Dr Philip Crowe is Director of Research in UCD’s School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, co-Director of the UCD Centre for Irish Towns, and Programme Director of the MSc in Architecture, Urbanism and Climate Action. Philip is currently working on a range of EU and nationally funded research projects relating to town revitalization, vacancy and adaptive reuse, compact urban growth, and citizen participation in processes of change. Philip’s background is in architecture. He was previously Director of Sustainable Design at M.CO (Dublin) from 2003-2012.