White, Richard Academic Curriculum Vitae Nov 2008

RICHARD JAMES WHITE [email protected]

Office: Faculty of Development and Society Sheffield Hallam University City Campus Sheffield S1 1WB Tel: 0114 255 2899

Education and Qualifications 2001 – 2005

PhD Department of Geography, University of Leicester Title of Thesis: Understanding the process and complex dynamics of mutual aid Passed March 2006.

1999-2000

MSc in Human Geography, University of Leicester Title of Thesis: Geographies of self-provisioning and mutual aid: some case study evidence from Leicester. Passed December 2000.

1996 – 1999

B.A Geography, University of Leicester Upper second class honours degree (July 1999) Modules taken: Philosophy of Geography, Political Geography, Restructuring Economies, Cultural Geography, Quantitative Methods, Development Studies, Urban Geography

Academic Awards and Grants

2001– 2004

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Studentship

Employment History

November 2007 to present

Lecturer in Economic Geography, Faculty of Development and Society, Sheffield Hallam University

October 2004 to October 2006

Research Associate, Institute for Employment Research University of Warwick Publications by Richard White Page 1

September 2000 – March 2001

Research Associate, Department of Geography University of Leicester

Recent Publications 1. Williams CC and White R J (2008) “Variations in the nature of the hidden economy and its public policy implications” in D. Henckel, G. Spars and F Wukovitsch (eds) Arbeiten in der Grauzone, Peter Lang: Frankfurt 2. Green AE and White R J (2008) “Shaped by place: young people’s decisions about education, training and work” Benefits: The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, Vol 16. No 3, pp 213-224 3. Green, AE. and White R J (2007) “Shifting Horizons: Attachment to place, (im)mobility and labour market prospects of young people”, Joseph Rowntree Foundation: York 4. White RJ and Williams CC (2005) Informal Volunteering and Older People AGEToday, Issue 5 Citizenship: The difference older people make, Help the Aged: London 5. Williams CC and White RJ (2003) Conceptualising Social Inclusion – Some Lessons for Action, Municipal Engineer Volume 156: issue ME2 pp. 91-96 6. Williams CC and White RJ (2002) Tackling Rural Transport Problems: A Third Sector Approach, European Research in Regional Science, vol. 12 7. Williams CC and White RJ (2002) The transformation of English rural communities, Municipal Engineer Volume ME151 Issue 03 8. White RJ and Williams CC (2002) Challenging the Rural Idyll, Leicester Latitude, University of Leicester 9. Williams CC and White RJ (2001) Evaluating the role of the social economy in tackling rural transport problems: some case study evidence from rural England, Planning Practice and Research, vol.16: 3/4, pp.345-356. 10. Williams CC and White RJ (2001) Village People in Local Government News, Vol. 23 No.7, p.23. Reports 1. Hasluck C, Bimrose J, Barnes S-A, Brown J, Marris L, McGivern G, Orton M and White R J (2006) "Evaluation of Skills Coaching trials and Skills Passports, A synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence" Warwick Institute for Employment Research. Department for Work and Pensions, Research Report No.391 2. Green, A., Homenidou, K., White, R.J. and Wilson, R. Warwick (2006) Working Futures 2004-14: Spatial Report, Coventry: Institute for Employment Research. 3. Hasluck, C., Bimrose, J. Barnes, S-A. & McGivern, G. with White, R.J and Orton, M. (2005) 'Evaluation Of skills coaching trials and skills passports: Stage 1 Report: Early lessons from implementation and delivery.' Warwick Institute for Employment Research. Report for the Department for Work and Pensions.

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4. Sanderson, I., Green, A., and White, R.J.. (2005) Employment Strategies in Newham and Hull NDC: Research Report 62, Sheffield Hallam University

Editorial Responsibilities

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Journal of Critical Animal Studies Senior Speaker for

Transformative Studies Institute

Wider research interests 

Re-thinking 'the economic' in economic geography.

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Harnessing alternative futures for work.

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Exploring the geographies of informal economic activities

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Moral geographies and the political economy of animal rights

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Young people’s bounded horizons and attachment to place

Wider Teaching interests 

Economic geography

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Political Economy

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Radical Philosophy

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Dissident and critical geographies

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Moral geographies and the political economy of animal rights

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Research methods in the social sciences

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Theorizing urban change and conflict

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Protest movements

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