Dr David McGuinness

Assistant Professor

School: Architecture and Built Environment

I am currently the Programme Leader for the BA Real Estate Programme at Northumbria. Over the past 15 years I have worked in a number of research and teaching roles at Northumbria, initially at the Centre for Regional Economic Development (CRED) and then the Sustainable Cities Research Institute (SCRI) before finding my present home in the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment. I contribute to teaching on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Faculty relating to urban regeneration, planning, sustainable development and research methods. In terms of research and consultancy I have extensive experience of undertaking applied research across a range of policy areas, including, planning, housing, urban regeneration, economic development and urban sustainability. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and an External Examiner at Sheffield Hallam University.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My main research interests are urban governance, sub-national and strategic planning, urban regeneration, and wider issues relating to sustainable urban development. I have researched and published in all of these areas over the past decade.

Key Publications

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Rural place leadership across the Anglo-Scottish border: analysing the evolution, resilience and success of the Borderlands Partnership, McGuinness, D., Mawson, J. 10 Apr 2025, Capability and Capacity Building in Place Leadership: Identity, Inclusion and Change
Is Planning the Problem? An analysis of the role of local planning authorities in the provision of housing for an ageing population, McGuinness, D., Hatcher, C., Kirk, R. 5 Sep 2023, UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference 2023
Place Leadership and Governance in the Anglo-Scottish Border (Borderlands), Mawson, J., McGuinness, D., Shaw, K., Robinson, F. 9 Nov 2023, Regional Studies Association - Winter Conference 2023
Tacit Domains: The Transference of Practitioner Know‐How in Contemporary English Planning Practice, Muldoon-Smith, K., McGuinness, D. 1 Sep 2022, In: Area
Does the Diversity of New Build Housing Type and Tenure Have a Positive Influence on Residential Absorption Rates? An Investigation of Housing Completion Rates in Leeds City Region, Greenhalgh, P., Mcguinness, D., Robson, S., Bowers, K. 8 Aug 2021, In: Planning Practice and Research
Making the links between the dissertation process and employability: Harnessing the voice of alumni, Kirk, R., McGuinness, D. 4 Jul 2019, Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference 2019
Does one size fit all? Place-neutral national planning policy in England and its impact on housing land supplies and local development plans in North East England, McGuinness, D., Greenhalgh, P., Grainger, P. 28 May 2018, In: Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
Land Value: Permitting the urban growth machine through conversion into alternative use, Muldoon-Smith, K., McGuinness, D., Greenhalgh, P. 29 Aug 2018, RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2018
Modular solutions: Disaster, hiatus and opportunity in the ‘meanwhile’ city, Muldoon-Smith, K., McGuinness, D. 31 Aug 2018, RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2018
Developing a neighbourhood plan: stories from 'community-led' planning pathfinders, McGuinness, D., Ludwig, C. 18 Jan 2017, Localism and neighbourhood planning: Power to the People?, Bristol, Policy Press