Staff profile
Overview
Professor Joe Painter
Professor
BA (Cambridge) PhD (Open University)

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Professor in the Department of Geography | 413 | +44 (0) 191 33 41906 |
Professor , Politics-State-Space | 413 | +44 (0) 191 33 41906 |
Professor , Urban Worlds | 413 | +44 (0) 191 33 41906 |
Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing |
Research Projects
- Community Learning and Research Network (CLARN)
- Connecting Localism and Community Empowerment
- Reframing Citizen Relationships with the Public Sector in a Time of Austerity: Community Empowerment in England and Scotland
- Transcapes
Publications
Authored book
- Vradis, A., Papada, E., Painter, J. & Papoutsi, A. (2018). New Borders: Hotspots and the European Migration Regime. Pluto Books.
- Painter, J. & Jeffrey, A. (2011). Geografia politica. Novara: UTET.
- Painter, J. & Jeffrey, A. (2009). Political geography: an introduction to space and power. London: Sage.
- Cloke, P., Cook, I., Crang, P., Goodwin, M., Painter, J. & Philo, C. (2004). Practising human geography. London: Sage.
- Painter, J. (1995). Politics, geography and 'political geography': a critical perspective. London: Edward Arnold.
Chapter in book
- Askins, K., Burton, K., Norcup, J., Painter, J. & Sidaway, J. (Forthcoming). The United Kingdom. In Placing Critical Geography: International Histories of Critical Geographies. Best, U. & Berg, L. Routledge.
- Lewis, S., Hudson, M. & Painter, J. (2018). Revealing a 'Hidden Civil War': a serendipitous methodology. In Messy ethnographies in action. Plows, A. Vernon Press. 13-22.
- Painter, J. (2015). Power. In The Wiley Blackwell companion to political geography. Agnew, J., Mamadouh, V., Secor, A.J. & Sharp, J. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. 141-151.
- Painter, J. (2011). Conceptualizing "society" and "state". In State, society, and transformation. Mitchneck, B.A. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 20-49.
- Painter, J. (2009). Territoire et réseau: une fausse dichotomie? = Territory and network: a false dichotomy? In Territoires, territorialité, territorialisation: controverses et perspectives = Territories, territoriality, territorialisation: controversies and perspectives. Vanier, M Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes. 57-66.
- Painter, J. (2009). Territorio/rete = Territory/network. In Geo-grafia: strumenti e parole. dell'Agnese, E. Milan: Edizioni Unicopli. 137-163.
- Painter, J. (2009). Urbanism lite. In Thinking about almost everything. Amin, A. & O'Neill, M. London: Profile Books. 102-103.
- Painter, J. (2008). Geographies of space and power. In The SAGE handbook of political geography. Cox, K., Low, M. & Robinson, J. London: Sage. 57-72.
- Painter, J. (2005). Governmentality and regional economic strategies. In Habitus: A Sense of Place. Hillier, J. & Rooksby, E. Aldershot: Ashgate. 131-157.
- Painter, J. (2005). State: society. In Spaces of geographical thought: deconstructing binaries. Cloke, P. & Johnston, R. J. London: Sage. 42-60.
- Painter, J. (2002). Multi-level citizenship, identity and regions in contemporary Europe. In Transnational democracy: political spaces and border crossings. Anderson, J. London: Routledge. 93-110.
- Painter, J. (2002). The rise of the workfare state. In Geographies of global change: remapping the world. Johnston, R. J., Taylor, P. J. & Watts, M. J. Oxford: Blackwell. 158-173.
- Painter, J. (2002). Governmentality and Regional Economic Strategies. In Habitus: a sense of place. Hillier, J. & Rooksby, E. Aldershot: Ashgate. 115-139.
- O'Carroll, F. & Painter, J. (2002). Opportunities for study abroad: the SOCRATES-ERASMUS programme. In The student's companion to geography. Rogers, A. & Viles, H. Oxford: Blackwell. 335-339.
- Painter, J. (2002). Regulation theory, post-Fordism and urban politics. In Readings in urban theory. Fainstein, S. S. & Campbell, S. Oxford: Blackwell. 92-109.
- Painter, J. (2001). Regulation, regime and practice in urban politics. In Regulation theory and the crisis of capitalism: 5 developments and extensions. Jessop, B. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 63-86.
