Heather Ritchie
School of Planning
Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast
Heather was appointed Lecturer in Planning in the School of Natural and Built Environment in May 2023. Prior to joining QUB she was a lecturer in Spatial Planning and Energy Policy at Ulster University since 2009.
Heather has an undergraduate degree in Law from the University of Dundee, MSc Environmental Planning at QUB (2005) and PhD (2006-2011- also QUB).
Heather's research specialism is in Marine Spatial Planning and Stakeholder Engagement. She also has research interests in land-sea interactions, planning regulation at the coast and beyond, transboundary marine planning, energy and the environment, planning education, environmental impact assessment, planning law, aspects of planning regulation (developer contributions).
Heather has a record of accomplishment of publishing in the journals of Marine Policy, Ocean and Coastal Management, Land Use Policy, European Planning Studies and Energy Policy. Heather is also a Chartered Town Planner with the Irish Planning Institute, is a member of the Marine Planning Committee, and is currently in a deputation to the Marine Planning Education Committee.
Research Profiles and Social Media
Publications
- Ritchie, H. Ansong, J. and Flannery, W, 2022. Integrated marine spatial planning on the island of Ireland: Brexit and beyond. In: S. McKay and M. Murray (Eds.) Planning Law and Practice in Northern Ireland. Abington: Routledge. 2nd Edition
- Ritchie, H., Claydon, J., McElduff, L. and Slater, A., 2022. Independent Investigation in Marine Spatial Planning: necessary or discretionary? Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.
- Ansong, J., Ritchie, H., McElduff, L., Gee, K. and Zaucha, J., 2022. Pathways towards integrated cross-border MSP: Insights from Germany, Poland and the Island of Ireland, European Planning Studies, 15: 1-24.
- Ritchie, H. and McElduff, L., 2020. The whence and whither of Marine Spatial Planning: revisiting the social reconstruction of the marine environment in the UK. Maritime Studies, 19(3): 229-240.
- Kearney, M. and Ritchie, H., 2021. Developer contributions and community benefits: understanding the regulatory context for the implementation of a value-capturing instrument in Northern Ireland. Town Planning Review, 92(5): 615 – 642