Dr Paul Cureton

Senior Lecturer in Design (People, Products, Places)

Research Overview

Dr Paul Cureton FRSA is Director of Post-Graduate Research, LICA, Director of PhDs, Design and Senior Lecturer in Design at ImaginationLancaster, and a member of the Data Science Institute (DSI). His work transcends subjects in spatial planning, 3D GIS modelling and design futures. It is at the forefront of exploring the critical interface of new and emerging socio-technological relationships such as Design for Digital Twins, Drone Futures and novel process-based methodologies for Future Environments such as Geodesign and XR interactions. His recent publications include the monographs, Strategies for Landscape Representation: Digital and Analogue Techniques (Routledge, 2016) and Drone Futures: UAS for Landscape & Urban Design (Routledge, 2020). He is a co-author with Nick Dunn of Future Cities: A Visual Guide (Bloomsbury, 2020).

Gaming, Digital Twins and the Future City
Invited talk

Gamification Workshop
Invited talk

Urban Life and Design in the Drone Age
Invited talk

Digital Twins at the Edge
Invited talk

Urban Life and Design in the Drone Age
Invited talk

Windermere Science Festival
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Campus in the City 2024
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

The future is a work in progress at the Festival of Futures
Symposium

Geodesign and Environmental Resilience
Invited talk

CIM Forum
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

World Building Urban Digital Twins: Designing for the Future
Invited talk

Design Leadership in the Digital Transformation of Cities
Invited talk

Drones, New Design Ecologies and Aerial Futures
Invited talk

Modelling Speculative Futures: New Urban Landscapes
Invited talk

eVTOL & UAM: A Brief Investigation of Transport Futures.
Invited talk

Tech Forum #1: Drones, Urban Planning, and Smart cities
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Machine Learning and place-making 2020
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Design Futures: Visualisation, Mapping & Strategies
Invited talk

Drone Futures: Mapping UAS applications & research
Invited talk

Geodesign Workshops
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

The Lancaster City Information Model
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

CSIC Digital Cities for Change Seminar Series
Invited talk

15th Architectural Humanities Research Association International Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

  • DSI - Society
  • Evaluation
  • Imagination Lancaster
  • School of Design