Highly respected chartered town planner and urbanist, Kevin Murray has been appointed an Honorary Professor of Planning in the Department of Urban Studies at University of Glasgow.

Professor Murray has more than 25 years experience in the fields of planning, regeneration, urban design and economic development. He was a director of two multi-disciplinary consultancies before establishing Kevin Murray Associates.

A past president of the Royal Town Planning Institute, Professor Murray is a founding member of both the Urban Design Alliance and the Academy of Urbanism and a member of the Egan Task Group on Delivering Sustainable Communities. He currently serves on the Board of the Academy for Sustainable Communities.

Professor Kenneth Gibb, Head of the Department of Urban Studies, said: "We are very fortunate to have persuaded such an experienced practitioner as Kevin Murray to join us in delivering our new MSc Programme in Real Estate, Planning and Regeneration. I am sure that students will greatly value his teaching contributions and I know that members of staff are also keen to initiate joint research work with Kevin."

Professor Murray said: "Given the challenging contexts of economic globalisation and climate change, I believe we are now at critical period in developing the thinking and skills to enable positive and sustainable place-making. I look forward to working with the staff and students at Glasgow University in equipping a new generation of practitioners to meet this important challenge."

Martin Shannon (m.shannon@admin.gla.ac.uk)

Further information: Martin Shannon, Media Relations Officer University of Glasgow 0141 330 8593

First published: 10 October 2006