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Shade Abdul

Associate Lecturer

Central Saint Martins

  • Associate Lecturer
    Central Saint Martins

BIO

Shade Abdul is a Spatial Planner and PhD researcher whose work focuses on strategic planning, spatial strategy, and place-based development. Her research explores critical spatial practice at the intersection of race and urban regeneration.

She is a Principal Planner within the Planning Policy team at Luton Borough Council where she is working with colleagues to prepare the new Local Plan for the town.

She is a member of the London Borough of Hounslow's Design Review Panel. She was a member of the Southwark Land Commission.

Her research supervision team is: Adriana Cobo Corey (DoS), Anna Minton, Jeremy Till.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • External Examiner
    University of Westminster, Architecture Postgraduate Diploma Professional Practice, London, United KingdomJan 2023 - present
  • Associate Lecturer
    University of the Arts London, BA Architecture, London, United KingdomSep 2021 - Jun 2025
  • Associate Lecturer
    Cardiff University, MA Architectural Design, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff, United KingdomJan 2022 - Dec 2022
  • Visiting Lecturer
    University of Brighton, BA Interior Architecture, Brighton, United KingdomSep 2020 - Jun 2021

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Design Review Panel Member
    London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom5 Aug 2024 - present
  • Principal Planner
    Luton Borough Council, United Kingdom1 May 2024 - present
  • Associate
    Public Practice, United KingdomApr 2024 - Apr 2025
  • Southwark Land Commission Member
    London Borough of Southwark, London, United KingdomJan 2023 - Sep 2023
  • Environmental Design Review Panel Member
    Urban Design London, London, United KingdomNov 2021 - present
  • Design Review Panel Member
    London Borough of Newham, London, United KingdomSep 2021 - 31 Jul 2025
  • Director
    Deft.Space, London, United KingdomApr 2018 - 30 Apr 2024

DEGREES

  • PhD, Critical Spatial Practice
    University of the Arts London, United KingdomSep 2023 - present
  • Professional Practice and Management in Architecture (RIBA Part 3)
    University College London, London, United KingdomJan 2007 - Dec 2007
  • Graduate Diploma in Architecture (RIBA Part 2)
    University College London, London, United KingdomSep 2003 - Jun 2005
  • BA Architecture (RIBA Part 1)
    University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, United KingdomSep 1999 - Jun 2002

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • PgCert Academic Practice
    University of the Arts London, London, United KingdomJan 2023 - Jan 2024

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