Janice Morphet has been engaged in planning practice and research for nearly 50 years. She has worked in local, regional and central government organizations and been employed as a consultant. She has been a trustee of the RTPI and TCPA and was a member of the ODA’s Planning Decisions Committee for London 2012. Janice has been involved in planning education and research throughout her career. She was the head of a large school of planning and landscape and has been a Visiting Professor in the Bartlett School of Planning at UCL since 2005. Janice holds degrees in sociology, politics, management and literature and is a Fellow of the RTPI and of the Academy of Social Sciences.