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Jeanette Fitzsimons

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Jeanette Fitzsimons

Lecturer

 https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6988-2973
20252025

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Biography

Jeanette is a lecturer in the UCC Department of Planning and is a qualified professional urban planner and urban designer. She teaches on the professionally accredited Masters in Planning and Sustainable Development, Postgraduate Diploma in Planning and Sustainable Development and contributes to undergraduate teaching for the Department of Applied Social Studies, the Department of Geography and to the BSc Public Health. Jeanette co-ordinated and taught the modules awarded Highly Commended by the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Excellence in Teaching Awards 2019 and supervised award winning student work at the Irish Planning Institute student awards in 2025. Jeanette has a BA (Geography and English) from UCC, a Masters in Regional and Urban Planning from UCD and a Masters of Science (Urban Design) from UCD. She is a corporate member of the Irish Planning Institute and member of the Urban Design Group. She is currently undertaking her doctoral research on the topic of compact growth and the role of planners, supervised by Dr Paula Russell and Dr Declan Redmond in the School of Architecture Planning and Environmental Policy, UCD. Jeanette has over ten years’ professional experience working as a senior urban designer and senior urban planner in multi-disciplinary consultancies in both Ireland and New Zealand.

Research Interests

Urban Planning; Urban Design; Compact Growth and Densification; Participation; Walkability; Healthy Cities; Town and Village Planning; Cities and Regeneration; Gender and Planning; Children and Planning; Community-Engaged Learning: Engaged Research; Skills of Planning Practice; Pedagogy of Planning; and International Planning.

Teaching Activities

Jeanette’s research interests relate to participatory planning, placemaking, planning pedagogy and enhancing the skills of planning students, processes of planning, healthy cities, international practices and urban design. Modules Co-Ordinated include: PD6113 Information and Engagement Skills in Planning (5 credits)PD6114 Planning Processes, Administration and Participation (5 credits)PD6118 Principles of Urban Design and Place-making (5 credits)PD6211 Plan-making and Forward Planning Skills (5 credits)PD6212 Planning Skills in Development Management and Assessment (5 credits)

Current PhD Students

Student NameProjectSupervisorsSupervision Period
Sandra O'HalloranPlanning After Harm: Redevelopment, Memory and the Governance of Former Sites of Institutional Abuse in IrelandDr Dan McCarthy, Jeanette Fitzsimons, Dr Karen Ray2025-present

Research Grants

Project Description

Period

Role

Collaborators

Funder

Award

Person- and place-centred housing impacts: Evaluating efforts to address vacancy and the efficient use of housing stock in Ireland2026-27Co-PIDr Maedhbh Nic Lochlainn (Department of Geography) and Dr Henrietta Zeffert (School of Law)Housing Agency€30,000
Determining environmental impacts on landscape - understanding landscape sensitivity in assessment of strategic plans and programmes2026-27Co-PIDr Karen Ray (PI) & Mr Brendan O'Sullivan (Department of Planning)EPA€140,000

Creating Healthy Places: Exploring teaching methods and tools for enhancing healthy places

2026Co-PIDr Monica O'Mullane (School of Public Health)Strategic Alignment of Teaching & Learning (SATLE) HEA funding€2,000

Creating Healthy Places: Exploring teaching methods and tools for enhancing healthy places

 		2026Co-PIDr Monica O'Mullane (School of Public Health)Collective Social Futures Event funding€300
Homes, neighbourhoods and the compact city2023-25Co-PI

Dr Karen Ray, Malmö University and Deusto University, Bilbao.

UNIC Engaged Research Seed Funding Pilot Scheme €7,740
Collaborative Town Centre Health Checks (CTCHCs) for Blarney and Tower 2020-22PICork City Council & The Heritage Council & student partnersDepartment of Rural and Community Development funding €15,600
Community Engaged Learning 2022PIstudent partnersStrategic Alignment of Teaching & Learning (SATLE) HEA funding€1,540

UCC Futures (primary)

  • Collective Social Futures

Other research affiliations

  • Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century (ISS21)
  • UCC Futures - Sustainability Institute
  • UCC Futures - Children

PhD Supervision

  • Available for PhD supervision

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  5. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  6. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  7. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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