RICHARD JAMES WHITE

Richard.White@shu.ac.uk

Office: Faculty of Development and Society

Sheffield Hallam University
City Campus
Sheffield S1 1WB
Tel: 0114 255 2899

Education and Qualifications

2001 – 2005 PhD Department of Geography, University of Leicester

Title of Thesis: Understanding the process and complex dynamics of mutual aid
Passed March 2006.

1999-2000 MSc in Human Geography, University of Leicester

Title of Thesis: Geographies of self-provisioning and mutual aid: some case study
evidence from Leicester.
Passed December 2000.

1996 – 1999 B.A Geography, University of Leicester

Upper second class honours degree (July 1999)
Modules taken: Philosophy of Geography, Political Geography, Restructuring Economies,
Cultural Geography, Quantitative Methods, Development Studies, Urban Geography

Academic Awards and Grants

2001– 2004 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Studentship

Employment History

November 2007 to present Lecturer in Economic Geography, Faculty of Development and

Society, Sheffield Hallam University

October 2004 to October 2006 Research Associate, Institute for Employment Research
University of Warwick

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September 2000 – March 2001 Research Associate, Department of Geography
University of Leicester

Recent Publications

1. Williams CC and White R J (2008) “Variations in the nature of the hidden economy and its public
policy implications” in D. Henckel, G. Spars and F Wukovitsch (eds) Arbeiten in der Grauzone,
Peter Lang: Frankfurt

2. Green AE and White R J (2008) “Shaped by place: young people’s decisions about education,
training and work” Benefits: The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, Vol 16. No 3, pp 213-224

3. Green, AE. and White R J (2007) “Shifting Horizons: Attachment to place, (im)mobility and
labour market prospects of young people”, Joseph Rowntree Foundation: York

4. White RJ and Williams CC (2005) Informal Volunteering and Older People AGEToday, Issue 5
Citizenship: The difference older people make, Help the Aged: London

5. Williams CC and White RJ (2003) Conceptualising Social Inclusion – Some Lessons for Action,
Municipal Engineer Volume 156: issue ME2 pp. 91-96

6. Williams CC and White RJ (2002) Tackling Rural Transport Problems: A Third Sector Approach,
European Research in Regional Science, vol. 12

7. Williams CC and White RJ (2002) The transformation of English rural communities, Municipal
Engineer Volume ME151 Issue 03

8. White RJ and Williams CC (2002) Challenging the Rural Idyll, Leicester Latitude, University of
Leicester

9. Williams CC and White RJ (2001) Evaluating the role of the social economy in tackling rural
transport problems: some case study evidence from rural England, Planning Practice and
Research, vol.16: 3/4, pp.345-356.

10. Williams CC and White RJ (2001) Village People in Local Government News, Vol. 23 No.7, p.2-
3.

Reports
1. Hasluck C, Bimrose J, Barnes S-A, Brown J, Marris L, McGivern G, Orton M and White R J
(2006) "Evaluation of Skills Coaching trials and Skills Passports, A synthesis of qualitative and
quantitative evidence" Warwick Institute for Employment Research. Department for Work and
Pensions, Research Report No.391

2. Green, A., Homenidou, K., White, R.J. and Wilson, R. Warwick (2006) Working Futures 2004-14:
Spatial Report, Coventry: Institute for Employment Research.

3. Hasluck, C., Bimrose, J. Barnes, S-A. & McGivern, G. with White, R.J and Orton, M. (2005)
'Evaluation Of skills coaching trials and skills passports: Stage 1 Report: Early lessons from
implementation and delivery.' Warwick Institute for Employment Research. Report for the
Department for Work and Pensions.

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 4. Sanderson, I., Green, A., and White, R.J.. (2005) Employment Strategies in Newham and Hull
NDC: Research Report 62, Sheffield Hallam University

Editorial Responsibilities

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Journal of Critical Animal Studies

Senior Speaker for

Transformative Studies Institute

Wider research interests

 Re-thinking 'the economic' in economic geography.

 Harnessing alternative futures for work.

 Exploring the geographies of informal economic activities

 Moral geographies and the political economy of animal rights

 Young people’s bounded horizons and attachment to place

Wider Teaching interests

 Economic geography

 Political Economy

 Radical Philosophy

 Dissident and critical geographies

 Moral geographies and the political economy of animal rights

 Research methods in the social sciences

 Theorizing urban change and conflict

 Protest movements

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