EDGE HILL RESEARCHER WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD

18 August 2004

EDGE HILL RESEARCHER WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD

Dr Joanna Poon, Research Funding Officer at Edge Hill College of Higher Education triumphed at the European Real Estate Society 2004 Conference in Milan, winning the Emerald Gerald Brown Award 2003 for her article entitled 'Investment Performance within Urban Regeneration Locations?.

The article, co-authored by Joanna and a group of academics from the University of Ulster, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow won the award for Best Paper in the area of Real Estate and Investment, following its publication in the Journal of Property Investment and Finance last year. The Journal is the international forum for the exchange of information and ideas relating to the commercial property market.

The Emerald Gerald Brown Award is a prestigious accolade for researchers investigating regeneration and urban policy, named after the first UK researcher to develop the property price index.

Joanna, who has worked at Edge Hill since February 2003, said: "I am thrilled that my work has been formally recognised by the European Real Estate Society. My colleagues and I hope that the article will be a useful reference point for professionals, as well as those studying investment performance. "

Joanna?s research project, Benchmarking of Urban Regeneration Property Price Index, measures the performance of property located in urban regeneration locations. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Office for the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) collectively fund the research. ENDS EDITOR?S NOTES: For further press information please contact: Roisin Rowley-Smith PR Manager Tel: 01695 584509 Fax: 01695 584355 E mail: rowlesr@edgehill.ac.uk or pressoffice@edgehill.ac.uk