Your Research Project: A Step-by-Step Guide for the First-Time Researcher (Sage Study Skills Series)
Nicholas Wallimanis a qualified architect and Senior  Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes   University and a researcher  associate in the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. After many years  of practice in architecture in the UK and abroad, he returned to  academic life to do his PhD. This experience raised his interest in research  theory and methods, and he was subsequently asked by the university to write a  distance learning course to guide postgraduate students embarking on research  degrees. This course provided the raw material and incentive for writing this  book. He has subsequently published several other books on research theory and  methods for students and practitioners at various levels of expertise.He is currently conducting research with a team of  architects and environmental scientists as part of the Oxford Brookes Institute  for Sustainable Development. They are engaged in nationally and internationally  funded projects on a range of aspects of building technology, such as energy  saving building envelope design, mitigation of the effects of floods on  buildings and advanced construction methods. He has published numerous research  papers on aspects of architectural technology. He is also supervising several PhD  and Masters students. Despite this emphasis on science and technology, his work  with research students covers many other aspects of architecture and its  relationship to society, such as vernacular architecture, the effects of  westernisation, architectural education, conservation, administration and  sustainable design.