Mark Jayne is a British geographer and academic. From 2015 to 2019, he had been Professor of Human Geography at

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. He is now a Professor at the School of Geography and Planning,

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Education and career

Jayne graduated from

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with a BA in geography, sociology and social anthropology in 1991. In 1995, he completed an MA in geography at the

University of Sussex The University of Sussex is a public university, public research university, research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by the ...

, and then carried out

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from 1997 to 2000; his

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was awarded in 2002 for his

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"Geographies of consumption and urban regeneration: a case study of Stoke-on-Trent"."Geographies of consumption and urban regeneration: a case study of Stoke-on-Trent"
''EThOS'' (British Library). Retrieved 23 July 2019. Jayne began his academic career as a

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at Staffordshire University (1997–2001), after which he was a

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at the

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for a year, and then spent two years as a development officer at Staffordshire University. In 2004, he was a research associate at the

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, and then spent a year as a

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at the

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in 2005. He then joined the

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with the title Lecturer in Human Geography in 2005. He was promoted to a senior lectureship in 2011, and a readership in 2013. He moved to

in 2015 to be Professor of Human Geography.

Publications

* (Edited) ''Chinese Urbanism: Critical Perspectives'' (Routledge, 2017). * (Edited with Kevin Ward) ''Urban Theory: New Critical Perspectives'' (Routledge, 2016). * (Co-authored with

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) ''Childhood, Families, Alcohol'' (Ashgate, 2016). * (Edited with Tim Edensor) ''Urban Theory Beyond 'the West': A World of Cities'' (Routledge, 2012). * (Co-authored with

and

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) ''Alcohol, Drinking, Drunkenness: (Dis)orderly Spaces'' (Ashgate, 2011). *(Co-authored with

and Charlotte A. Knell) ''Drinking Places: Where People Drink and Why'' (

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, 2007). * (Co-authored with David Bell) ''Small Cities: Urban Experience Beyond the Metropolis'' (Routledge, 2006). * ''Cities and Consumption'', Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City (Routledge, 2005). * (Edited with David Bell) ''City of Quarters: Urban Villages in the Contemporary City'' (Ashgate, 2004).

References

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