Dr Michael Crilly

Assistant Professor

School: Architecture and Built Environment

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Key Publications

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An Experimental Owl: The domain of knowledge on experimental urbanism, Crilly, M., Varna, G. 15 Jan 2026, Co-producing Alternative Urban Futures through Experimental Urbanism - Symposium Series: Brussels
Experimenting with Gamification and Geogames in Urban Planning: a Systematic Literature Review, Crilly, M., Varna, G., Coaker, A., Gibbon, R., Jackson, J., McDonald, N., Smith, D. 2 Mar 2026, In: Urban Planning
Experimentology: How to spot an urban experiment, Varna, G., Crilly, M., Landman, K., van Heur, B. 2 Jul 2026, World Planning Schools Congress 2026
Good City Experiments: Urbanism as a value system, Crilly, M., Varna, G. 30 Jun 2026, World Planning Schools Congress 2026
If it Looks, Swims and Quacks like a New Town: A Systematic Review of the Defining Characteristics of England’s New Towns, Crilly, M., Varna, G., Harris, B., Reed, R., Yip, N. 16 Apr 2026, Re:New Towns
Planning and the façade of power: Critical realism, theory and practice, Crilly, M., Varna, G., Crosbie, T. 3 Jul 2026, World Planning Schools Congress 2026
The 50-year Experiment: PREVI Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda / Experimental Housing Project, Crilly, M. 16 Apr 2026, Co-producing Alternative Urban Futures through Experimental Urbanism, Symposium Series
A Tale of Two Washingtons: an “old” new town and a “new” old town: The special relationship between integrating land use and transport planning in the U.K. and U.S.A., Crilly, M. 26 Aug 2025, Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference 2025
Planning sustainable heat networks: governance and sociotechnical practices in Northeast England, Otchere-Darko, W., Crilly, M., Jenkinson, T., Harper, C., Ingall-Tombs, E., Bryson-Harris, E., Ritchie, E., Siu, R., Wightman, S., Kearns, A. 16 Jul 2025, In: Sustainability Science
Shearing Layers of Space: Exploration of Permanency and Temporality in the Public Realm, Crilly, M., Varna, G. 14 Apr 2025, In: Urban Planning

Current and Recent Projects

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Green growth skills, Watson, R. (Principal Investigator), Crilly, M. (Co Investigator), North of Tyne Combined Authority, 01/04/23 - 31/03/26, £463,160.00

Professional Activity