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People in CeMoRe - Centre for Mobilities Research

  • Rosemary Betterton

  • Dr Monika Buscher

    Dr Monika Buscher

    I'm interested in how people collaborate, at work or elsewhere. Everyday material and epistemic practices - on the move or in situ - including experiences and practices of place-making, distributed collaboration, collective intelligence are the focus of my studies. My approach is ethnographic and an... Read more»
  • Dr Rebecca Catto

    Dr Rebecca Catto

    I am a sociologist researching the religious and non-religious in contemporary Britain with a particular interest in globalisation, Christian mission, law and youth. Recent highlights for me include completing The Young Atheists Research Project, and becoming a Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths, Univers... Read more»
  • Dr Paul Coulton

    Dr Paul Coulton

    My main research interests relate to the theories and practices associated with the design of novel games and playful experiences often using mobile as the primary platform and incorporating novel technologies such as Augmented Reality/Virtuality. The majority of this research is conducted using tec... Read more»
  • Dr Sondra Cuban

    Dr Sondra Cuban

    My current research projects are: an ESRC study, called, Home/Work: the roles of education, learning, and literacies in the networks and mobilities of migrant carers. It focuses on the gendered geographies of skilled migration at the intersections of labour, care, and rurality. The other project is ... Read more»
  • Professor Tim Dant

    Professor Tim Dant

    My research has always been in the sociology of culture and most recently has been on how television serves to sustain the morality of late modern societies. I have just published a book on this topic that was informed by teaching as well as research: Dant, Tim (2012) Television and the Moral Imagin... Read more»
  • Dr James Faulconbridge

    Dr James Faulconbridge

    I have three inter-related areas of research focus: Knowledge, learning and innovation My work uses theories of communities of practice as well as related theories of knowledge and learning to examine the practices and spaces of learning in different organisations. Relevant projects include: An ESRC... Read more»
  • Dr Anne-Marie Fortier

    Dr Anne-Marie Fortier

    I came to Lancaster in January 1999, following an 18 month postdoctoral fellowship in Montreal (my adopted city). Although I miss the radical weather of Quebec, I feel extremely privileged to be at Lancaster University. Also, having completed my PhD Goldsmiths' College (University of London), the re... Read more»
  • Dr Julia Gillen

    Dr Julia Gillen

    Journals I am co-editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy. Professional Associations and External Examining Member of: American Educational Research Association; British Association of Applied Linguistics; International Society for Cultural and Activity Research; the UK Literacy Association... Read more»
  • Dr Drew Hemment

    Dr Drew Hemment

    Drew Hemment is Associate Director of ImaginationLancaster. He explores the connections between people, emerging technologies and possible futures. In his research, art offers a set of resources for envisioning social and technological change in a way that is inherently participatory, and for openin... Read more»
  • Dr Mark Lacy

    Dr Mark Lacy

    I am currently writing a book on Paul Virilio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Virilio ) for Routledge's PRIO series (http://www.routledge.com/books/series/prio_new_security_studies_PRIONEWSEC/ ) on critical security studies. The book covers the main themes in Virilio's work, examining his work on... Read more»
  • Dr Adrian Mackenzie

    Dr Adrian Mackenzie

    I'm very interested in the lives of data, especially in databases but also in data analysis, modelling and 'analytics.'  I'm looking at changes in the work, productivity and situation of programmers, life scientists, and focusing on the transformations in technique, knowledge and products associated... Read more»
  • Professor Corinne May-Chahal

    Professor Corinne May-Chahal

    Social Responsibility and Gambling  A review of research to inform policy development on young people and gambling in the UK was published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a technical report Young People and Gambling in Britain. The research team, led by Professor May-Chahal, also w... Read more»
  • Professor Colin Pooley

    Professor Colin Pooley

    Colin Pooley has worked at Lancaster University since 1975 and has developed a broad research programme in the historical social sciences. With a background in human geography from the University of Liverpool much of his research is interdisciplinary with strong links to social history and sociology... Read more»
  • Dr Daniela Sangiorgi

