Research Group

Economy, Society and Governance

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

About

We research:

Economic geographies, including: regional development and growth, evolutionary economic geography, industrial policy, the creative economy, entrepreneurship, firm creation, business networks, and postcapitalist craft economies.

Social geographies, including: migration, diaspora, heritage, gender, care, everyday life, and affect.

Political geographies, including: governance, citizenship, political participation, diaspora governance, nationalism, regional and local governance, intermunicipal cooperation, civil society, art and activism, urban protest, urbanisation and conflict, digital democracy, and digital refusal.

People, projects and publications

People

Nick Clarke
Professor of Political Geography
I’m a political and urban geography specialist with a research focus on governance and citizenship.
Julie Vullnetari
Associate Dean EDI
I research migration, aging, care, remittances, bordering, and everyday life in socialist societies.
Brian Hracs
Associate Professor
I’m interested in how digital technologies and global competition are reshaping the marketplace and working lives in the creative economy.