Dr Andrea Frank

Honorary Research Fellow

School of Geography and Planning

: franka@cardiff.ac.uk

I was awarded an Honorary Research Fellowship by the School of Geography and Planning in January 2019. My wide-ranging research interests include education and capacity building for planning practitioners and pedagogical approaches, sustainable urban development, public participation / community engagement, regional planning and governance, human-nature relationships, urban design and green infrastructure.

A dedicated educator with expertise in design studio, live project, experiential & work-based learning, and field study leadership, I was awarded an InnoLectureship by the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2012. In 2014 I was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in recognition of my sustained track record in Higher Education Teaching and Management.

I hold a part-time Guest Lectureship at the University of Applied Sciences in Stuttgart (Germany) for Comparative International Planning since 2007 and am regularly invited to give talks on planning education matters, most recently in November 2017 in Hong Kong at Hong Kong University and October 2018 in Tainan (Taiwan) at the National Cheng Kung University.

I have served on the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) executive committee (2007-2014) and represented AESOP in the Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN). I frequently serve as track chair for the planning education track for the AESOP annual congresses and currently coordinate the AESOP special interest group on Planning Education.

Qualifications

Certificate in Practical Leadership for University Management – ILM (2009)
PhD in Urban Technological and Environmental Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – USA (2000)
Master of Urban Planning + Certificate in Gaming Simulation, University of Michigan Ann Arbor – USA (1994)
Dipl-Ing (Arch), Technical University of Stuttgart – Germany (1990)

Career Profile

Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia (January 2019- February 2019)
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University (Sept 2005 - July 2018)
Research Fellow, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University (Sept 2000 – August 2005)
Centre for Education in the Built Environment Subject Coordinator & Deputy Director Centre for Education in the Built Environment, Cardiff University (Sept 2000 -2011)
Visiting Lecturer in International Comparative Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Design, University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart (2007- present)
Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA (1992-1994; 1995-2000)
Consultant responsible for project management for international standard development, Haas + Partner Engineering Ltd., Stuttgart, Germany (March – Aug 1995)
CAD Software marketing and training specialist, Zueblin – RIB/RZB, Stuttgart (Feb 1989 – Sept 1991)

External Activities

Regularly peer review article manuscripts for: Studies in Higher Education, American Journal of Evaluation, Planning Theory and Practice, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, International Planning Studies, Planning Practice and Research, Cities, Australian Planning, and occasional others
Reviewer for Research grants, e.g. Economic and Social Research council (UK) and Swiss research council (ongoing); Advisor to University of Edinburgh – EDINA E-map-Scholar Project (2001-2004)
International Advisory Board Member: SAGSAGA, Society of German Simulation and Gaming Association. Jury member for Annual Gaming/simulation Prize (2014 - present)
Editorial Board member: CEBE Transactions (2004 - 2011)
Editorial Board member: Transactions of AESOP (2017- present)

International Work

For the last four years, I have been exploring and comparing the potential of green infrastructure to contribute to sustainable urban development together with colleagues from the University of Florida and University of Indonesia. This included organizing three annual International Joint Student workshops and Seminars in Jakarta (Indonesia) with a total of 65 students from Cardiff’s MSc EcoCities participating.

2015

Harris, N. R., Biddulph, M. J., Thomas, A. H., Sartorio, F. and Frank, A. I. 2015. Horizon scanning: future trends and the skills needed to deliver the planning system in Wales. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.

2014

Frank, A. I. 2014. Struggling Giants: City region governance in London, New York and Paris [Book Review]. Journal of Planning Education and Research 34(3), pp. 363-365. (10.1177/0739456X14540643)
Frank, A. I., Mironowicz, I., Lourenco, J., Franchini, T. and Ache, P. 2014. Educating planners in Europe: a review of 21st century study programmes. Progress in Planning 91, pp. 30-94. (10.1016/j.progress.2013.05.001)
Frank, A. I. 2014. Establishing games, gaming, and policy exercises as tools for urban and regional planning - are we there yet?. In: Duke, R. D. and Willy, C. K. eds. Back to the Future of Gaming. Bielefeld, Germany: W Bertelsmann Verlag, pp. 80-92.
Frank, A. I. and Sieh, L. 2014. Integrating public participation skills in planning curricula. Presented at: AESOP Conference: From Control to Co-Evolution, Utrecht, Netherlands, 9-12 July 2014.

