Sydney Ayers Mercer

Sydney Ayers Mercer is an accomplished academic and professional in the fields of architecture and urbanism. Currently serving as a Tutor in Architecture and Urbanism at The King's Foundation and a Book Reviews Editor for the Journal of Urbanism at Taylor & Francis Group, Sydney also contributes to the Commonwealth Heritage Forum as a Steering Group member for the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Commonwealth Heritage Skills Training Programme and as a Training & Education Consultant. Previous roles include Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at The University of Edinburgh and Graduate Tutor in History of Art at the same institution. Sydney's early experience includes positions at the National Trust for Scotland and Dartmouth College. Educational qualifications encompass a PhD and MScR from The University of Edinburgh, as well as a BA from Dartmouth College, underscoring a strong foundation in art history and architecture.