city and country

The EMUA City and Country Research Group was formed in June 2009 and now has membership from nine of the region's universities. The Group was established following the Arts, Humanities and Social Science Research Day held in April 2009. An AHRC Networks bid was submitted in Feb 2010 to support the work of the group.

The group have organised a lecture series which is designed to kick-start research themes and raise profile:
14th October 2009 - Transitions: Leicester and the New Urbanism, Nick Ebbs (Blueprint) and Julian Marsh (Marsh-Grochowski), University of Leicester
December 2009 - London Sights, Douglas Tallack (University of Leicester), University of Northampton
10th March 2010 - Detroit – Berlin A progress Report, Camilo Jose Vergara (US photographer and author of The New American Ghetto, The Twin Towers remembered and American Ruins). University of Derby
24th March 2010 - Creative Cities, Professor Franco Bianchini (Leeds Metropolitan University), University of Leicester
12th May 2010 - Can planning save the city and the countryside? Adrian Jones (formerly emda and Nottingham City Council, University of Leicester
16th June 2010 - Gender & the European Town, roundtable event, University of Lincoln
2010/11 - Hiring Fairs, Dr Andrew Walker (University of Lincoln) University of Lincoln
2010/11 - lecture on the city as a creative entity plus one other in 2010-11, University of Nottingham,.

City and Country Group Members

Prof Douglas Tallack - University of Leicester
Dr Andrew Jackson - Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
Prof Andrew Thacker - De Montfort University
Dr Juliet Bailey - University of Leicester
Dr Gavin Brown - University of Leicester
Prof David Crouch - University of Derby
Prof Phil Hubbard - Loughborough University
Prof Jon Stobart - University of Northampton
Dr Lawrence Phillips - University of Northampton
Prof Krista Cowman, University of Lincoln
Dr Andrew Walker, University of Lincoln
Prof Neil Campbell - University of Derby
Dr Nick Hayes - Nottingham Trent University
Jane Stanton - University of Derby
Prof Chris Dyer - University of Leicester
Prof Felix Thompson - University of Derby
Prof Roger Bromley - University of Nottingham
Prof Simon Gunn - University of Leicester
Dr Jean-Xavier Ridon - University of Nottingham
Prof Peter Taylor - Loughborough University
Prof Jonathan Beaverstock - The University of Nottingham
Dr Chris Williams - Open University