Les Dolega, PhD
Senior Analyst, CodeHut
Dr Les Dolega is a Senior Lecturer in Geography and Planning at the University of Liverpool, specialising in quantitative human geography, retail geography, and spatial analysis.
His research focuses on:
Retail centre performance and evolution
Town centres and high streets
Consumer behaviour and retail resilience
Spatial inequalities and demographic change
Advanced spatial and quantitative methods
He completed his PhD at the University of Southampton (2009–2012), researching the impact of the 2008–09 economic crisis on UK town centres.
Since joining Liverpool in 2016, he has led and contributed to multiple funded research projects examining:
Retail resilience and the impact of e-commerce
Town centre boundary delineation
Retail performance measurement
Spatial inequalities and ageing populations
Consumer and retail data analytics
He currently serves as:
Principal Investigator on a Nuffield-funded project examining ageing and spatial inequalities in England
Co-Investigator on several Consumer Data Research Centre projects
PhD supervisor for research on footfall, retail sales, and retail agglomerations
Assessment Officer for Geography
His work has been published in leading journals including:
Geoforum
Environment and Planning A
Environment and Planning B
Geographical Analysis
Cities
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services