Rate My Professor Donald McNeill

McNeill’s research explores the intersections of human geography, economic sociology, spatial planning, urban design, and architecture, with a focus on the political and cultural economy of globalization and cities, including topics such as urban underground geographies and digital governance. He has acted as Chief Investigator on seven Australian Research Council grants, including a Future Fellowship for ‘Governing digital cities’ from 2012 to 2016. His ongoing projects include ‘The university and the city’ and ‘Indigenising the Built Environment in Australia’. In teaching, he specializes in urban design, urban theory, and the history of cities. McNeill has published extensively in human geography and urban studies, authoring key books such as The Global Architect: Firms, Fame and Urban Form (Routledge, 2008), New Europe: Imagined Spaces (Arnold, 2004), and Urban Change and the European Left: Tales from the New Barcelona (Routledge, 1999). Among his honors is the Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Researcher of the Year 2016 at Western Sydney University, and he currently serves as a Trustee of the Urban Studies Foundation.