    Dr Daniela Sangiorgi

    Daniela's research focuses on Service Design, which was also her PhD topic. She has investigated services as complex social systems, proposing holistic and participatory approaches to Service Design. In her most recent work she focuses on the applications and implications of "Personalisation" an... Read more»
  • Professor Elizabeth Shove

    Professor Elizabeth Shove

    See my personal web page for recent publications and details of past and present projects.   I came to Lancaster in 1995 as deputy director of the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change and was director of the Centre for Science Studies for a couple of years before joining the Sociology Depart... Read more»
  • Dr David Tyfield

    Dr David Tyfield

    Current Research Activities My current research develops my interests in the normative dimensions of the processes of knowledge production and their interaction with issues of global cultural political economy, especially regarding critical analysis of the emergence of a globalised "knowledge-based"... Read more»
  • Dr Imogen Tyler

    Dr Imogen Tyler

    All my research is concerned with social inequalities, power, injustice and resistance. My work examines why inequalities exist, why inequalities are currently growing (for example, patterns of neoliberalism, marketization, privatisation and the erosion of democracy, rights and welfare systems), the... Read more»
  • Professor John Urry

    Professor John Urry

    Research Interests His main research in recent years has been in advocating and developing a new paradigm for the social sciences, the new mobilities paradigm. This is explored in many theoretical and empirical publications including: Sociology Beyond Societies (2000) Automobilities (2004/5; c... Read more»
  • Dr Yoke-Sum Wong

    Dr Yoke-Sum Wong

    I struggle with my work and for a definition. Always the gaps, always the shadows, always the passing idea - and the scattered thoughts like rotting leaves in puddle-water. As Clifford Geertz writes, there is no synoptic picture here. How the message unfolds is a matter of interpretation. I work wit... Read more»

 

Honorary / Visiting

  • Pennie Drinkall

    My Role I have worked at Lancaster University since 1993 in various roles. I have been the administrator for CeMoRe (Centre for Mobililties Research) and the Managing Editor for Mobilities Journal since their humble beginnings in 2003. Office Hours The office is usually manned on Tuesdays but I most... Read more»

  • Rosemary Betterton

  • Dr Monika Buscher

    Dr Monika Buscher

    I'm interested in how people collaborate, at work or elsewhere. Everyday material and epistemic practices - on the move or in situ - including experiences and practices of place-making, distributed collaboration, collective intelligence are the focus of my studies. My approach is ethnographic and an... Read more»
  • Javier Caletrío

    Javier Caletrío

    Please visit my personal website for information about research and publications: http://javiercaletrio.com/ ... Read more»
  • Dr Rebecca Catto

    Dr Rebecca Catto

    I am a sociologist researching the religious and non-religious in contemporary Britain with a particular interest in globalisation, Christian mission, law and youth. Recent highlights for me include completing The Young Atheists Research Project, and becoming a Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths, Univers... Read more»
  • Dr Paul Coulton

    Dr Paul Coulton

    My main research interests relate to the theories and practices associated with the design of novel games and playful experiences often using mobile as the primary platform and incorporating novel technologies such as Augmented Reality/Virtuality. The majority of this research is conducted using tec... Read more»
  • Dr Sondra Cuban

    Dr Sondra Cuban

    My current research projects are: an ESRC study, called, Home/Work: the roles of education, learning, and literacies in the networks and mobilities of migrant carers. It focuses on the gendered geographies of skilled migration at the intersections of labour, care, and rurality. The other project is ... Read more»
  • Professor Tim Dant

    Professor Tim Dant

    My research has always been in the sociology of culture and most recently has been on how television serves to sustain the morality of late modern societies. I have just published a book on this topic that was informed by teaching as well as research: Dant, Tim (2012) Television and the Moral Imagin... Read more»
  • Pennie Drinkall

    My Role I have worked at Lancaster University since 1993 in various roles. I have been the administrator for CeMoRe (Centre for Mobililties Research) and the Managing Editor for Mobilities Journal since their humble beginnings in 2003. Office Hours The office is usually manned on Tuesdays but I most... Read more»
  • Dr James Faulconbridge

