Alasdair Reid
Alasdair Reid

Mr Alasdair Reid BSc (Hons), MSc, PG Cert, FHEA, MRICS

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Biography

Alasdair is a researcher specialising in sustainable urban development. Since joining ENU, he has been involved in several high profile research projects (including SURegen, CLUE, EXPGOV, Smart Accelerator, Online S3) and his research activities have culminated in the publication of numerous academic papers, books, book chapters, white papers, conference papers, consultancy reports and online literature. Alasdair is also a lecturer within the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, teaching primarily on the Real Estate programmes.

Alasdair holds a first class honours degree in Real Estate Management (RICS accredited), a masters degree in City Planning and Regeneration (RTPI accredited) and a Pg Cert in Learning, Teaching and Assessment Practice in Higher Education. He is a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor (MRICS) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

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  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

 

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  • Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor (MRICS)

 

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Combining Co-Citation Clustering and Text-Based Analysis to Reveal the Main Development Paths of Smart Cities

Journal Article
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2019)
Combining Co-Citation Clustering and Text-Based Analysis to Reveal the Main Development Paths of Smart Cities. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 142, 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.019
Bibliometrics is a powerful tool for analyzing knowledge domains and revealing their cognitive-epistemological structure. Different mathematical models and statistical techniq...

Online S3 D2.3 - Online S3 mechanism for knowledge-based policy advice

Report
Komninos, N., Panori, A., Kakderi, C., Reid, A., Cvijanović, V., Roman, M., …Badii, L. (2018)
Online S3 D2.3 - Online S3 mechanism for knowledge-based policy advice. European Commission
No abstract available.

Online platforms for smart specialisation strategies and smart growth

Conference Proceeding
Panori, A., Angelidou, M., Mora, L., Reid, A., & Sefertzi, E. (2018)
Online platforms for smart specialisation strategies and smart growth. In Regions at a Turning Point: Post-Digital Communities, New Regionalism and Re-Nationalisation - Sustainable Development Implications, (96-102
This paper reports on the findings of the Online-S3 project, funded under the Horizon 2020 Programme (ISSI-4-2015), which tries to address the challenge of strengthening regio...

Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research

Conference Proceeding
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2018)
Smart City Development Paths: Insights from the First Two Decades of Research. In A. Bisello, D. Vettorato, P. Laconte, & S. Costa (Eds.), Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions: Results of SSPCR 2017, (403-420). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75774-2
More than 20 years have now passed since the concept of smart city first appeared in a scholarly publica-tion, marking the beginning of a new era in urban innovation. Since th...

Stylized Facts on Smart Specialisation Research

Conference Proceeding
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2018)
Stylized Facts on Smart Specialisation Research. In M. Bozina Beros, N. Recker, & M. Kozina (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development, (176-185
Smart Specialisation has generated a paradigmatic change in regional innovation policies and the European Union has shown a strong interest in supporting research that investi...

The Research and Innovation of Smart Specialisation Strategies: The Transition from the Triple to Quadruple Helix

Conference Proceeding
Deakin, M., Mora, L., & Reid, A. (2018)
The Research and Innovation of Smart Specialisation Strategies: The Transition from the Triple to Quadruple Helix. In M. Bozina Beros, N. Recker, & M. Kozina (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development, (94-103
This article suggests the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EPD) that underlies Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) is not so much caught in th...

Smart specialisation strategies in the post-linear era of research and innovation

Conference Proceeding
Deakin, M., Mora, L., & Reid, A. (2017)
Smart specialisation strategies in the post-linear era of research and innovation. In P. Ketikidis, & A. Solomon (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development. , (529-539
Smart specialisation can be considered an entrepreneurial discovery process which makes it possible to identify where regions can benefit from specialising in specific areas o...

The embedded intelligence of smart cities: urban life, citizenship and community

Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2017)
The embedded intelligence of smart cities: urban life, citizenship and community. International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 4(4), 62-74. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJPADA.2017100105
This paper reviews Mitchell’s thesis on the transition from the city of bits to e-topia. The review finds it wanting and suggests the problems encountered with the thesis rest...

Online S3 D2.2 - Open consultation and workshops: specifications from the users

Report
Deakin, M., Reid, A., & Mora, L. (2017)
Online S3 D2.2 - Open consultation and workshops: specifications from the users. European Commission
No abstract available. Report produced in the framework of the Horizon 2020 research project Online S3 (ONLINE Platform for Smart Specialisation Policy Advice)

Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones

Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2018)
Smart cities: Under-gridding the sustainability of city-districts as energy efficient-low carbon zones. Journal of Cleaner Production, 173, 39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.054
This paper reviews the literature on smart cities. Offering a critical synthesis of the material, it advances a Triple Helix inspired account of smart cities as future interne...