Race, Faith and Planning in Britain

Richard Gale is a Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University. Richard has researched extensively on the relationship between ethnic and ethno-religious diversity and local authority planning. In particular, he has a longstanding interest in the relationship between planning and the spatial politics of religious minority identity, on which he has published widely over the last two decades., Richard co-led the ’Faith and Place Network’ with Dr Andrew Rogers of Roehampton University and has participated in several consultancies on the theme of faith and planning, under commission to central, local and devolved governments in the UK.

Huw Thomas is Emeritus Reader in the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University. He has researched and written about planning in racialized societies for thirty years. His work has been published in many international journals, including Environment and Planning A, Environment and Planning C, Area, Cities, European Planning Studies, Planning Theory and Practice, Planning Practice and Research and Town Planning Review. Other current research interests are aspects of planning theory and planning education, in which he has also published widely.