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Olivier Sykes

Dr Olivier Sykes
PhD, MCD, BA, SFHEA

Discipline Lead for Planning and Senior Lecturer in European Spatial Planning
Geography and Planning

Teaching

I am Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teach across a range of modules and programmes.

I am Module Coordinator for ENVS432 Planning Theory, Power and Ethics (Semester 1) and ENVS378 International Planning Studies (Semester 2 - 30 Credits).

I am a Module tutor on ENVS105 Understanding place (Whole session); ENVS203 Research Skills - Geography and Environmental Science; ENVS321 Dissertation (Geography); tutor/supervisor on ENVS 346 Issues in Planning Research (Semester 1) and on ENVS302 & ENVS494 – MPlan Dissertation.

I am active in PhD research student supervision both as a first supervisor of candidates at Liverpool and a member of supervisory teams at Liverpool and XJTLU. I am open to supervising PhD topics related to my field of expertise especially if they have an international or comparative dimension.

Modules for 2024-25

International Planning Studies

Module code: ENVS378

Role: Module Co-ordinator

Research Skills (Geography and Environmental Science)

Module code: ENVS203

Role: Teaching

Theory, Power and Ethics

Module code: ENVS432

Role: Module Co-ordinator

Understanding Place

Module code: ENVS105

Role: Teaching

Supervised Theses