Laura Bowie

Background

About Laura Bowie

Laura is Senior Lecturer in Architecture Histories and Theories at Greenwich. Prior to joining Greenwich, Laura was a Lecturer in Architectural History and Theory at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University as part of the Disglair [brilliant] lecturers scheme. Prior to that, Laura taught architectural history and theory at Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture [ESALA] at the University of Edinburgh. Laura holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture which explored the relationship between urban planning and protest cultures in post-war West Berlin. She also holds an MA, First Class with Joint Honours in Architectural History and Archaeology from the University of Edinburgh and an MA, with Distinction, in European History from Newcastle University. ​My research interests include: the city and protest, the radicalisation of urban space, the relationship between urban planning and the psyche, and the use of memory and cultural outputs as exploratory tools.