Dr Rebecca Madgin is Senior Lecturer in Urban Development and Management (Urban Studies).Her current research explores the relationships between the economic and emotional values of heritage and their role in urban redevelopment since 1945. Specific projects include research that examines youth heritage in London funded by the AHRC; place attachment and heritage in Glasgow and how decisions about heritage are made in the context of rapid urbanisation in China.  Recently completed  AHRC funded projects include How should decisions about herrtage be made?, Affective Digital Histories: Re-creating Britain's De-industrial Places, 1970s to the Present and ‘Archives, Assets and Audiences: New Modes to Engage Audiences with Archival Content and Heritage Sites’.