Ed Parham is an Architect and Director of Innovation and Design at Space Syntax. These roles combine the development of tools to analyse cities with their application to real-world design and planning projects. The overarching objective behind these activities is to create better cities for people by understanding the interactions between urban systems. In his time at Space Syntax he has lead international multi-disciplinary design teams to masterplan capital cities and shaped the development of digital tools that enable untrained users to make evidence-informed decisions.