2013

Silver, C., Frank, A. I., Amborski, D. and Sofhani, F. 2013. Breaking with the past: radically rethinking planning education for the 21st century. Presented at: Joint AESOP/ACSP Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 15-19 July 2013.
Frank, A. I. 2013. Cohesion, coherence, cooperation: European spatial planning coming of age? [Book Review]. International Planning Studies 18(2), pp. 267-269. (10.1080/13563475.2012.734683)
Frank, A. I. and Skayannis, P. 2013. Global Planning Education Association Network (GPEAN). In: Mironowicz, I. ed. AESOP Yearbook: Silver jubilee edition. AESOP Yearbook Wrocław, Poland: AESOP, pp. 90-103.
Frank, A. I. 2013. Europeanisation of planning education: an exploration of the concept, potential merit and issues. Revista Brasilera de Estudos Uranos e Regionais 15(1), pp. 141-153.

2012

Frank, A. I. 2012. Planning education in European countries - provision, professional relevance, new developments.. Presented at: Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano e Regional (IPURR) Research Seminar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5 November 2012.
Frank, A. I. 2012. Different models of accrediting planning education programmes. Presented at: Contemporary Challenges In Planning Education, Gdansk, Poland, 22-23 October 2012.
Bertolini, L. et al. 2012. Introduction: Time to think planning (education)? From marginal interface to central opportunity space? Science for practice? Educating professionals for practice in a complex world? A challenge for engineering and planning schools project-based learning? Core university education in spatial planning and development. Mmanaging planning pathologies: An educational challenge of the new aprenticeship programme in Finland: Conclusion: time to act. Planning Theory & Practice 13(3), pp. 465-490. (10.1080/14649357.2012.704712)
Frank, A. I. 2012. Metropolitan Governance: Differing paths in contrasting contexts: Germany and Israel [Book Review]. European Planning Studies 20(8), pp. 1425-1427. (10.1080/09654313.2012.680743)
Mironowicz, I. and Frank, A. I. 2012. Internationalisation by travel? An evaluation of an experimental planning degree. Presented at: 26th Annual Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning, Ankara, Turkey, 11-15 July 2012. pp. 806.
Frank, A. I. and Morgan, K. J. 2012. Re-inventing the city: The art of metro-governance in the Stuttgart region. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/resources/reinventing-the-city.pdf
Frank, A. I. 2012. Metropolitan governance? Different paths in contrasting contexts: Germany and Israel [Book Review]. European Planning Studies 20(8), pp. 1425-1427. (10.1080/09654313.2012.680743)
Frank, A. I., Kurth, D. and Mironowicz, I. 2012. Accreditation and quality assurance for professional degree programmes: comparing approaches in three European countries. Quality in Higher Education 18(1) (10.1080/13538322.2012.669910)
Limonad, E., Rincón Patiño, A., Gorenstein, S., Paris, D., Frank, A. I., Monte-Mór, R. and Magela Costa, G. 2012. Mesa Internacional: Encruzilhadas do Ensino e Pesquisa interdisciplinar em Planejamento Urbano e Regional (International Roundtable: Crossroads in the interdisciplinary teaching and research in urban and regional planning). Presented at: VI Seminário de Avaliação do Ensino e da Pesquisa em Estudos Urbanos e Regionais (VI Evaluation Seminar for Education and Research in Urban and Regional Studies), Brasilia, Brazil, 7-9 November 2012.

2011

Frank, A. I. and Mironowicz, I. 2011. New structures of planning education in Europe. Presented at: 3rd World Planning Schools Congress, Perth, Australia, 4-8 July 2011.
Frank, A. I. 2011. Communication technology and the World Wide Web – a paradigm shift in teaching and learning?. Cebe Transactions 8(1), pp. 1-4.

2010

Frank, A. I., Kurth, D. and Mironowicz, I. 2010. Accreditation and quality assurance of planning education in Europe – Comparing approaches in Germany, Poland and Great Britain. Presented at: 24th AESOP Annual Congress, Helsinki, Finland, 7-10 July 2010.
Frank, A. I. 2010. Planning as a self-organised profession (UK). Presented at: 5th AESOP Heads of Schools Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 17-18 April 2010.
Kingston, R. and Frank, A. I. 2010. Integrating place-making skills in planning curricula: Spatial analysis for spatial planning. Presented at: UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, Anglia Ruskin University, UK, 7-9 April 2010.
Frank, A. I. 2010. Making a Case for Complementarity of Student Learning from Year-Long Work Based Placements in Town Planning. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 4(2), pp. 21-45.
Frank, A. I. and Kurth, D. 2010. Planning Education in Germany: Impacts of the Bologna Agreement. DiSP 182, pp. 25-35.

