. Silva, (Dept. Of Land Economy, University of Cambridge) Title : “Emotional Cities: how our built environment has a word to say on what we are and what we become” This event will be a hybrid Seminar, held in HBS where Professor Silva will be presenting online, and attendees are in person (and on MS Teams for those who cannot attend in person) |
Autumn term 2021-22
Date/Time |
Presenter and Affiliation / Seminar Title |
Wednesday 20th October 2021 |
Neal Hudson (Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School) ‘The problem with the new-build premium’ This event will be held on MS Teams |
Wednesday 17th November 2021 |
Tom Wainwright, Reader in Strategy and International Business (RHUL) ‘Multiple logics in financialization? Moving to carbon sustainability in build-to-rent development’ This event will be face to face |
Wednesday 24th November 2021 |
Francesca Bragaglia (Poli di Torino) ‘Can co-produced urban governance tools boost social innovation’ This event will be held on MS Teams |
Wednesday 1st December 2021 |
Gabriel Ahlfeldt (LSE) The Economics of Skyscrapers: A Synthesis' (co-authored paper with Jason Barr) This event will be held on MS Teams |
Wednesday 8th December 2021 |
Nikhil Kaza (University of North Carolina) 'Against the Idea of Implementation in Planning' This event will be held on MS Teams |
Spring term - 2020-21
Date / Time |
Presenter and Affiliation / Seminar title |
Weds 13th Jan 13:00 – 14:00 |
Joint with the Economics Department, University of Reading Prof Philip McCann, University of Sheffield Title: ‘Capital Shocks, Risks and the Effects of the Global Financial Crisis in US Cities and Real Estate Markets’ |
Weds 20th Jan 13:00 – 14:00 |
Dr Mike Langen, Lecturer Real Estate Finance & Investment, Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School Title: ‘Where is the Opportunity in Opportunity Zones?’ |
Weds 27th Jan 13:00 – 14:00 |
Prof Angelique Chettiparambil Rajan, Real Estate and Planning and Editor of Planning Theory & Prof Flora Samuel, School of Architecture, Reading University Title: ‘Reflections on academic journals and professional practice’. |
Weds 3rd Feb 13:00 – 14:00 |
Dr. Kwabena Obeng Asiama, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany Title: ‘Valuation of Ghana’s Customary Lands in support of Land Management Activities’ |
Weds 17th Feb 13:00 – 14:00 |
Prof Louis Albrechts, Urbanism & Planning, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Title: ‘Planners in Politics’. |
Weds 24th Feb 13:00 – 14:00 |
Heeseo Kwon, Research Associate for the TRUUD Project, Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School Title: "Behavioural Theories and Agent-based Modelling for Conceptualising the Pro-Health Urban Development Decision-making System" |
Weds 3rd March 13:00 – 14:00 |
Joint with the ICMA Centre Dr Daniele Bianchi, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Queen Mary University London Title: TBC |
Weds 10th March 13:00 – 14:00 |
Dr Sabine Dörry, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, LISER Title: ‘Electronic contracts, property rights and structural changes in the housing markets: The case of Sweden’ |
Weds 17th March 13:00 – 14:00 |
Dr Danielle Sanderson, Lecturer in Real Estate, Bartlett School of Planning, UCL Title: “Investment in Student Housing in Europe”. |
Autumn term 2020-21
Date / Time |
Presenter and Affiliation / Seminar title |
Wednesday 21 October 2020 13.00-14.00 |
Nicholas Boys-Smith, Create Streets ‘The Future of Planning’ |
Wednesday 4 November 2020 13.00-14.00 |
Philip McCann, University of Sheffield Title TBC |
Wednesday 11 November 2020 13.00-14.00 We would like to invite external guests to this Seminar. If you would like to attend please email our Department Office to register your interest at repschooloffice@reading.ac.uk |
Chris Foye, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence ‘Framing the housing crisis: how think-tanks frame politics and science to legitimise policy agendas’ |
Wednesday 18 November 2020 13.00-14.00 |
Dragana Cvijanovic, Universities of Warwick / Cornell Title TBC |
Wednesday 25 November 2020 13.00-14.00 |
Joe Doak, University of Reading Title TBC |
Wednesday 2 December 2020 13.00-14.00 |
Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore ‘Straw Purchase or Safe Haven? The Hidden Perils of Illicit Wealth in Property Markets’ |
Wednesday 9 December 2020 12.00-13.00 |
Jyoti Shukla, University of Melbourne ‘Redefining fair compensation for compulsory acquisition of land using Sen’s Capability Approach’ |
Research Seminars Spring Term 2020
15th January 2020, 13:00-14:00, HBS G14
- Dr Thies Lindenthal, University of Cambridge
- The Odd One Out: Asset Uniqueness and Price Precision
22nd January 2020, 13:00-14:00, Edith Morley 257
- Dr Steven Devaney, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School
- Measuring sustainable rental values in the UK CRE market
29th January 2020, 13:00-14:00, HBS G14
- Professor Yvonne Rydin, UCL
- Planning for Sustainability? The role of evidence in regulating major wind energy infrastructure
5th February 2020, 13:00-14:00, HBS G14
- Dr Prashant Das, EHL, Switzerland
- A Behavioural Explanation to Spatial Dependencies in Urban Commercial Properties
12th February 2020, 13:00-14:00, HBS 208
- Dr Martijn Dröes, University of Amsterdam
- A World Divided: Refugee Centers, House Prices, and Household Preferences
26th February 2020, 13:00-14:00, Location TBC
Henley Business School wide seminar TBC
4th March 2020, 13:00-14:00, HBS G14
- Professor Martin Haran, Ulster University
- Carbon Risk Integration and Green Value Capture
11th March 2020, 13:00-14:00, EM 124
- Dr Masaki Mori, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School
- The Revival of Business Groups' Risk Sharing: Evidence from the Japanese Real Estate Investment Trust Market
18th March 2020 13:00-14:00, EM 181
- Professor Gavin Parker, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School
- 'Institutional Lamination': Japan's planning culture from afar
25th March 2020, 13:00-14:00, HBS G14
- Joe Doak, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School
- Topic TBC
Research Seminars Autumn Term 2019
23rd September 2019, 13:00-14:00, HBS 208
- Professor Joseph Ooi, National University of Singapore
- Does Analyst Coverage Matter? Evidence from REITs’ Acquisitions
9th October 2019, 13:00-14:00, HBS 102
- Henley Business School Wide Seminar
16th October 2019, 13:00-14:00, Edith Morley room 127
- Professor Adrian Bell, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School
- A History of Grants
23rd October 2019, 13:00-14:00, HBS G15
- Professor Crocker Liu, Cornell University
- Creating Value Out of Thin Air
30th October 2019, 13:00-14:00, HBS G14
- Professor Roland Füss, University of St. Gallen
- Office Market Interconnectedness and Systemic Risk Exposure
13th November 2019, 13:00-14:00, Edith Morley room 127
- Dr Chris Maidment, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School
- Oscillating Between Theory & Practice: The Journey So Far
20th November 2019, 13:00-14:00, HBS G14
- Dr Steven Devaney, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School
- Topic TBC
27th November 2019, 13:00-14:00, HBS G15
- Professor Jonathan Metzger, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- The city can never be for all: staying with the trouble of necessary exclusions in more-than-human urban planning
4th December, 13:00-14:00, HBS G15
- Professor Jan Rouwendal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Muth's model of the housing market
11th December 2019, 13:00-14:00, Edith Morley room 127
- Professor Gianluca Marcato, Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School
- Sustainable Insights in Public Real Estate Performance: ESG Scores and Effects in REIT Markets
Upcoming seminars
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