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Jo Foord


Mugshot Jo

Principal Research Fellow

+44 (0)207 133 5051

j.foord@londonmet.ac.uk

Research Interests and Expertise

  • Social and cultural inequalities in cities
  • Governance in disadvantaged urban areas
  • Mixed-use developments and quality of life in inner city neighbourhoods
  • Local cultural policy and creative industries
  • Consumption and retail change

Dr Jo Foord has a research and teaching background in Human Geography and has worked in local government. Her particular research interests are in urban social and cultural inequalities. She is currently completing research into the governance of disadvantaged urban areas in Vancouver as part of a comparative study of Canadian ad British cities and engaged in multidisciplinary research into the quality of life in mixed-use inner city neighbourhoods. She has also undertaken research into local cultural policy and creative industries, consumption and retail change, and gendered employment all within the context of the uneven development of city spaces.

Current/ recent projects and awards

  • 2004 Training and Education for Regeneration Professionals, Higher Education and Innovation Fund; (with S.Bagwell and J.Lewis)
  • 2004 Research Resource for the Kings Cross-Finsbury Park Priority Area Programme, London Development Agency; (with Graeme Evans, Jane Lewis)
  • 2003-8 VivaCity: Design and Decision-Making Tools for the 24 Hour City, EPSRC Sustainable Urban Environment Programme (with UCL, Salford, Sheffield Hallam universities). (Co-Researcher with G.Evans, R.Aiesha)
  • 2001-4 An Assessment of Success Factors in Policies of Social and Economic Regeneration in Canada and the UK, The Foundation for Canadian Studies in the UK/Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa; (with G.Evans, S.Shaw and M.Mason/LSE)


Publications

Journal articles

  • 2008 'Cultural mapping and Sustainable Communities: Planning for the
    Arts revisited', Cultural Trends 16(5) (with Graeme Evans)
  • 2007 Cultures of Settlement in East London Istanbul Journal of Urban Culture 60 pp 58-61 English Version Turkish Version (with G Evans)
  • 2000 'European Funding of Culture: Promoting Common Culture or Regional Growth', Cultural Trends 36: 53-87 (with G.Evans)
  • 1999 'Creative Hackney: Reflections on Hidden Art', Rising East, 5.3 Autumn: 38-66
  • 1995 "Relational contracting: UK retailers and manufacturers" International Journal of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research 5.3 (with S.R. Bowlby)
  • 1992 "Changing consumption patterns in the retail supply chain: geographical and employment implications" International Journal of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research 2.2: 133-150 (with S.R. Bowlby and C. Tillsley)
  • 1992 "Changing relations in the retail supply chain: geographical and employment implications" International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management 20.3: 23-39 (with S.Bowlby)

Books/Chapters

  • 2007 'The Generation of Diversity: Mixed Use and Urban Sustainablity' (with Graeme Evans)in Urban Sustainability Through Environmental Design: Approaches to time-people-place responsive urban spaces Eds. Porta, S., Thwaites, K., Romice, O., and Greaves, M. Taylor & Francis 2006 'Small Cities for a Small Planet: sustaining the Cultural Renaissance' (with Graeme Evans) In Jayne & Bell (eds) Small cities: urban experience beyond the metropolis. Routledge pp.151-168
  • 2004 'Whose Hidden Assets? Inner city potential for social cohesion and economic competitiveness' (with Norman Ginsburg). In Boddy, M. and Parkison, M. (eds) City Matters...,. Bristol, Policy Press:
  • 2003 'Cultural Planning in East London' (with Graeme Evans). In Kirkham, N. and Miles, M. (eds) Cultures & Settlement. Advances in Art & Urban Futures Volume 3. Bristol, Intellect Books: 15-30
  • 2002 'Shaping the Cultural Landscape: Local Regeneration Effects',(with G.Evans). In Miles, M. and Hall, T. (eds), Urban Futures Critical Commentaries on Shaping the City. London, Routledge: 167-181
  • 2000 'Landscapes of Cultural Production and Regeneration', in Benson, J. and Rose, M. (eds) Urban Lifestyles: Spaces, Places, People, Balkema, Rotterdam: 53-87 (with G.Evans)
  • 1996 "Changing retailer-supplier relationships in the UK" in N.Wrigley and M. Lowe (eds) Consumption and Capital: Towards the New Economic Geography of Retailing, Longmans (with S.R. Bowlby and C. Tillsley)

Reports

  • 2008 North Northamptonshire Cultural Infrastructure Study. February, pp.137 (with Graeme Evans, and EDAW)
  • Creative Spaces: Strategies for Creative Cities, London Development Agency
    2007 (with Graeme Evans and Phyllida Shaw)
  • 2004 Report to the LDA: King's Cross-Arsenal-Finsbury Park Priority Programme Research Resource (with Evans, G., Foord, J.)
  • 1999 Putting Stepney Back on the Cultural Map: An Investigation into the Potential for Local Cultural Activity; Stepney SRB, L.B.Tower Hamlets (with G.L. Evans and J.White)

Other

  • 1997 Feminist Geographies: Explorations in Diversity and Difference Longman (collective contribution to Women and Geography Study Group authored book)







 

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