Vikki Houlden

Dr. Vikki Houlden is a Lecturer in Urban Data Science at the University of Leeds. With a background in civil engineering and quantitative human geography, her research aims to understand the ways in which spaces and places embody inequalities, and the social structures influencing how people relate to their environment. She is particularly interested in how urban landscapes impact health and wellbeing. She has a Ph.D. in Urban Science from the University of Warwick, where she studied the relationship between urban greenspace and mental wellbeing, which remains her core research passion.