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Research Group

Economy, Society and Governance

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We are a group of human geographers with research interests in economic geographies, governance, and citizenship.

About

We research:

Economic geographies, including: regional development and growth, evolutionary economic geography, innovation, digital technologies, knowledge, craft, heritage, the creative economy, venture capital and firm finance, firm location and form, social enterprise, entrepreneurship, work location and form, and gender.

Governance and citizenship, including: welfare policy, local governance, urban policy, migration, borders, diaspora, care, gender, affect and emotion, everyday life, and popular understandings of politics.

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Brian Hracs

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: b.j.hracs@soton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Han Wang

Lecturer in Economic Geography

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: han.wang@soton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Jen Dickinson

Lecturer in Development Geographies

Research interests

  • models of diaspora mobilisation and governance, including policy at the national and international levels, the role of diaspora civil society and civil society, diplomacy & geopolitics
  • the impacts of diaspora economic and political mobilisation in origin countries, particularly on inequality, cultural heritage landscapes & tourism development
  • diaspora youth political voice & agency as active citizens

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.dickinson@southampton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Julie Vullnetari

Associate Dean EDI

Research interests

  • Linking migration to development
  • Older people in migration and development
  • Critical border studies

Email: j.vullnetari@soton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Lucie Glasheen

Teaching Fellow in Human Geography

Dr Nick Clarke

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Political geography
  • Urban geography
  • Governance and citizenship

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: n.clarke@soton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Paul Hurley

Snr Teaching Fellow in Academic Practice

Research interests

  • Participatory research
  • Inclusive academic practice
  • Creative methodologies

Accepting applications from PhD students

Professor Peter Sunley

Professor in Human Geography

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: p.j.sunley@soton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Rishika Mukhopadhyay

Lecturer in Development Geographies

Research interests

  • Critical heritage studies
  • Craft Economy
  • Southern Urbanism

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: r.mukhopadhyay@soton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