Dr. Greig Charnock

Biography

Greig Charnock is a Professor of Global Political Economy at the University of Manchester. He has been teaching Global Political Economy since 2004 and currently serves as the Director of the Postgraduate Research School in the School of Social Science. Greig's research is interdisciplinary, focusing on the intersection of global political economy and urban studies. He is a co-author of the book 'Politics of Late Urban Entrepreneurialism,' which examines innovation districts as a means of addressing urban decline. His work critiques the notion of innovation as a beneficent force, particularly in the context of Barcelona, Spain. Charnock's other publications include works on the new international division of labour and the conditions of social-ecological reproduction in the European South. He is an active member of the Coworking Research Collective and the Global Political Economy research cluster in his department, contributing to timely discussions on contemporary urban transformations.

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