• Senior Lecturer (Social Justice Place and Lifelong Education)

telephone: 01413301844
email: Rod.Purcell@glasgow.ac.uk

Research interests

• Visual sociology with particular focus on the processes of globalisation and change in traditional cultures
• Urban social theory
• Psychogeography
• Community development and popular education methodologies
• Evaluation methodologies for community development
• Photography as a personal and community development method

Grants

• Scottish Executive 2001 for the STRADA programme £1.8 million
• Scottish Execuitve 2003 for the STRADA programme £2.3 million
• Scottish Execuitve 2006 for the STRADA programme £0.4 million
• Scottish Executive 2006 for the STRADA programme £2.0 million

Teaching

Rod teaches social theory and practice methodologies on community development programmes:  BA in Community Development, MSc.

Academic and professional body membership

Federation for Community Development Learning (Chair 2002-2004)

International Association for Community Development