Professor of Regional Political Economy, University of Glasgow
Before moving to Glasgow, I worked at the Universities of Durham, Middlesex and Aberdeen as a researcher, lecturer in economic geography and in economic development.
My research interests include economic geography, urban and regional development, public ownership, economic democracy and employment relations.
Economic democracy: why handing power back to the people will fix our broken system
Dec 09, 2019 04:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Behind the superficial froth of the UK election campaign, the competing parties are offering fundamentally different visions of the economy, who controls it and who benefits from it. The Conservatives and, to some extent,...
New index of economic marginalisation helps explain Trump, Brexit and alt.right
Jan 14, 2017 07:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
If 2016 brought Brexit, Donald Trump and a backlash against cosmopolitan visions of globalisation and society, the great fear for 2017 is further shocks from right-wing populists like Geert Wilders in Holland and Marine Le...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India