Dr Dami Akosile
Lecturer in Human Geography
As a human geographer with experience in urban planning, Dami's main interests lie in creating better urban spaces and addressing issues such as urbanisation, globalisation, and climate change. He is also interested in exploring how different environments, spaces, and places shape human emotions, behaviours, and well-being. Sustainable transportation is another area he is passionate about, as he believes it can improve people’s mobility, accessibility, and quality of life while reducing the environmental and social impacts of transport systems.
Dami contributes to teaching on the following modules within the division;
GE4009 - Sustainable Development
GE4012 - People and Places
GE4013 - Changing The World
GE4016 - Skills for Change
GE5010/18/19 Geomatics and Research Design (Geomatics component)
GE5015 - Society and Space
GE5018 Social Research Methods
GE5021 - Going Places
GE6001 Dissertation
GE6025 Smart Places
Dami's research interests focus on the relationship between people and spaces and how to plan these spaces in a way that is sustainable, integrated, and beneficial for health and well-being. Specifically, he is interested in the following themes: integrated spatial planning, population studies, sustainable development, sustainable planning, sustainable transport, travel and well-being, urban housing, urban morphology, urban planning for social inclusion, as well as urban renewal and regeneration.
Commuters' Perception of Intra-Urban Travel Stress in Ikorodu, LAP - Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, 2013.
- BSc Urban and Regional Planning – Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
- MSc Urban and Regional Planning – University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
- PhD City and Regional Planning – Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
- Nigerian Institute of Town Planners
- Royal Town Planning Institute
- Royal Geographical Society