Sean Cullen

Dr Sean Cullen is a Lecturer in the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast, specializing in architecture and urbanism’s response to climate change. His work explores sustainable resource use, net-zero innovations, and projective urban futures through design-led research. He coordinates Stage 2 undergraduate architecture studies and teaches on the MSc Future Urbanism program.

Research focuses on climate-responsive urban design, with projects like Movable-Nexus (Belmont Forum-funded) analyzing resource flows across six global cities, and Ideal Home (Innovate UK-funded) redesigning poultry housing for net-zero standards. Key interests include circular economies, urban agriculture, and UN Sustainable Development Goals related to sustainable cities (SDG 11) and climate action (SDG 13).

• Key Projects:
• M-NEX: Cross-cultural urban resource strategies
• Ideal Home: Net-zero poultry housing
• Future Island-Island (current): Design ecosystems for island sustainability

Awards include the 2022 Innovation in Teaching Fund for bamboo digital workshops and the 2018 UrbanSOS competition recognition. Collaborations span international workshops and interdisciplinary teams addressing climate resilience.