Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Proposals welcomed for PhD by design, by critical/creative Practice, by writing;
Particularly welcome are proposals that focus on cases and projects about architecture and urbanisation, peripheries, and the housing question; critical architecture and urbanism; critical and applied perspectives on architecture and the Anthropocene;

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Biography

Cameron McEwan is an associate professor, architectural theorist, and educator at Northumbria University School of Architecture. He is Head of Equality Diversity Inclusion at Northumbria University Department of Architecture and Built Environment, and Design Research co-Lead for the Architecture Unit. Prior to joining Northumbria in 2022, Cameron led the Architecture Humanities research cluster and was Research Environment Lead for UoA32 for REF2021 at University of Central Lancashire. In 2011 Cameron was founding member of the AE Foundation, an independent research institute for architecture and education. Cameron’s research focuses on the relationship between architectural typology, representation, and subjectivity to engage critical approaches that address the urban/Anthropocene condition. He employs close-reading, montage, and close-drawing as design research tools to investigate ideas, drawings, texts, and projects. Those interests and critical approaches cross between his research-led teaching and teaching-led research. His work appears in journals and venues including: Archnet-IJAR, Architecture and Culture, arq, Drawing On, Graz Architecture Magazine, JAE, Lo Squaderno, MONU, Scroope, Outsiders for the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, and elsewhere. Cameron’s editorial projects include Accounts (Pelinu, 2019), Architecture and Collective Life for Architecture and Culture (2020), and Care and Critical Action for Lo Squaderno (2023). Cameron’s latest book is Analogical City (Punctum, 2024) and he is guest co-editor of the forthcoming [2026] Peripheries-Peripherocene special issue of The Journal of Architecture.  

Research interests

Cameron’s work is published internationally in peer-reviewed and critical practice journals and venues including: Archnet-IJAR, Architecture and Culture, arq: Architectural Research Quarterly, Drawing On, Graz Architecture Magazine, Journal of Architectural Education, Lo Squaderno, MONU, Scroope: Cambridge Architecture Journal, Outsiders for the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, and elsewhere. His drawings have been exhibited at The Lighthouse Glasgow, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, Ludoteca Venice Biennale, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and elsewhere. Cameron’s editorial projects include, with Samuel Penn, Accounts (Pelinu, 2019); with Lorens Holm, Architecture and Collective Life for a special double issue of Architecture and Culture (Taylor & Francis, 2020); and with Nadia Bertolino and Cristina Mattiucci, Care and Critical Action for a special issue of the open access independent journal Lo Squaderno (Professionaldreamers, 2023). Cameron’s latest book is Analogical City (Punctum, 2024). With Andreas Lechner, Cameron is guest editor of the forthcoming [2026] Peripheries-Peripherocene special issue of The Journal of Architecture. Cameron was Principal Investigator on the Northumbria University funded project Peripherocene (2023), which investigated the corollary between Anthropocene forces and the production of peripheral urban space. With Andreas Lechner, Cameron leads the international network, Peripheries.

Further Information

Cameron holds a PhD in History and Theory of Architecture from the University of Dundee Geddes Institute for Urban Research with a thesis on Aldo Rossi’s Analogical City. He graduated with a Masters in Architecture with distinction from University of Dundee School of Architecture (2009), with awards for Best Project in a Civic Context and a RIAS Drawing Award. Cameron has held research fellowships with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) (2018), University of Edinburgh Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) (2014), and as University of Dundee Geddes Fellow for Doctoral Studies (2009–14). 

Cameron has led design studio and theory programs at: Northumbria University, University of Central Lancashire, Dundee School of Architecture, Edinburgh Napier University School of Arts, Wuhan School of Architecture, and Hong Kong VTC Architecture. Cameron has been invited speaker at IUAV Venice, TU Dresden, TU Graz, Manchester MMU, Glasgow Mackintosh School of Architecture, AA London, The Cooper Union New York, and elsewhere. He sits on the Editorial Review Board of the Quartile 1 journal Archnet-IJAR, the Design Research Society, and the College of Reviewers for UKRI.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Architecture, PhD, The Architecture of Analogy, University of Dundee

1 Sept 20093 Feb 2014

Award Date: 28 May 2014

Architecture, MA (Hons), Analogical Dundee, University of Dundee

Award Date: 1 Jun 2009

Architecture, BA (Hons), University of Dundee

Award Date: 22 Jun 2006

External positions

AE Foundation

1 May 2011 → …

Research Group keywords

  • Urban Futures

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