- Painter, J. (2000). Local government and governance. In The changing geography of the UK. Gardiner, V. & Matthews, H. London: Routledge. 296-314.
- Painter, J. (2000). Pierre Bourdieu. In Thinking space. Crang, M. A. & Thrift, N. London: Routledge. 239-259.
- Painter, J. & Goodwin, M. (2000). Local governance after Fordism: a regulationist perspective. In The new politics of British local governance. Stoker, G. Basingstoke: Macmillan. 33-53.
- Painter, J. (2000). State and governance. In A companion to economic geography. Barnes, T. J. & Sheppard, E. Blackwell. 359-376.
- Painter, J. (1999). New geographies of democracy in contemporary Europe. In Divided Europe: society and territory. Williams, A. & Hudson, R. London: Sage. 107-131.
- Painter, J. (1998). Entrepreneurs are made, not born: learning and urban regimes in the production of entrepreneurial cities. In The entrepreneurial city: geographies of politics, regime and representation. Hall, T. & Hubbard, P. Chichester: Wiley. 259-274.
- Painter, J. (1997). Local politics, anti-essentialism and economic geography. In Geographies of economies. Lee, R. & Wills, J. London: Arnold. 98-107.
- Painter, J. (1997). Regulation, regime and practice in urban politics. In Reconstructing urban regime theory: regulating urban politics in a global economy. Lauria, M. London: Sage. 122-143.
- Goodwin, M. & Painter, J. (1997). Concrete research, urban regimes and regulation theory. In Reconstructing regime theory: regulating urban politics in a global economy. Lauria, M. London: Sage. 13-29.
- Painter, J. (1995). The culture of competition. In Public sector management. Bourn, J. Aldershot: Dartmouth. 2: 719-729.
- Painter, J. (1995). Regulation theory, post-Fordism and urban politics. In Theories of urban politics. Judge, D., Stoker, G. & Wolman, H. London: Sage. 276-295.
- Painter, J. (1995). The regulatory state: the corporate welfare state and beyond. In Geographies of global change: remapping the world in the late twentieth century. Johnston, R. J., Taylor, P. & Watts, M Oxford: Blackwell. 127-143.
- Massey, D. & Painter, J. (1989). The changing geography of trade unions. In The political geography of contemporary Britain. Mohan, J. Basingstoke: Macmillan. 130-150.
Conference Paper
Edited book
- Featherstone, D. & Painter, J. (2013). Spatial politics: essays for Doreen Massey. RGS-IBG Book Series. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Atkinson, S., Fuller, S. & Painter, J. (2012). Wellbeing and place. Farnham: Ashgate.
Journal Article
- McFarlane, Colin, Langley, Paul, Lewis, Sue, Painter, Joe & Vradis, Antonis (2023). Interrogating ‘urban social innovation’ relationality and urban change in Berlin. Urban Geography 44(2): 337-357.
- Vradis, Antonis, Papada, Evie, Papoutsi, Anna & Painter, Joe (2020). Governing mobility in times of crisis: Practicing the border and embodying resistance in and beyond the hotspot infrastructure. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 38(6): 981-990.
- Papada, E, Papoutsi, A, Painter, J & Vradis, A (2020). Pop-up governance: transforming the management of migrant populations through humanitarian and security practices in Lesbos, Greece, 2015-2017. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 38(6): 1028-1045.
- Papoutsi, A., Painter, J., Papada, E. & Vradis, A. (2019). The EC hotspot approach in Greece: creating liminal EU territory. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 45(12): 2200-2212.
- Painter, J., Papada, E., Papoutsi, A. & Vradis, A. (2017). Hotspot politics―or, when the EU state gets real. Political Geography 60: 259-260.
- Daley, P., McCann, E., Mountz, A. & Painter, J. (2017). Editorial. Re-imagining Politics and Space: Why here, why now? Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 35(1): 3-5.
- Painter, J. (2017). Why we need to talk about money. Soundings: a Journal of Politics and Culture 66: 34-39.
- Painter, J. (2016). Doreen Massey (1944-2016): an appreciation. Soundings: a Journal of Politics and Culture 63: 38-44.
- Sharp, J., Cumbers, A., Painter, J. & Wood, N. (2014). Deciding whose future? Challenges and opportunities of the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014 for Scotland and beyond. Political Geography 41: 32-42.
