Michael Watts
Qualifications
MLA Landscape Architecture
MSc and PhD in Economics
MA International Business
Experience
Michael joined rankinfraser in 2022 after graduating from the MLA Landscape Architecture programme at the University of Edinburgh. His graduating project focused on building economic, social, and physical resilience in a small community in the Azores through job creation, material reuse, and testing alternative agricultural practices.
Prior to the MLA, Michael taught economics at the University of Edinburgh including postgraduate lectures on sustainability and valuing the environment. His research interests included inequality, socio-economic mobility, and crime, and he has presented at major international conferences and workshops in Montreal, Barcelona, London, and Mannheim.