Julian Dobson

Research Associate

Julian Dobson is a ResPublica Research Associate. He is a writer, speaker and commentator on regeneration, place-making, civil society and social policy. He is also a trainer, adviser and facilitator, working with organisations on creative solutions to the problems of place.

He is the director of Urban Pollinators (www.urbanpollinators.co.uk), which helps make sense of regeneration, place-making and social change by sharing and applying ideas through research, writing, editing, and face to face learning. Julian was co-founder and for 12 years was editorial director of New Start, the national magazine for regeneration practitioners, and previously edited Inside Housing, the national weekly for social housing professionals. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and on the editorial board of the journal Local Economy.