DR DAVID BELL

CONTACT DETAILS
Room 1.36c
School of Geography
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK

Email: d.j.bell@leeds.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0 in UK) 113 34 37995


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RESEARCH OVERVIEW

Dr Bell's interests span critical human geography and cultural studies, and include cultural policy, urban and rural cultures, consumption and lifestyle, science and technology, and sexuality. Often in his work he tries to bring these different interests into productive contact. He is currently working on a number of publications and developing research projects on downshifting and new rural lifestyles, hospitality and the city, and sustainability and regeneration

CURRENT PROJECTS

Downshifting and New Rural Lifestyles

Sustainability and Regeneration

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

  • Cities and Social Justice
  • Citizenship and Belonging

PUBLICATIONS

  • 'Fade to grey: some reflections on geography, policy and mundanity', Environment & Planning A, 39 (3), 2007, 541-554.
  • 'Mobile homes' (with Joanne Hollows), Space & Culture, 10 (1), 2007, 22-39
  • 'The hospitable city: social relations in commercial settings', Progress in Human Geography, 31 (1), 2007, 7-22.

CURRICULUM VITAE