About the Centre for Advanced Built Environment Research (CABER)

CABER team

The Centre for Advanced Built Environment Research (CABER) is co-directed by Professor Alice Moncaster and Professor Patrick Manu.

The theme leads support the directors in steering the Centre, and ensure the full breadth of research activities and disciplines are considered within decision-making:

• Dr Alireza Moghayedi and Dr Eduardo Costa - Digital built environment
• Dr Hector Archila Santos and Dr Maurizio Sibilla – Sustainable design, materials and building performance
• Grazyna Wiejak-Roy and Dr Jim Mason - Management, governance and resilience of property and land

The engagement coordinators support the directors through leading our seminar series, with creating our website content and social media, and through developing specific engagement activities for early career researchers:

• Dr Lidia Badarnah
• Dr Eduardo Costa
• Dr Ghada Karaki
• Dr Xiaojun Luo
• Dr Abhinesh Prabhakaran
• Dr Maurizio Sibilla
• Grazyna Wiejak-Roy

An external advisory committee help to ensure that CABER research continues to have maximum impact and engagement in the complex challenges facing our built environment.

• Akin Akande, Vinci Construction
• Charles Bradshaw-Smith, SMARTKLUB
• Christiana Makariou, Goram Homes
• Diana Waldron, Woodknowledge Wales
• Fiona Moore, nima
• James Kavanagh, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• John Hayes, GMS Global
• Martin Self, Xylotek
• Morwenna Slade, Ingleton Wood
• Richard Broad, The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP)
• Stuart Clear, Balfour Beatty 
• Stuart Powlesland, Avison Young
• Tim Clement, Morgan Sindall
  
   

CABER impact map

Discover how CABER is shaping policy across the world.

One of CABER’s main objectives is to ensure research continues to have maximum impact and engagement in the complex challenges facing our built environment. To evidence how research carried out by CABER members is impacting policy around the world, we are sharing our Impact Map above, powered by powered by Overton’s impact engine. Overton Index is the world's largest policy and grey literature database, showing how ideas spread and evidence is used in policy, providing a fuller picture of the influence of research.

Visit Overton to view the full report for CABER’s impact around the world. Alternatively, you can view the full report (PDF) (updated 26 January 2026).

Finally, learn more about the research leading to policy change by visiting the profiles of CABER members included in the Overton report, namely:

• Dr Lidia Badarnah
• Professor Jessica Lamond
• Professor Patrick Manu
• Professor Alice Moncaster
• Dr Freya Wise