Erik Swyngedouw - Curriculum Vitae#
Education
- 1991 Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Engineering, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- 1988 M.A. (by special resolution), Oxford University, U.K.
- 1985 Master in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Leuven, Department of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Interfaculty Institute for Urban and Regiomal Planning (M.Sc., M.U.R.P.)
- 1979 Agricultural Engineer (M.Sc.), Department of Agricultural Engineering, Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)
- 1974 Secondary School, Latin-Mathematics,Sint-Jozefscollege, Hasselt (Belgium)
Recent Selected Research Projects:
- Water, Power, and Money: Exploring the Nexus. Consultancy Project. United Nations Development Report, United Nations Development Programme, New York (November 2005 – February 2006) (US$ 12,000)
- DEMOLOGOS (Circa 1,000,000 Euro of which circa 140,000 Euro for Oxford University) (42 months – 01/01/04 – 31/12/07)
E.U. Framework VI project on ‘Development Models and Socio-Economic Organization’ (cases of Chicago, Hong Kong, Bejing, Brussels, London, Rome, Vienna)
- SOCIAL POLIS (1.4 Million Euro of which 67,000 Euro for Manchester University – 36 Months 1/12/07-30/11/10)
E.U. Framework VII Project on ‘Social Platform on Cities and Social Cohesion’ (joint project with the Universities of Newcastle, Leuven, Vienna, Barcelona, Milan Bococca, Amsterdam, Montreal, ITER (Naples))
- Commissioned Research Paper and Report on “Place, Nature and the Question of Scale: Interrogating the Production of Nature” Berlin-Brandenburg Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin (€ 2500.00)
- (with Maria Kaika and Gavin Bridge) Partner in Marie Curie Initial Doctoral Training Program on ‘Environmental Conflict’ (ENTITLE) (2012-2016): European Union Funded Doctoral Program (13 doctoral fellows and 4 post-doctoral fellows), Universities of Manchester, Lund, Coimbra, Autonoma Barcelona, Humboldt Berlin, Harikopio Athens, Istanbul, Santiago de Chile, and four NGOs (Catalonia, Rome, Palestine) (total funding: 3.5 million Euro; Manchester part k€ 450)
- ESRC/DFID Project (with H. Ernstson (Cape Town/Stockholm/Stanford) and M. Lawhon), 1 Dec 2015 - 20 November 2018 (UK£ 312,000 - full funding).
Project: Turning livelihoods to rubbish? Assessing the impacts of formalization and technologization of waste management on the urban poor