Chris Murray

Chris has worked at the forefront of UK urban policy – and with cities internationally – for over 25 years and in his previous role as Director of Core Cities UK helped lead a nationwide process of decentralisation and devolution to cities and city regions.

He helped found several urban initiatives, including 3Ci, the Cities Commission for Climate Investment; and the G7 ‘Urban7’, city networks from the G7 nations that advise on urban issues within the G7 process.

Prior to this Chris was a Director of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, and worked to establish the Academy for Sustainable Communities, a regeneration skills agency.

He is Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University’s Institute for Future Cities, Fellow at Liverpool University’s Heseltine Institute and a member of the University of Boston Massachusetts Cities Initiative External Advisory Board. Chris also chairs a working group tasked with creating a national Social Investment Pathfinder for the Liverpool City Region.

Earlier in his career he worked in regeneration, local government and psychiatry. He is author of several publications and books including ‘Psychology & The City: The Hidden Dimension’, co-authored with Charles Landry.