Brian Robson
Position: Professor
MA, PhD (Cambridge), MA (Manchester).
Room Number: 1.036 [Arthur Lewis Building]
Tel: +44(0)161 275 3639
Fax: +44(0)161 275 7878
Email: brian.robson@manchester.ac.uk<
Administrative positionst at the University of Manchester
General
Director, Centre for Urban Policy Studies (CUPS)
Specific research interests
Evaluating the worth of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT).
Deprivation in London wards (Greater London Authority).
Competitiveness, governance and social exclusion in Manchester and Merseyside (ESRC Cities Programme).
Mental health and regeneration (ESRC Health Variations programme).
Index of local deprivation (DETR).
Evaluating the Urban Regeneration Companies (DETR).
Database catalogue for Standard Spending Assessments (DETR).
North European Trade Axis (EU).
RDAs and local regeneration (Joseph Rowntree).
New Commitment to Regeneration evaluation (LGA).
(with Parkinson, Boddy and Maclennan) The state of English cities, Stationary Office/DETR, 2000
(with Peck and Holden) Regional agencies and area-based regeneration, 2000, Policy Press
Vision and reality: urban social policy, in J.B.Cullingworth (ed.) British urban planning, Athlone, 1999, 168-83
(with Bradford and Deas) Beyond the boundaries: vacancy chains and the evaluation of urban development corporations, Environment and Planning, A, 1999, 31, 647-64
(with Bradford and Tomlinson) Updating and revising the Index of Local Deprivation, DETR, 1998