Deepak Gopinath

Background

About Deepak Gopinath

RESEARCH Research Interests: A social scientist with core expertise in 'Critical Urban Transitions'. Current research projects: Challenging the Climate Crisis: Children's Agency to TAckle Policy Underpinned by Learning for Transformation (Co-I). Funded by JPI Climate Joint Transnational Call on "Enabling Societal Transformation in the Face of Climate Change"(SOLSTICE). Project webpage: Previous research projects: VIP-CLEAR (2020-22): Voices in a Pandemic: Children's Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery. Funded by AHRC (Co-I). Project 2018-20: Decision-support framework for resilient critical infrastructure (CI) against extreme weather events (EWE) and climate change. British Council. Team: Dr Anil Kashyap (PI), Prof. Lindsey McEwen (CI), Nick Smith (CI), Dr Deepak Gopinath (CI). The City as a thinking machine: the city in evolution. Funder: Carnegie Trust. Dr Lorens Holm (PI), Dr Deepak Gopinath (CI), Matthew Jarron (CI). Project webpage: 2011-12. The possibility of local communities shaping an understanding of poverty? Experiences from the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission for improving the lives of urban poor in India. Funded by British Academy Small Research Grant. Dr Deepak Gopinath (PI); Prof. Murali Nair (CI). Project webpage: Indicators of esteem: Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) Chartered Member, Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) TEACHING: Teaching interests: Capacity building for practitioners; reflective learning; constructivist learning spaces and school outreach projects. OUTREACH PROJECTS: Muir, F, McKnight, S. & Gopinath, D.(2017) Better places better health project. University of Dundee and Dundee City Council. Secondary schools participated in a 'live' project with Town Planning and Medical students from the University of Dundee. Robertson, D. & Gopinath, D.(2015) Minecraft on the Waterfront project. University of Dundee. Primary schools in Dundee tested their ideas for the future of Dundee's waterfront using Minecraft. Gopinath, D, Ewen, P, Sim, L.(2015) Youth Camp project. University of Dundee, UK. This project brought together 8 secondary school teams– High School of Dundee won the competition. The Youth Camp project was also showcased at the 2016 Venice Biennale.