Since April 2011 and on-going: Programme Director for the MSc Sustainable Architecture Studies (MSc SAS) which involves co-ordinating teaching and timetabling across MSc SAS and within the PGT programmes, managing the MSc SAS teaching budget; handling admissions to the MSc SAS; supervising design tutors and external guest reviewers; and co-ordinating the external examiners visits.

My teaching approach is governed by the concept of ‘witnessing’ – within the design studio this has led to projects whereby students are taken out of their everyday situation and encouraged to walk in another’s shoes and see the world the way that others see it. This may involve spending several hours in a cold artists’ studio in winter in order to understand the thermal comfort and daylighting needs; or building with straw-bales under the supervision of a professional straw-bale builder. Wherever possible I invite practitioners and specialists into the School to share their experiences – this led to a revision of the entire teaching on ARC6840 in order to host an annual conference called ‘RE-Architecture (Renewable Energy Architecture)’ which involved guest speakers from industry. The design studios are ‘live studios’; predominantly led by practitioners; which engage with local communities and organisations in order to develop an ‘architecture of service’ as the design of sustainable buildings must embrace both the highest levels of environmental performance, and be socially just.

Module leader for:
ARCXXXX Sustainable Design Project 1 (15 credits)
ARCXXXX Sustainable Design Project 2 (30 credits)
ARC6821 Materials for Low Impact Buildings - Theory (15 credits)
ARC6822 Materials for Low Impact Buildings - Practical (15 credits)
ARC6840 Renewable Energy (15 credits)
ARC6990 Advanced Project (60 credits)

I also contribute to:
ARC6710 Advanced Study and Research Methods 1 (15 credits)
ARC6771 Future Climates in Architecture (15 credits)

Supervisor for:
ARC322 Special Study (20 credits)
ARC6990 Advanced Project (60 credits)

My research addresses current policies such as the Code for Sustainable Homes which aims to deliver a step-change in the housebuilding industry, whereby the design and construction of housing is rethought to create environments that are more efficient in the way that they use energy – for example through the provision of cycle stores, extra insulation and the specification of white goods. What is not often considered is how these policy goals influence culture, values, meanings and identities of both those who inhabit the resulting eco-homes, and those involved in design, planning and construction. Adopting a relational approach enables understanding of the ways in which an inhabitant may transition: from someone who just bought a house because it was in a convenient location with the desired number of bedrooms; to someone who seeks to live up to the values embedded in their eco-home. It also provides insights into the process of design and the transition of the designer or planner from someone who is just working on another development to someone who champions the making of eco-homes.

My most recent empirical work involved interviews with policy-makers, practitioners, communities and interest groups in relation to three case studies which represented the range of current eco-home developments: from the speculative development of large eco-housing estates by volume housebuilders; to a development led by an environmental idealist; to the one-off, architect led, self-built eco-home using novel construction techniques. Overall the research provided a contextual understanding of the complexities and contingencies which underlie the realisation of a sustainable built environment. As the research considered whole developments as well as individual eco-homes, the scope of the research expanded beyond the walled confines of ‘home’ to consider the forming of communities through the shared use of HomeZones, car barns, shuts and passageways, allotments and gardens.

Whilst my disciplinary background is planning and architecture, my research approach has been interdisciplinary, drawing on theories from sociology, geography and anthropology and therefore I approach multi-disciplinary problems with flexibility and value alternative research paradigms.

2012 Received £2564 from the Faculty of Social Sciences REF Environment Workshops and Seminars Fund to host a conference in January 2013
2012 Received £1080 plus £144 expenses for a SURE (Sheffield Undergraduate Research Experience) studentship for Andrew Sadler. Research project: ‘Re-made in Sheffield’
2011 Exceptional Contribution Award from the University of Sheffield
2009 Awarded a Travel Grant of $145 by the Environmental Perception and Behavioral Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG)
2008 Received a travel bursary to attend the UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference from the organisers
2007 Received £1621 from the Excellence Exchange Scheme, University of Sheffield for a three week trip to visit Rural Studio at Auburn University, Alabama
2005 ESRC 1+3 Studentship Award number PTA-031-2005-00374

First supervisor to Hyunju Jang: PhD title: Climate change adaptation planning for the refurbishment of residential towers in South Korea (September 2011-August 20

2012: Committee Member of the Planning and Environmental Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society
2012: Fellowship of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) reference 797581
2009: Associate of the Higher Education Academy (AHEA) recognition reference 38219

Refereed Journals – in Press
Jones, L. (2012). "The transformative process of ‘living-with’ an eco-home – a case study of Allerton Bywater Millennium Community, England." Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Reports
Adams, D., Leishman, C., Watkins, C. and Cartlidge, L. (2009) Understanding Builder to Builder Residential Land Transactions. London: Department for Communities and Local Government (N.B. Dr Lucy Jones was formerly known as Lucy Cartlidge)

Conference papers
2011 “Witnessing in Architectural Education” The 2011 China – UK – Korea Trilateral Conference on Architectural Design Education in the Media Era hosted by Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China, 7th September

2011 “The making of eco-homes in England” Invited guest lecture at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China, 5th September

2011 “A socio-technical study of eco-home residents” The European Straw Bale Gathering (ESBG), Bouzov, Czech Republic, 26th August

2010 “The ‘making’ of eco-homes in England” Science Symposium, Graduate School of the Environment, Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Wales, 9th-10th October

2009 “Home Zones – Ideal Places?” Urban Design and Physical Form, Why can’t the future be more like the past? 23rd Congress of the Association of European School of Planning (AESOP), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, 15th-18th July
2009 “Sustainable living? Experiences and perceptions of 'making' eco-homes in England”, Unequal Places – Planning and Territorial Cohesion, The UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, Newcastle University, Newcastle, 1st-3rd April
2009 “The ‘making’ of eco-homes in England” Geographies of Sustainable Lifestyles 1: Conceptualising Consumption, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 22nd-27th March
2008 “The making of eco-housing and the coming-into-being of lived sustainability”, Urban and Rural Design and the Built Heritage, The UK-Ireland Planning Research Conference, Queen’s University, Belfast, 18th-20th March
2007 “Experiences and understandings of ‘eco-home’ in England”, Postgraduate Research on Planning, the Environment and Sustainable Development, Sustainability and Quality of Life, RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Royal Geographical Society, London, 28th-31st August

Organisation of conferences and sessions

2012 Organised and chaired the RE-Architecture (Renewable Energy – Architecture) Conference, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, 5th March

2009 Convening and chairing the session “Valuing Place: Environmental Policy Formation and Enactment” with Guillaumette Haughton (University of Sheffield) sponsored by the Planning and Environment Research Group (PERG), Geography, Knowledge and Society, RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Manchester, 26th-28th August