    Dr James Faulconbridge

    I have three inter-related areas of research focus: Knowledge, learning and innovation My work uses theories of communities of practice as well as related theories of knowledge and learning to examine the practices and spaces of learning in different organisations. Relevant projects include: An ESRC... Read more»
  • Dr Anne-Marie Fortier

    Dr Anne-Marie Fortier

    I came to Lancaster in January 1999, following an 18 month postdoctoral fellowship in Montreal (my adopted city). Although I miss the radical weather of Quebec, I feel extremely privileged to be at Lancaster University. Also, having completed my PhD Goldsmiths' College (University of London), the re... Read more»
  • Dr Julia Gillen

    Dr Julia Gillen

    Journals I am co-editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy. Professional Associations and External Examining Member of: American Educational Research Association; British Association of Applied Linguistics; International Society for Cultural and Activity Research; the UK Literacy Association... Read more»
  • Dr Drew Hemment

    Dr Drew Hemment

    Drew Hemment is Associate Director of ImaginationLancaster. He explores the connections between people, emerging technologies and possible futures. In his research, art offers a set of resources for envisioning social and technological change in a way that is inherently participatory, and for openin... Read more»
  • Dr Mark Lacy

    Dr Mark Lacy

    I am currently writing a book on Paul Virilio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Virilio ) for Routledge's PRIO series (http://www.routledge.com/books/series/prio_new_security_studies_PRIONEWSEC/ ) on critical security studies. The book covers the main themes in Virilio's work, examining his work on... Read more»
  • Dr Adrian Mackenzie

    Dr Adrian Mackenzie

    I'm very interested in the lives of data, especially in databases but also in data analysis, modelling and 'analytics.'  I'm looking at changes in the work, productivity and situation of programmers, life scientists, and focusing on the transformations in technique, knowledge and products associated... Read more»
  • Professor Corinne May-Chahal

    Professor Corinne May-Chahal

    Social Responsibility and Gambling  A review of research to inform policy development on young people and gambling in the UK was published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a technical report Young People and Gambling in Britain. The research team, led by Professor May-Chahal, also w... Read more»
  • Professor Colin Pooley

    Professor Colin Pooley

    Colin Pooley has worked at Lancaster University since 1975 and has developed a broad research programme in the historical social sciences. With a background in human geography from the University of Liverpool much of his research is interdisciplinary with strong links to social history and sociology... Read more»
  • Dr Daniela Sangiorgi

    Dr Daniela Sangiorgi

    Daniela's research focuses on Service Design, which was also her PhD topic. She has investigated services as complex social systems, proposing holistic and participatory approaches to Service Design. In her most recent work she focuses on the applications and implications of "Personalisation" an... Read more»
  • Professor Elizabeth Shove

    Professor Elizabeth Shove

    See my personal web page for recent publications and details of past and present projects.   I came to Lancaster in 1995 as deputy director of the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change and was director of the Centre for Science Studies for a couple of years before joining the Sociology Depart... Read more»
  • Dr David Tyfield

    Dr David Tyfield

    Current Research Activities My current research develops my interests in the normative dimensions of the processes of knowledge production and their interaction with issues of global cultural political economy, especially regarding critical analysis of the emergence of a globalised "knowledge-based"... Read more»
  • Dr Imogen Tyler

    Dr Imogen Tyler

    All my research is concerned with social inequalities, power, injustice and resistance. My work examines why inequalities exist, why inequalities are currently growing (for example, patterns of neoliberalism, marketization, privatisation and the erosion of democracy, rights and welfare systems), the... Read more»
  • Professor John Urry

    Professor John Urry

    Research Interests His main research in recent years has been in advocating and developing a new paradigm for the social sciences, the new mobilities paradigm. This is explored in many theoretical and empirical publications including: Sociology Beyond Societies (2000) Automobilities (2004/5; c... Read more»
  • Dr Yoke-Sum Wong

    Dr Yoke-Sum Wong

    I struggle with my work and for a definition. Always the gaps, always the shadows, always the passing idea - and the scattered thoughts like rotting leaves in puddle-water. As Clifford Geertz writes, there is no synoptic picture here. How the message unfolds is a matter of interpretation. I work wit... Read more»

 

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