2009

Frank, A. I. and Kurth, D. 2009. Planning education in Germany post Bologna. Presented at: 23rd Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning, Liverpool, UK, 15-18 July 2009.
Stiftel, B. et al. 2009. Planning education. In: Planning Sustainable Cities: Global Report on Human Settlements 2009. London: Earthscan, pp. 185-198.
Frank, A. I. and Kurth, D. 2009. Plannning Education in Germany: Post-Bologna. Presented at: 23rd Annual Congress of the Assocation of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), Liverpool.
Frank, A. I. and Mironowicz, I. 2009. A comparison of the link between planning education and planning practice in two European countries. Presented at: 23rd Annual Congress of the Association of European Schools of Planning, Liverpool.
Frank, A. I. and Kurth, D. 2009. Planerausbildung in Deutschland: Eine Zwischenbilanz 10 Jahre nach Bologna. PlanerIn – Fachzeitschrift der Vereinigung für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung(4), pp. 5-7.
Frank, A. I. and Mironowicz, I. 2009. Planning education in Poland: case study prepared for Planning Sustainable Cities: Global Report on Human Settlements 2009. Project Report. [Online]. UN-Habitat. Available at: http://www.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/GRHS2009CaseStudyChapter10Poland.pdf
Frank, A. and Symonds, B. 2009. Facilitating internationalisation in real estate and surveying education through institutional cooperation. In: Mändle, M. ed. Beiträge zum Kooperationswesen. Hamburg: Hammonia, pp. 209-240.
Frank, A. I. 2009. In search of the character of Twenty-First Century higher education [Editorial]. Cebe Transactions 6(2), pp. 1-4.

2008

Symonds, B. C. and Frank, A. I. 2008. Facilitating internationalisation in real estate and surveying education through institutional cooperation. Presented at: 15th Annual ERES (European Real Estate Society) Conference, Krakow, Poland, 18-21 June, 2008.
Frank, A. I. and Peel, D. 2008. Planning Education Forum: the internationalisation of planning education: issues, perceptions and priorities for action. Town Planning Review 79(1), pp. 87-123. (10.3828/tpr.79.1.6)
Frank, A. I. 2008. Internationalisation and cooperation in delivering planning education programmes. Presented at: Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning/Association of European Schools of Planning 4th Joint Congress, Chicago, IL., USA, 6-11 July 2008.
Frank, A. I. 2008. Participant in Roundtable - Global Inventory of Planning Education. Presented at: ACSP-AESOP 4th Joint Congress, Chicago, 6-11 July 2008.

2007

Frank, A. I. 2007. Global versus local competencies. Presented at: Built Environment Education Conference (BEECon), London, UK, 12-13 September 2007.
Frank, A. I. 2007. Rethinking long-term placements: The UK experience. Presented at: 21st AESOP Annual Congress, Naples, Italy, 11-14 July 2007.
Peel, D. and Frank, A. I. 2007. Unravelling the paradox of the internationalisation of learning: Implications. Presented at: 21st AESOP Annual Congress, Naples, Italy, 11-14 July 2007.
Frank, A. I. 2007. GIS and planning: Examples from UK local authorities and government. Presented at: Geddes Workshop, Geddes Institute for Urban Research, University of Dundee, 8 May 2007.
Peel, D. and Frank, A. I. 2007. Responding to the internationalisation agenda: Implications for teaching and learning. Presented at: Planning Research Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 10-12 April 2007.
Frank, A. I. 2007. Roundtable: Educating for creativity in planning.. Presented at: Planning Research Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 10-12 April 2007.
Frank, A. I. 2007. Die Neunte Stadt: Wilde Grenzen und Städteregion Ruhr 2030 [Book Review]. Planning Theory 6(1), pp. 95-100. (10.1177/147309520700600107)
Frank, A. I. and Buining, F. 2007. Creativity in Higher Education: A non-scientific view on developing creativity. Presented at: Creativity or Conformity: Building Cultures of Creativity In Higher Education, Cardiff, UK, 8-10 January 2007.
Frank, A. I. 2007. Entrepreneurship and enterprise skills: A missing element of planning education?. Planning Practice and Research 22(4), pp. 635-648. (10.1080/02697450701770142)
Frank, A. I. and Buining, F. 2007. A practice-based approach to developing creativity in higher education. Cebe Transactions 4(2), pp. 8-26.

2006

Frank, A. I. 2006. CPL Biblio 376: Three Decades of Thought in Planning Education. Journal of Planning Literature 21(1), pp. 15-67. (10.1177/0885412206288904)
Frank, A. I. 2006. Should planning education include entrepreneurship skills? II. Presented at: 2nd World Planning Schools Congress, Mexico City, Mexico, 11-16 July 2006.
Frank, A. I. 2006. Employability, enterprise, work-based learning: The Welsh approach. Presented at: Higher Education Academy Burlington Group Residential Event, Edinburgh, UK, 26-27 April 2006.

