Zachery Spire is a social researcher with a keen interest in design. Broadly, his work explores the material, social, and inter/intra-personal relations of people to spaces and places within learning environments.
His current research is a collaboration with Professor Billy Wong. (Professor, Director of Research & Evaluation, University of Reading) on the Leverhulme Trust funded research project Spatial belonging in Higher Education (2026-2029), investigating the influence of space (physical, digital, relational, and structural spaces) on university students’ belonging.
2 pieces
Newest first, since September 2020
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Before we ask students to belong, we should ask where
Billy Wong and Zach Spire look at how the spaces of university signal who belongs, and who is expected to already understand the rules
With Billy Wong
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From partners to prisoners, what is it about student accommodation?
For Zachery Spire, how we think about university accommodation is closely linked to how we think about universities – and current problems are highlighting issues with both.