This Blog follows the recent release of a report for IUK by Professor Nick Clifton and Dr. Gary Walpole. The IPCC (UN) Climate Change Report (2023) generated stark headlines, warning of future existential crises if public and private sector actors do not make radical operational and strategic changes regarding all aspects of production and […]
The tenth Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society conference is titled ‘Global Crises, Mega Trends and Regional Development’ and will be held on 12-13 July 2023, at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK. The aim of this conference is to consider how the series of shocks, crises and megatrends that the world is facing may have major socio-economic […]
Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning (Education) University of Birmingham – School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Location: Birmingham Salary: £44,414 to £52,841 with potential progression once in post to £59,450, Grade 8 Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed On: 2nd May 2023 Closes: 30th May 2023 Job Ref: 101608 Salary: Full time starting […]
PhD Studentships, Cork University Business School (CUBS) (Funded – 4 Years) Closing Date for Applications: 30 Jun 2023 Overview: Cork University Business School (CUBS), University College Cork invites motivated and talented graduates with outstanding academic records to apply to our funded PhD Scholarship scheme. We are looking to recruit several full-time PhD students from across the […]
Reforming the Games: Securing sustainability in the Olympic Games bidding process Supervisory team: Dr Adam Talbot, Prof David McGillivray, and Dr Chloe Maclean The University of the West of Scotland is offering an exciting opportunity for a fully funded PhD studentship to explore the sustainability of reforms to the Olympics bidding process. Interest in hosting […]
Here at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford have a fully funded 3.5 year PhD vacancy currently open. The student will be expected to pursue a socio-technical, interdisciplinary approach, mobilizing a variety of concepts and theories from across policy studies, science and technology studies, sustainability transitions and governance more broadly. The studentship will benefit from […]
Recruiting for a permanent Lecturer in Social Policy. The closing date is 11th June This is the link to the post on the UCL website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?jobId=10081&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Social%20Policy
Are you an ambitious researcher and fascinated by urban mobility data? Are you interested in supporting social science research in a growing, multidisciplinary centre committed to using consumer data for the public good? Would you like to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities by making consumer- and “digital footprint” data […]
Current opportunity at University of Edinburgh for a Lecturer in Human Geography, specializing in climate/environmental justice: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/7255 This is an open-ended (permanent) contract, and the deadline for applications is June 8, 2023: “The School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh wishes to appoint a full-time Lecturer in Human Geography (Climate Justice/Environmental Justice) on an open-ended contract. […]
The Strategy and Organisation Division of the School of Management, University of Bath, is seeking to appoint a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Assistant/Associate Professors) to join our vibrant and collegial academic community! About you: We welcome applicants in any aspect of organisation studies, human resource management, or entrepreneurship/strategy/innovation. We are particularly interested in hearing from people with […]
The University of Northampton are recruiting a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Human Geography to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate would be delivering a second-year module on Populations and Migrations, and a third-year module, Geographies of Sport in the first semester, and contributing to Introducing Human Geographies, and Geographical Issues in the Majority Global South (1st […]
PhD Studentship in Human Geography: ‘North and South: Regional Health Inequalities in England’ Newcastle University Qualification Type: PhD Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Funding for: UK Students, EU Students, International Students Funding amount: Not Specified Hours: Full Time Placed On: 28th April 2023 Closes: 26th May 2023 Reference: GPSWT01 Award Summary Full tuition fees at the […]
About the Project The classical North-South spillover thesis no longer can account for the development dynamics across the globe, whereby the new millennium has witnessed the increasing rise of Neo-Techno-Nationalism (NTN) which is characterized by the nation state’s nationalistic ambitions to boost indigenous capabilities and to nurture leading position in key sectors. Unlike older forms […]
In 2022 the Levelling Up White Paper confirmed that regional inequalities in the UK have been steadily widening over recent decades, and that one of the key drivers of this divergence has been rapidly growing levels of income per head and productivity in London and the South East. However, a recent set of articles have […]
In addition to ethnicity, the department will consider other demographic characteristics as outlined for access and participation by the OfS (e.g. low polar quintile, low IMD quintile, disability, mature status, care giving, coming from a low performing school, no parental background in Higher Education). Undergraduate performance and A level grades at entry into university will […]
I am an economic geographer with research expertise on financial geography. My research interests include geographies of money and finance, global cities, service sectors and market formation, focusing particularly on issues of financialisation, knowledge networks, and economic development in Asia and their wider production networks with Europe. My work also draws upon interdisciplinary ideas from […]
Dariusz Wójcik is Professor at the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, and Fellow of St Peter’s College. His research focuses on economic geography, corporate governance, and finance. His book The Global Stock Market (Oxford 2011) explores the role of stock markets in the world economy. His book co-authored with Gordon L. Clark […]
Regional and urban sustainability transitions was the theme of the 2022 RSA Winter conference, set at the Holiday Inn in Bloomsbury, London, after a two-years break due to the pandemic. Sustainability transitions is a term used to describe the radical and structural shifts in socio-technical and socio-ecological systems that need take place to overcome the […]
Dr Robert Bowen is an International Entrepreneurship academic at Cardiff Business School at Cardiff University, and has previously held academic positions at Swansea University and Aberystwyth University in Wales, and the University of Nantes in France. He also currently holds a position of Visiting Professor at Audencia Business School in Nantes, France. Dr Bowen undertakes […]
Welcome to the 35th International Geographical Congress – Dublin 2024 Join us for this festival of Geography as we welcome more than 2,000 geographers from around the world to Dublin in summer 2024. Our programme will include: • Academic papers • Poster presentations • Fieldtrips and other excursions across the island of Ireland • Networking events for […]
Neil Lee is a Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE. He is also Professor II at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and theme convenor at the LSE’s International Inequalities Institute. His research has been funded by international and private sector organisations including the World Bank, OECD, the EIB, and Barclays Bank, and cited in […]
Locating Media Industries: Cities, Spaces, Places A Three-Day International Interdisciplinary Conference King’s College London Bush House, 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG 19-21 June 2023 Co-organisers: Professor Paul McDonald, Kings College London; Professor Andrew Spicer, University of the West of England Bristol Deadline for Proposals: 15 January 2023 We invite proposals for […]
To read the full paper on Brexit disruption and transborder leadership, click here. Across borders in the UK and mainland Europe, relationship-building activity that aims to stimulate problem solving and the co-creation of innovative projects and programmes has been a long-standing and important feature of city and regional development. Grand challenges and leadership […]
Sarah Ayres is a ‘Reader in Public Policy and Governance’ at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides the basis for two main strands of work. First, her research is concerned with devolution and decentralisation in both a UK and an international […]