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Andrew Shaw is a designer, researcher and educator, focusing on sustainability and climate change themes, especially in the urban environment.

I work to make cities more sustainable and inclusive by connecting research, design, and education. I'm focused on helping communities and students address climate change and build fairer, more resilient urban spaces.

Below you will find a mix of thoughts and writing on different matters, as well as updates on projects I am working on

Andrew Shaw Design 7/15/26 Andrew Shaw Design 7/15/26

Harnessing Leisure Communities for Flood Disaster Risk Management

Andrew Shaw Design 7/14/26 Andrew Shaw Design 7/14/26

Making Place! Webinar

It all begins with an idea.

Andrew Shaw Design 6/16/26 Andrew Shaw Design 6/16/26

Innovation for Recovery

It all begins with an idea.

Andrew Shaw Design 6/11/26 Andrew Shaw Design 6/11/26

Rooted in Place: Belonging, Culture and the City

It all begins with an idea.

Andrew Shaw Design 6/8/26 Andrew Shaw Design 6/8/26

The Next Generation of City Makers and a Good Place bench

It all begins with an idea.

Andrew Shaw Design 6/6/26 Andrew Shaw Design 6/6/26

“No Argument”. Residents enforcing tourist decorum

It all begins with an idea.

Andrew Shaw Design 5/24/26 Andrew Shaw Design 5/24/26

Urban Culture and Tourism workshops, Erasmus University, Rotterdam

It all begins with an idea.

Andrew Shaw Design 4/9/26 Andrew Shaw Design 4/9/26

Leisure as a Game of Permissions: Women’s Leisure in Contemporary India

It all begins with an idea.

Andrew Shaw Design 3/15/26 Andrew Shaw Design 3/15/26

Placemaking Weekend India, 2026

It all begins with an idea.

Andrew Shaw Design 2/18/26 Andrew Shaw Design 2/18/26

Future of Hotels book chapter

The Future of Hotels

Andrew Shaw Design 12/14/25 Andrew Shaw Design 12/14/25

Urban Life & Placemaking: Educating future placemakers

It all begins with an idea.

Andrew Shaw Design 12/7/25 Andrew Shaw Design 12/7/25

MA in Disaster Risk Management & Climate Governance

Andrew Shaw Design 9/28/25 Andrew Shaw Design 9/28/25

Placemaking Week Europe 2025

Andrew Shaw Design 7/15/25 Andrew Shaw Design 7/15/25

Asset-Based Community Development for developing Nature-based Solutions

Asset-Based Community Development for Nature-Based Solutions

Andrew Shaw Design 7/6/25 Andrew Shaw Design 7/6/25

Guest Lecture at the University of Mysore, India

Guest Lecture at the University of Mysore

Andrew Shaw Design 7/4/25 Andrew Shaw Design 7/4/25

(H)activate the City

Andrew Shaw Design 5/1/25 Andrew Shaw Design 5/1/25

Play/Act: A Place to Be - The Play/Act Placemaking Handbook

Play/Act Conference

Andrew Shaw Design 4/19/25 Andrew Shaw Design 4/19/25

InclusiveCity: Critical Placemaking for Inclusive Cities

Andrew Shaw Design 4/19/25 Andrew Shaw Design 4/19/25

Living in the City: The European Classroom of Urban Life & Placemaking

Living in the City: The international classroom of Urban Life & Placemaking

Andrew Shaw Design 3/9/25 Andrew Shaw Design 3/9/25

MSc thesis: Can’t we just compost our food waste? Towards a decision-making tool for On-site Food Waste Composting in Dutch Hotels

This blog is formed from my master thesis for an MSc in Environmental Management from the University of Derby in 2019.

The results of the observations of food waste disposal practices, an audit of food waste composition and amounts, as well as semi-structured interviews with key personnel and the critical assessment of the literature, are condensed to form design principles that summarise the requirements that a decision-making tool must meet in order to prove itself a useful instrument for the hospitality industry.