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Speaking

As interdisciplinary fields continue to emerge between architecture, psychology and the behavioural sciences, spaces for public discussion and knowledge dissemination become increasingly important. Talks, lectures and panel discussions offer opportunities to connect research with practice, encourage critical dialogue across disciplines and explore how the built environment shapes human experience in everyday life. The conversations presented here examine how research, practice and public discourse can inform one another in shaping more thoughtful approaches to the built environment.

Architectural Psychology in Action


Applying evidence-informed approaches within architecture, post-occupancy evaluation and interdisciplinary design research.

 

Evidence and Design Practice


On translating behavioural and environmental research into architectural decision-making without reducing design to metrics alone.

Workplace Experience


Flexible working, organisational culture and the relationship between spatial experience, collaboration and professional identity.

Learning Environments


How educational settings shape concentration, belonging, movement and social interaction, with particular interest in wellbeing, neurodiversity and the everyday experience of students and staff.

Behaviour and the Built Environment


How spatial conditions shape attention, interaction, stress and everyday experience across workplaces, education and civic environments.

Neuroarchitecture and Its Scope


Reflections on neuroscience, environmental psychology and the interpretation of evidence within spatial design discourse.

Workplace

Selected events

2025

Rising Star - North England

Winner

2025

Future Leader

Finalist

University of Cambridge GCCY 2024
Nottingham University BrEPS British E 2025vironmental Psychology Society / Environmental Psychology Network: UK EPN:UK
Harvard Human Flourishing Program - Flourishing By Design Series 2025
IAPS International Association People-Environment Studies Lisbon Conference 2022
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) VR workplace
Kings College London 2026 Conference of the Department of Human Resource Management & Employment Relations: Shaping the Future of Work
Arts Engagement & Aesthetic Experience: Bridging the Gap between Arts & Sciences Neuroaesthetics conference 2026
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Material Source Studio RoundTable | What is workplace?  2023 

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University of Leeds Student Project Pitches 2024

Archontia Manolakelli University of Cambridge Enhancing School Environments: A Student-focused Human-centred Toolkit for Pre and Post Occupancy Evaluation of Mainstream and SEND Schools 2024

Global Conference on Children and Youth | University of Cambridge | 2024

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