Alexander Nurse

Alexander Nurse

Reader in Urban Planning

University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool

Alex Nurse is a Reader in Urban Planning, based in the Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool. His research interests cover city and city-regional governance, English devolution, and urban cycling.

He is the author of Rescaling Urban Governance (Policy Press, 2020) which examined how English sub-national devolution developed since 2010.

Lead on regional focus

Merseyside
Merseyside

News and blog posts

Blog post

JUST Centre Launch - Merseyside

30 October 2025

Publications

Article

Alexander Nurse Alessia Calafiore Richard Dunning

15-minute cities: how to separate the reality from the conspiracy theory

The Conversation

Report

Alexander Nurse

A Manifesto for Liverpool City Region

Heseltine Institute