Erik Swyngedouw
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Erik Swyngedouw is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester
in its School of Environment and Development. Swyngedouw is committed to political economic
analysis of contemporary capitalism, producing several major works on economic globalisation, regional development
, finance, and urbanisation. Latterly his interests have turned to political-ecological themes
and the transformation of nature, notably water issues, in Ecuador, Spain, the UK, and elsewhere in Europe.
Born in Belgium and fluent in Dutch, English, French, and Spanish, he studied at Leuven, then completed a PhD entitled "The production of new spaces of production" under the supervision of the renowned Marxist geographer David Harvey
at Johns Hopkins University
(1991). From 1988 until 2006 he taught at the University of Oxford
, latterly as Professor of Geography, and was a Fellow of St. Peter's College
. He moved to the University of Manchester
in 2006.
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
in its School of Environment and Development. Swyngedouw is committed to political economic
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
analysis of contemporary capitalism, producing several major works on economic globalisation, regional development
Regional development
Regional development is the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed. Regional development may be domestic or international in nature...
, finance, and urbanisation. Latterly his interests have turned to political-ecological themes
Political ecology
Political ecology is the study of the relationships between political, economic and social factors with environmental issues and changes. Political ecology differs from apolitical ecological studies by politicizing environmental issues and phenomena....
and the transformation of nature, notably water issues, in Ecuador, Spain, the UK, and elsewhere in Europe.
Born in Belgium and fluent in Dutch, English, French, and Spanish, he studied at Leuven, then completed a PhD entitled "The production of new spaces of production" under the supervision of the renowned Marxist geographer David Harvey
David Harvey (geographer)
David Harvey is the Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York . A leading social theorist of international standing, he received his PhD in Geography from University of Cambridge in 1961. Widely influential, he is among the top 20 most cited...
at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
(1991). From 1988 until 2006 he taught at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, latterly as Professor of Geography, and was a Fellow of St. Peter's College
St Peter's College, Oxford
St Peter's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, located in New Inn Hall Street. It occupies the site of two of the University's oldest Inns, or medieval hostels - Bishop Trellick's, later New Inn Hall, and Rose Hall - both of which were...
. He moved to the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
in 2006.
Selected publications
- Heynen, N., Kaika, M. and Swyngedouw, E. (eds.) (2005) In the Nature of Cities: Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism, Routledge, London and New York.
- Swyngedouw, E. (2004) Glocalisations. Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA.
- Swyngedouw, E. (2004) Social Power and the Urbanization of Water - Flows of Power, University Press, Oxford.
- Swyngedouw, E. with F. MoulaertFrank MoulaertFrank Moulaert is Professor of Spatial Planning at the Department of Architecture, Urban Design and Regional Planning at Catholic University of Leuven. He is Director of the Urban and Regional Planning Research Group and chairs the Leuven Space and Society Research Centre at the University...
and A. Rodriguez. (eds.) (2003) The Globalized City - Economic Restructuring and Social PolarizationSocial polarizationSocial polarization is associated with the segregation within a society that may emerge from income inequality, real-estate fluctuations, economic displacements etc. and result in such differentiation that would consist of various social groups, from high-income to low-income.One of the earlier...
in European Cities, University Press, Oxford. - Swyngedouw, E. with Getimis P., Heinelt H., Kafkalas G., Smith R. (eds.) (2002) Participatory Governance in Multi-Level Context: Concepts and Experience, Leske & Budrich, Opladen.
- Swyngedouw, E. (1999) "Modernity and Hybridity: Nature, Regeneracionismo, and the Production of the Spanish Waterscape, 1890-1930", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 89(3), pp. 443–465.
- Swyngedouw, E. with A. Merrifield. (Eds.) (1996) The Urbanization of Injustice, Lawrence and Wishart, London, viii, 245 pp. Published in the US (in 1997) with: University Press, New York.
- Swyngedouw, E. (1995) La Crisis del Abastecimiento de Agua en Guayaquil, Ed. ILDIS, QUITO.
- Swyngedouw, E. with P. Cooke, F. MoulaertFrank MoulaertFrank Moulaert is Professor of Spatial Planning at the Department of Architecture, Urban Design and Regional Planning at Catholic University of Leuven. He is Director of the Urban and Regional Planning Research Group and chairs the Leuven Space and Society Research Centre at the University...
, O. Weinstein, P. Wells. (1992) Towards Global Localization: The Computing and Communications Industries in Britain and France, University College Press, London, 227pp. - Swyngedouw, E. with L. Albrechts, F. MoulaertFrank MoulaertFrank Moulaert is Professor of Spatial Planning at the Department of Architecture, Urban Design and Regional Planning at Catholic University of Leuven. He is Director of the Urban and Regional Planning Research Group and chairs the Leuven Space and Society Research Centre at the University...
, P. Roberts. (eds.) (1989) Regional Policy at the Crossroads - European Perspectives, Jessica Kingsley, London. - Swyngedouw, E. with L. Albrechts and D. Van Der Wee. (1984) Een Regionale Atlas van Vlaanderen (A Regional Atlas of Flanders), University Press, Leuven.
External links
- Erik Swyngedouw homepage at University of Manchester
- Working on DEMOLOGOS Project
- PRINWASS project
- Youtube lecture "H2O does not exist?? Retooling the Washington-Brussels Consensus"