Gerti Szili is an Urban Geographer with a background in urban and regional planning, environmentaI studies and anthropology. Her core research interests lie in investigating urban regeneration practice and governance and critiquing the various ways environmental discourses are mobilised within contemporary urban landscapes.

Other research interests include urban entrepreneurialism, environmental philosophy and politics, corporate environmentalism and greenwash, place making and city marketing, sustainable development - theory & practice, qualitative research methodologies, constructivist pedagogy, media analysis and ecolinguistics.