Research
My research focuses on social movements that develop alternatives to 'capitalism', within a diverse economies framework. I am interested in thinking about links between economies, livelihoods and environments that are not exploitative and which provide an alternative to forms of 'growth' and 'development' that may not be sustainable in the long term. I am interested in conceptualisations of local economic development that facilitate action against dangerous climate change, and how we might develop social and solidarity economies. At heart, I want to know what it means to 'live well' in the Anthropocene, while enabling future generations and other species to do the same. More recently, I have been developing an interest in these ideas in contemporary Poland in the context of post-socialism.
Social and Solidarity Economies
Diverse Economies
Postsocialism
Research groups
Research grants
The Solidarity Economy North and South: Energy, Livelihood and the Transition to a Low-Carbon Society
BRITISH ACADEMY (UK)
March 2012 - September 2014
Developing the Low Carbon Economy on Merseyside
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2009 - July 2011
Building the Low Carbon Economy on Merseyside: Follow on funding
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2012 - May 2013
Challenges to local economic development in an era of climate change and peak oil
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2006 - April 2009
Adaptation and Resilience of Coastal Energy Supply (ARCOES)
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2011 - October 2017
The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation
EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
April 2012 - September 2015
Remembering Liverpool Labour Council 1983-87
THE BARRY AMIEL & NORMAN MELBURN TRUST (UK)
August 2012 - October 2012