2005

Frank, A. I. 2005. GIS and planning: different applications. Presented at: Seminar to Faculty of Engineering, Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, 10 November 2005.
Frank, A. I. 2005. Centre for Education in the Built Environment: Seeking to improve learning and teaching in UK Higher Education. Presented at: Seminar to Faculty of Engineering, Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, 9 November 2005.
Frank, A. I. 2005. Developing entrepreneurship skills in the context of higher education. Presented at: Built Environment Education (BEE) Conference, London, UK, 5-6 September 2005.
Frank, A. I. 2005. Integrating creative problem-solving in planning curricula. Presented at: AESOP Annual Congress, Vienna, Austria, 13-17 July 2005.
Frank, A. I. 2005. Sense of place. In: Caves, R. W. ed. Encyclopedia of the City. London: Routledge
Frank, A. I. 2005. Megacity. In: Caves, R. W. ed. Encyclopedia of the City. London: Routledge
Frank, A. I. 2005. A need for fluency across boundaries [Editorial]. Cebe Transactions 2(3), pp. 1-4.
Frank, A. I. 2005. What do students value in Built Environment education?. Cebe Transactions 2(3), pp. 21-29.

2004

Frank, A. I. 2004. Spatial planning and ICT/GIS: A review of applications in local and regional government. Presented at: AESOP Annual Congress, Grenoble, France, 1-4 July 2004.
Frank, A. I. 2004. Culture & Settlements (Advances in Art and Urban Futures Series, Volume 3) M. Miles & N. Kirkham (Eds) Bristol, Intellect Books, 2003, 180 pp., £19.95 pb, ISBN 1 84150 089 5 [Book Review]. Landscape Research 29(2), pp. 226-227. (10.1080/01426390410001690347)

2003

Frank, A. I. 2003. Creative planning curricula. Presented at: ACSP-AESOP Joint Congress, Leuven, Belgium, 8-12 July 2003.
Frank, A. I. 2003. Graphic communication. In: Dandekar, H. ed. Planner’s Use of Information. Chicago: APA, pp. 294-339.
Frank, A. I. 2003. Otto Peter, Learning and Teaching in Distance Education: Pedagogical Analyses and Interpretations from an International Perspective. London: Kogan Page, 2001. ISBN: 0 7494 3594 10. Paperback, viii + 279 pages, £19.99. [Book Review]. Research in Learning Technology: The Journal of the Learning Technology Association (ALT-J) 11(3), pp. 129-131. (10.1080/0968776030110208)
Frank, A. I. 2003. Change and Stability in Urban Europe: Form, Quality and Governance Harri Andersson, Getrud Jorgensen, Dominique Joye & Wim Ostendorf (Eds)Aldershot, Ashgate, 2001, 262 pp., cloth, £39.95, ISBN 0 7546 1656 8 [Book Review]. International Planning Studies 8(2), pp. 172-174. (10.1080/13563470305157)

2002

Frank, A. I. 2002. Sustainable urban development and buildings: Examples from Europe. Presented at: Diploma in Habitabilidad y Medio-Ambiente, Concepión, Chile, 7 December 2002.
Frank, A. I. 2002. Interdisciplinary framework for environmentally sensitive urban land use and development. Presented at: Diploma in Habitabilidad y Medio-Ambiente, Concepción, Chile, 6 December 2002.
Frank, A. I. 2002. Research-led teaching: The contribution of planning education research. Presented at: AESOP Annual Congress, Volos, Greece, 10-15 July 2002.
Frank, A. I. 2002. From industrial production to industrial culture: Strategies of restructuring the Ruhr region in Germany. Presented at: Geddes Institute for Urban Research Seminar Series, Dundee, UK, 22 May 2002.
Frank, A. I. 2002. Themes and thought in post-war planning education: A review of the academic planning education literature. Presented at: Planning Research Conference, Dundee, UK, 8-10 April 2002.
Frank, A. I. 2002. The Learning and Teaching Support Network: An initiative to Improve Higher Education in the UK. Education and Society 20(2), pp. 26-43.
Frank, A. I. 2002. Using measures of spatial autocorrelation to describe socio-economic and racial residential patterns in US urban areas. In: Kidner, D., White, S. and Higgs, G. eds. Socio-Economic Applications of Geographic Information Science. Innovations in GIS Vol. 9. CRC Press, pp. 147-162.
Carter, J., Rice, R., Beharrell, A., Massey, M., Frank, A. I. and Kent, D. 2002. Enhancing use of JISC data services. VINE 32(1), pp. 40-47. (10.1108/03055720210804463)

