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Living Multiculture: the new geographies of ethnic diversity and the changing formations of multiculture in England
The qualitative data collection consists of a total of 138 transcripts and approximately 70 observation field notes.
In detail the data collection =
1. A series of detailed observation field notes ;
2. Individual interviews (107);
3. Group interviews (31) - these were repeat interviews with the same groups meeting three times during the course of the fieldwork.
The...
School choice and local place: Parental perceptions and the impact of race, ethnicity and class.
This research examines the question of parental choice of secondary schools in Manchester and Stockport. In particular, it will explore the extent to which parents are seeking schools with specific ethnic and class populations ('people like us').
The project investigates the way in which schools are intimately connected to local spaces and the ways in which parents...
With the sewing machine in the kitchen and the Poles in the field. Cities, regions and informal work
The book is based on a reprocessing of findings from five studies and aims to establish a framework for the study and interpretation of spatial development which is articulated around the multiple forms of the world of work and the places where it takes place, to which it contributes at the same time. The organization of space is not a passive body of social change in this...
Geographic and Social Mobility of Higher Education Students, 2016-2020
This qualitative data-set is of young people's spatial imaginaries within the UK context. It contains interviews carried out with young people aged 16/17 years across different geographic contexts. In particular, interviews focussed around the importance and significance of place, including: i) the role place has on the choices of young people who are socially and...
Civil Society, and Place-Based Strategies for Sustainable Development, 2022-2024
This project undertook regional policy studies in Wales, the UK and Europe and action research in specific foundational sectors. Drawing on place-based social innovation approaches, it considers to what extent regional growth policies focus on foundational sectors and address inclusive growth through social innovation. In-depth interviews were undertaken in four case study...