Geoff has been appointed as an Honorary Advisor for the University Research Center Urban and Environmental Studies (UES) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)!

Geoff was recently invited to discuss his relationship with the elements (earth, water, fire and air) as part of a series of podcasts by The Living Project (https://www.thelivingproject.life/home). As a committed glider pilot and instructor, Geoff selected air as the focus for his podcast which can be accessed at : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/20-in-conversation-with-geoff-payne/id1514996530?i=1000499504426  Enjoy listening!

Geoff was happy to celebrate the 25th anniversary of establishing GPA on 01 October by inviting many friends and colleagues to a zoom ‘party with a purpose’ that was organised and brilliantly moderated by GPA Associate Cemre Sahinkaya.  Over thirty people joined covering fifteen times zones thanks to Zoom and we exchanged ideas on the […]

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has launched a new campaign ‘Plan The World We Need’ https://www.rtpi.org.uk/ for which they invited Geoff to write a blog about UK policy on addressing the climate crisis.                                                […]

Geoff is pleased to carry on lecturing at the  Mundus Urbano master’s degree course at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany in May 2020! Due to the corona-virus restrictions, the classes were undertaken online with the high motivation of the students of the programme. The class was made up of 21 students from 13 different countries […]