School of Geography - Faculty of Environment

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

Robert Vanderbeck is a social and urban geographer whose research interests focus on contemporary processes of social exclusion and inclusion.  He has particular interests in childhood and youth; religion; sexualities; racialization; urban public spaces; and qualitative methodologies.

CURRENT PROJECTS

Sexuality & Global Faith Networks: A Social Topography
(funded as part of the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme) [PDF FILE]

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

• Citizenship and Belonging

PUBLICATIONS

• Johnson, P. and Vanderbeck, R.M. (2010) ‘Hit them on the nose’: representations of policing in Parliamentary debates about incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.  Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. [available from online early view]
• Vanderbeck, R.M., Valentine, G., Ward, K., Sadgrove, J. and Andersson, J. (2010) The meanings of communion: Anglican identities, the sexuality debates, and Christian relationality.  Sociological Research Online. 15(2).

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