Prof. John Tomaney
Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies
- Email: john.tomaney@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8604
- Fax: 0191 232 9259
- Address: 450
Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS)
Claremont Bridge
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Responsibilities:
Director, CURDS
Professor of Regional Studies, Monash University, Melbourne
Associate Director, UK Spatial Economics Research Centre
Research Interests
My research concerns the relationship between territory, democracy, identity and justice, especially at the local and regional scales. I am interested in the sources and forms of local and regional development and the types of public intervention that support these and have a particular interest in the development of ‘old industrial regions’. I am also interested in the apparently global trend toward devolution and its impacts on the political economy of regional development and the relationship between democracy and development. In addition, I am interested in the formation and reproduction of local and regional identities and the political and cultural uses to which they are put. I have a longstanding interest in all aspects of the economic, social, cultural and political development of North East England. I have published books and articles and supervised PhDs in each of these fields.
Students wishing to arrange a meeting should contact me by email to make an appointment.
Selected Publications
- Tomaney J. Parish and Universe: Patrick Kavanagh's poetics of the local. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 2010, 28(2).
- Tomaney J. Regional Culture. In: Higgins, M; Smith, C; Storey, J, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. in press.
- Tomaney J. Regionalism. In: Kitchin R; Thrift NJ, ed. The International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography. Amsterdam; London; Oxford: Elsevier Science, 2009.
- Tomaney J. Region. In: Kitchin R; Thrift NJ, ed. The International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography. Amsterdam; London; Oxford: Elsevier Science, 2009.
- Pike A; Tomaney J. The state and uneven development: the governance of economic development in England in the post-devolution UK. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 2009, 2(1), 13-34.
- Tomaney J. Keeping a beat in the dark: narratives of regional identity in Basil Bunting's Briggflatts. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 2007, 25(2), 355-375.
Projects
- Assessment of UK Regional and Local Economic Development Over the Last 20 Years
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - Centre for Spatial Economics
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - Evaluation of the Impact and Policy Response to Restructing at Northern Rock
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - Evaluation of the Merseyside Special Investment Fund
Project Leaders: David Bradley - Evidence on the Distinctive Governance Requirements, for Economic Development Policy
Project Leaders: Mike Coombes - Long-term Evaluation of the Impact and Effectiveness of Elected Regional Assemblies
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - Monitoring Devolution : Monitoring Devolution
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - New Public Management in Norway
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - North East of England European Strategic Alliances Opportunity Study
Project Leaders: David Bradley - Public Sector Relocation : Public Sector Relocation - response to the Lyons Review on behalf of the English Development Agencies
Project Leaders: Neill Marshall - Regional Governance in the North East : Regional Governance in the North East
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - Regional Insights
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - Rolling Evaluation of Northumberland SP Strategic Investment Plan
Project Leaders: David Bradley - Rolling Evaluation of NSP single programme strategic investment plan
Project Leaders: David Bradley - Shaping the Intergrated Regional Strategy for North East England
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - Stakeholder Engagement in a future elected Assembly : The Engagement of Economic and Social Partners in a directly elected Regional Assembly for the North East
Project Leaders: John Tomaney - Strategic Futures - 'Brakes' and 'Drivers' Analysis (of the North East Economy)
Project Leaders: Andy Gillespie - Strategic Research Support for the Northern Way
Project Leaders: Ranald Richardson - The Economic Viability and Self-Containment of Geographical Economies: A Framework for Analysis
Project Leaders: Andy Pike - Valuing our Environment : Valuing our Environment: An Economic Evaluation of the Environment in the North East
Project Leaders: Paul Chatterton - What works in regional economic development? Learning from international best practice
Project Leaders: John Tomaney
Postgraduate Supervision
Current:
Annie O'Donnell, Scale and narrative in culture-led regeneration, AHRC, with Dr Vee Pollock, David Butler.
Xuefeng Wang, Knowledge-based urban development in China, with Dr Andy Pike
Young-Jin Shin, Regenerating the Coalfields in South Korea: Lessons from Europe, with Dr Andy Pike
Michail Biniakos, Local and regional development and governance in the Balkans, Greek Ministry of Education, with Dr Alison Stenning and Dr Andy Pike
John Edwards, The governance of rural development in the EU, ESRC, with Dr Andy Pike
Recent:
Rory Padfield, The water industry and development in Zambia’, ESRC/NERC, jointly with Dr Kate Manzo and Professor Paul Younger.
Veronica Hernandez-Jimenez, Participatory Planning in the Madrid Region, EU FP5, jointly with Dr Nick Winder. Awarded 2007.
Peter O’Brien, ‘Trade unions and regional governance’, ESRC Case award (with Northern TUC) jointly with Dr Andy Pike. Awarded 2004.
Liz Dixon, ‘Business associations and regional governance’, ESRC Case award (with Engineering Employers Federation) jointly with Dr Andy Pike. Awarded 2004
Martin Sokol, Regional development in Central and Eastern Europe (EU Phare funded). Awarded 2003
Damian Thomas, Social partnership and Economic Development in the Republic of Ireland (ESRC funded). Awarded 2002.
Douglas Hamilton, Cross-border strategy in Ireland. (ESRC funded). Awarded 2002.
Funding
Selected recent major research funding:
Regional Insights, OneNorthEast, 2007-2010 (with Dr. Stuart Dawley)
Spatial Economics Research Centre, Economic and Social Research Council, Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Department of Communities and Local Government,(with Dr Henry Overman, et al. London School of Economics) (CI)
Local and regional democracy in the UK and Japan, 2007-8, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation/Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (with Dr Kunihiro Wakamatsu, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies).
Impacts of New Public Management reforms in regional policy, 2006-9, Norwegian Research Council (with Steinar Johansen/Marte Bjørnsen, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research/University of Oslo.)
What works in regional economic development? Learning from international best practice, 2006, OneNorthEast, (with Dr Nick Henry, et al)
The Economic Viability and Self-Containment of Geographical Economies: A Framework for Analysis, 2005, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, (with Dr Andy Pike, Professor Mike Coombes and Professor Tony Champion)
Monitoring the English Regions, 2001-2005, Economic and Social Research Council, (70%) PI
Regional institutions and regional identity in England, 1999-2001, Leverhulme Trust, SI
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), Social science and administration, London School of Economics, 1985
MA, Urban and regional studies, University of Sussex, 1987
PhD, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1991
Honours and Awards
Academician, Academy of Learned Societies in Social Science, elected 2003
Visiting Professor, Institute for Regional Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, December-March 2007
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Flinders International Asia Pacific, Flinders University, Adelaide, February, 2007
Undergraduate Teaching
GEO2094 Economic and Social Change: UK Fieldcourse
GEO3066 Local and Regional Development
Postgraduate Teaching
GEO8018 Regional Development and Governance in Europe
Geo8019 Developing Local and Regional Strategies