Recent Grants

Selected recent research grants:

• Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Location Strategies for Emergency Vehicles.
  September 2001 to September 2004
  ESRC CASE Award.
  P.J. Densham.
  This award funded a Ph.D. student (Torsten Schietzelt) to work with myself and Cadcorp (industrial partner) on emergency vehicle location strategies.

• European Migration Information Network (EMIN) Project.
  November 2000 to October 2001
  Odysseus Programme, European Commission.
  Co-Principal Investigators: J. Salt (Project Director) and P.J. Densham.
  Total funding: € 111,843
  Odysseus Programme: € 85,430
  UCL Match: € 26,413
  This award is to continue and maintain the European Migration Information Network (EMIN) Project.

• European Migration Information Network (EMIN) Project.
  November 1999 to October 2000
  Odysseus Programme, European Commission.
  Co-Principal Investigators: J. Salt (Project Director) and P.J. Densham.
  € 94,000
  The EMIN Project implements two of the principal recommendations of the Feasibility Study for a European Migration Observatory: first, to provide a co-ordinated network of information on the availability of statistical data; and, second, to link together access to various types of migration network using a world wide web site. To minimise the resources required to implement the web site and database, public domain software has been used wherever possible rather than commercial software with its high initial and recurrent costs. The project principally makes more acessible to current and new users of migration statistics information that already exists using the WWW. The major role for the EMIN is to co-ordinate access to data and information using up-to-date technology.

• A Virtual Reality Centre for the Built Environment: Specialising in Research Applications and Training for Construction, Retailing and Transport.
  October 1996 to September 1999
  Department of Trade and Industry (Technology Foresight Programme).
  Co-Principal Investigators: J.M. Batty, A. Penn (Project Directors), P.J. Densham, D.P. Chapman, B. Hillier, R. Mackett, M. Slater and G. Winch.
  OST Funding: £1,100,000
  Industrial Match: £2,200,000
  The VR Centre researches ways of producing built environments using virtual reality techniques. The Centre disseminates its research findings to those who locate, design, construct, deliver and manage such facilities, enabling them to explore ways in which the highest quality environments can be produced. Companies from the construction, retailing and transport sectors, along with computer and software vendors, provide matching funds for the centre. My role in the centre consists of three elements: work on linking urban design tools with GIS; the development of retailing applications that integrate GIS, spatial analysis and VR; and participation in the development and operation of a partnership programme that disseminates VR methods and practices into industry.

• Feasibility Study on the Possible Creation of a European Migration Observatory
  January 1995 to January 1996
  European Commission, Brussels.
  Co-Principal Investigators: J. Salt (Project Director) and P.J. Densham
  ECU 299,360 (Approximately £230,000)
  My role in this project was to evaluate new methods for storing, accessing and disseminating digital migration information - particularly GIS and the World-Wide Web. This task involves travelling to sites making innovative use of these technologies to assess the advantages and pitfalls of the approaches taken and to see what lessons might be learnt for a possible Migration Observatory.