Will Paterson
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

• PhD Sociology - (on-going) University of York
• MA Social Research - University of York
• BA Sociology - University of York

Will talks to people about where they live their senses of belonging at a local and regional scale (specifically the level of a 'peri-urban' village, the wider urban area and relevant local authority). He also looks at regional planning processes with an interest in the impact of decentralisation policies, such as the Localism Act (2011), on the disputes between local authorities, developers and community groups that arise in these processes and how all these might be linked to what people say about where they live locally.

More widely his research interests are in urban and community studies, ideas of place, space and belonging, along with theories of class, and political sociology.

Supervisor: Dr Gareth Millington

Research

Overview

I am interested in:

• The periurban
• Localism and the Big Society agenda
• Community action
• Place making and place shaping.

Teaching

Undergraduate

• 2014 - 2016 - Cultivating a Sociological Imagination
• 2014 - 2016 - Social Research Methods (SPSS Demonstator)
• 2013 - 2014 - Introduction to Social Theory

Publications

Selected publications