Theme 1
Cultures of Competitiveness: Discourses and Knowledge Brands
Theme 2
Financialization of Competitiveness
Theme 3
Competitiveness, Global Production and Labour Relations
Theme 4
Changing Cultures of Competitiveness in Education
Theme 5
Changing Cultures of Competitiveness: Social and Environmental Dimensions
Series co-ordinators and organizers
Series Co-ordinators
Dr Ngai-Ling Sum
Department of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University
E-mail: n.sum@lancaster.ac.uk
Professor Bob Jessop
Institute for Advanced Studies and Department of Sociology, Lancaster University
E-mail: r.jessop@lancaster.ac.uk
Thematic Organizers
Theme 1 – Cultures of Competitiveness: Discourses and Knowledge Brands
Dr Ngai-Ling Sum
Department of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University
E-mail: n.sum@lancaster.ac.uk
Theme 2 – Financialization of Competitiveness
Dr Paul Langley
School of Arts & Social Sciences, Northumbria University
E-mail: paul.langley@unn.ac.uk
Theme 3 – Competitiveness, Global Production and Labour Relations
Dr Martin Hess
School of Environment and Development, Manchester University
E-mail: martin.hess@manchester.ac.uk
Theme 4 – Changing Cultures of Competitiveness in Education
Professor Susan Robertson
Graduate School of Education, Bristol University
E-mail: s.l.robertson@bristol.ac.uk
Theme 5 – Changing Cultures of Competitiveness: Social and Environmental Dimensions
Professor Bob Jessop and Dr Ngai-Ling Sum, Department of Sociology and Department of Politics and International Relations
E-mail: n.sum@lancaster.ac.uk & Professor Bob Jessop
Theme 6 – Social Exclusion and Socially-Creative Spaces
Professor Frank Moulaert
School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University
E-mail: frank.moulaert@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Andy Pike
Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University
E-mail: andy.pike@ncl.ac.uk
Dr Sara Gonzalez
School of Geography, Leeds University
E-mail: s.gonzalez@leeds.ac.uk
International Organization
This project is co-listed on the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development - UNRSID website
Contact person: Dr Peter Utting
Other Affiliated universities/academics:
- Durham – Prof. Ray Hudson
- Aberystwyth - Prof. Martin Jones
- Madison-Wisconsin – Prof. Jamie Peck
- Université du Québec – Prof. Juan-Luis Klein
- Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve – Prof. Marthe Nysse
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