- Painter, J. (2012). The politics of the neighbour. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 30(3): 515-533.
- Painter, J. (2012). Regional biopolitics. Regional Studies 47(8): 1235-1248.
- Painter, J. (2010). Rethinking territory. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography 42(5): 1090-1118.
- Robinson, F., Zass-Ogilvie, I. & Painter, J. (2009). Brownfield regeneration and the public understanding of risks to health: a scoping study. Northern Economic Review 39: 27-54.
- Bickerstaff, K., Bulkeley, H. & Painter, J. (2009). Symposium: Justice, nature and the city. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 33(3): 591-600.
- Painter, J. (2008). European citizenship and the regions. European Urban and Regional Studies 15(1): 5-19.
- Painter, J. (2008). Cartographic anxiety and the search for regionality. Environment and Planning A 40(2): 342-361.
- Chaturvedi, S. & Painter, J. (2007). Whose world, whose order? Spatiality, geopolitics and the limits of the world order concept. Cooperation and Conflict 42(4): 375-395.
- Painter, J. (2007). What kind of citizenship for what kind of community? Political Geography 26(2): 221-224.
- Painter, J. (2007). Stateness in action. Geoforum 38(4): 605-607.
- Painter, J. (2006). Cartophilias and cartoneuroses. Area 38(3): 345-347.
- Painter, J. (2006). Prosaic geographies of stateness. Political Geography 25(7): 752-774.
- Bialasiewicz, L., Elden, S. & Painter, J. (2005). 'The best defence of our security lies in the spread of our values': Europe, America and the question of values. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 23(2): 159-164.
- Bialasiewicz, L., Elden, S. & Painter, J. (2005). The Constitution of EU territory. Comparative European Politics 3(3): 333-363.
- Painter, J. (2003). Empire and citizenship. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies 2(2): 248-253.
- Painter, J. (2003). Towards a post-disciplinary political geography. Political Geography 22(6): 637-639.
- Painter, J. (2003). A Nemzetközi Kritikai Földrajzi Csoport = The International Critical Geography Group. Tér és Társadalom = Space and Society 17(2): 79-81.
- Painter, J. (2001). Space, territory and the European project: reflections on Agnew and Paasi. European Urban and Regional Studies 8(1): 42-43.
- Painter, J. (2000). A third way for Europe? Discourse, regulation and the European question in Britain. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 91(3): 227-236.
- Goodwin, M. & Painter, J. (1996). Local governance, the crises of Fordism and the changing geographies of regulation. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 21(4): 635-648.
- Painter, J. & Goodwin, M. (1995). Local governance and concrete research: investigating the uneven development of regulation. Economy and Society 24(3): 334-356.
- Painter, J. & Philo, C. (1995). Spaces of citizenship: an introduction. Political Geography 14(2): 107-120.
- Bakshi, P., Goodwin, M., Painter, J. & Southern, A. (1995). Gender, race, and class in the local welfare state: moving beyond regulation theory in analysing the transition from Fordism. Environment and Planning A 27(10): 1539-1554.
- Painter, J. (1994). Trade union geography: alternative frameworks for analysis. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 19(1): 99-101.
- Painter, J. (1992). The culture of competition. Public Policy and Administration 7(1-2): 58-68.
- Painter, J. (1991). Regulation theory and local government. Local Government Studies 17(6): 23-44.
- Painter, J. (1991). Compulsory competitive tendering in local government: the first round. Public Administration 69: 191-210.
- Painter, J. (1991). The geography of trade union responses to local government privatization. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 16(2): 214-226.
Other (Print)
- Painter, J., Orton, A., MacLeod, D.G., Dominelli, L. & Pande, R. (2011). Connecting localism and community empowerment: research review and critical synthesis for the AHRC Connected Community Programme.
- Painter, J. (1990). Seconds out, round two: the first round of compulsory competitive tendering. CLES Research Study Series 6.
Report
Working Paper
- Painter, J. (2003). European citizenship and the regions. Queen's Papers on Europeanisation 7/2003.
Supervision students
Mr Anil Sindhwani
Research Postgraduate (PhD)
Miss Costanza Concetti
Research Postgraduate (PhD)
Mr. Ihsan Abualrob
Research Postgraduate (PhD)
Ms Liping Zhang
Research Postgraduate (PhD)
Mr Robert Gilmore
Research Postgraduate (PhD)