2001

Frank, A. I. 2001. Improving planning education through Government policy in the UK? - The Learning and Teaching Support Network. Presented at: 1st World Planning Schools Congress, Shanghai, China, 11-15 July 2001.
Frank, A. I. 2001. Using measures of spatial autocorrelation to describe socio-economic structures in urban areas. Presented at: GIS Research UK: 9th Annual Conference, University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, 18-20 April 2001.
Frank, A. I. 2001. Geopolitical fragmentation: A force in spatial segregation in the U.S.?!. Presented at: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy International Seminar on Segregation in the City, Cambridge, MA, USA, 26-28 July 2001.
Frank, A. I. 2001. Danny Saunders and Nina Smalley (eds.), The International Simulation and Gaming Research Yearbook — Volume 8: Simulations and Games for Transition and Change, London: Kogan Page, 2000. ISBN: 0-7494-3397-3. Hardback, viii+271 pages, £40.00. [Book Review]. Research in Learning Technology: Journal of the Association of Learning Technology (ALT-J) 9(3), pp. 76-77. (10.1080/0968776010090208)

2000

Frank, A. I. 2000. Socio-economic polarization in and between urban areas in the United States: 1960-1990. Presented at: American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2-5 November 2000.

1999

Frank, A. I. 1999. Tracing socioeconomic patterns of urban development: Issues, problems, and methods of spatio-temporaral urban analysis. Presented at: International Conference on GeoInformatics 99, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 19-21 June 1999.
Frank, A. I. 1999. A theoretical, interdisciplinary framework for environmentally sensitive urban land use and development. The Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy 29(2), pp. 5-30.
Frank, A. I., Reed, T. B., LeBay, M. and Underwood, S. 1999. System Integration Case Study, FAST-TRAC: Preliminary IV Deliverable #2. University of Michigan, Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory: University of Michigan. Available at: http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/16000/16900/16939/PB2000106286.pdf

1998

Aggarwala, R. K., Nystuen, J. D., Frank, A. I. and Palathinkara, J. 1998. Using GIS to evaluate the quality of digital map databases of road networks. In: Sikdar, P. K., Dhingra, S. L. and Krishna Rao, K. V. eds. Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management., Vol. 2. New Delhi: Narosa, pp. 493-502.

1997

Nystuen, J. D. and Frank, A. I. 1997. Differences in feature representation in digital map databases. Presented at: The Conference on Scientific and Technical Data Exchange and Integration, Bethesda, MD, USA, 15-17 December 1997.
Nystuen, J. D., Frank, A. I. and Frank, L. 1997. Assessing topological similarity of spatial networks. Presented at: International Conference on Interoperating Geographic Information Systems, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 3-4 December 1997.
Frank, A. I. and Kuhn, W. 1997. A specification language for interoperable GIS. Presented at: International Conference on Interoperating Geographic Information Systems, Santa Barbara, California, 3-4 December 1997.
Aggarwala, R. K., Nystuen, J. D., Frank, A. I., Palathinkara, J. and Frank, L. 1997. Digital map database quality evaluation issues for ITS applications. Presented at: UCGIS Annual Assembly and Summer Retreat, Bar Harbor, MA, USA, 21-24 June 1997.

1996

Frank, A. I. and Duke, R. D. 1996. Ecosystem philosophy game: A generic-specific game. Presented at: 26th International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, Valencia, Spain, 18-21 July 1995 Presented at Carbonell, A. G. and Watts, F. eds.Simulation Now! Learning through Experience: The Challenge of Change (Simulación ¡ya!: el aprendizaje a través de la experiencia: el reto del cambio). València: Diputació de València pp. 197-209.
Frank, A. I. 1996. Futures By Design: The Practice Of Ecological Planning Doug Aberley, editor. New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 1994. 210 pp. $39.95, $14.95 (paperback). [Book Review] $39.95, $14.95 (paperback). [Book Review]. Journal of the American Planning Association 62(3), pp. 403. (10.1080/01944369608975705)

1995

Haas, W. and Frank, A. I. 1995. STEP by STEP: Standardisierung und Trends beim 3D-CAD-Datenaustausch. Beratende Ingenieure: Zeitschrift des deutschen Consulting 11(Nov), pp. 10-14.

1992

Frank, A. I. 1992. Das Diplom aus dem Computer. RIB Transparent: aktuelles Magazin für den Software-Einsatz im Bauwesen March, pp. 14-15.

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