Professor Peter North
Professor of Alternative Economies Geography and Planning
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- Work email P.J.North@liverpool.ac.uk
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Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- A cross-geographical conversation on (post) communism, social democracy, anarchism – and diverse economies at LiViAnA, Online Conference, Community Economies Research Network (CERN) (Online, 2020)
- Design Contagion: Contagious Mutualities at Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney, by Invitation (Online, 2020)
- Neoliberalising Climate at “Sustainable Development in a Contested World” at European Consortium for Political Research, September 2019, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Wrocław, Poland, 2019)
- The new Radical Urbanisms – a research exchange (University of Liverpool, 2019)
- Towards Social, Solidarity and Antagonistic Economies at Solidarity, Antagonistic Economies and Social Enterprises: Spaces for New Initiatives, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Middlesex University, London, 2019)
- Towards Social and Solidarity Economies’ at Towards Social and Solidarity Economies’ Centre for Ideology and Discourse Analysis, University of Essex,, by Invitation (University of Essex, 2018)
- Towards Social, Solidarity and Antagonistic Urban Economies, at Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel,, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Brussels, Belgium, 2018)
- ‘The new commons debate: The importance of commons in the process of social transformation: Towards Social, Solidarity and Antagonistic Urban Economies’ at Social Commons, Social Justice, System change – a programme for sustainability, Asia-Europe People’s Forum, by Invitation (Barcelona, Catalonia, 2018)
- Towards Social, Solidarity and Antagonistic Urban Economies, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Stadssalonsurbains, organised by Vrije Universiteit Brussel and The Brussels Academy, Brussels, Belgium,, 2017)
- War Stories: morality, curiosity, enthusiasm and commitment as facilitators of SME owners’ engagement in low carbon transitions’, by Invitation (Department of Geography, Kings College, University of London, 2017)
- Towards social and solidarity economies, by Invitation (Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) research group, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, 2016)
- Alternative currencies: what we know about what works, and why, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (ANU College on Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia , 2016)
- Dignity and prosperity for the Anthropocene: towards social and solidarity economies, by Invitation (University of Luxemboug, 2016)
- Can the transition to sustainability be locally-led?, by Invitation (TESS (Towards European Societal Sustainability) conference, Edinburgh, 2015)
- Alternative Currencies, by Invitation (University of Newcastle, 2014)
- War Stories: morality, curiosity, enthusiasm and commitment as facilitators of SME owners’ engagement in low carbon transitions’, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2014)
- Low Carbon Livelihoods, the social and solidarity economies: an alternative economies perspective', by Invitation (British Academy in East Africa/University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013)
Editorships
- Antipode (Editorial Board Member, 2008 - present)
- International Journal of Complementary Currency Research (Advisory Board Member, 2000 - present)
- Local Economy (Academic Editor, 1998 - 2005)
Event Roles
- Diverse economies of ‘left behind’ places: perspectives on social and solidarity economics, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Universität Leipzig, Leibniz-Institut füf Länderkunde, Leipzig, Germany,, 2024)
- Reimagining Prosperity: Post-capitalist alternatives for how we can live well together, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Orinoco Books, Leipzig, Germany, 2024)
- Alternative economies as a successor to capitalism, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Kaninett Pomalosti, Nova Cvernovka social centre, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2023)
- A city of hope? Towards Social and Solidarity Economies. Liverpool Annual Justice and Peace Memorial Lecture, by Invitation (Liverpool Peace and Justice Commission, 2018)
Examination Roles
- University of St Andrews, PhD (2017)
- Kings College, London, PhD (2017)
- Northumbria University, PhD (2017)
- Western Sydney University, Australia, PhD (2016)
- University of East Anglia, PhD (2016)
- Sheffield Hallam University, PhD (2016)
- University of Leicester, PhD (2016)
- University of Manchester, PhD (2015)
- The Open University, PhD (2015)
- University of Glasgow, PhD (2014)
- Autonomous University of Barcelona, PhD (2014)
- University of Plymouth, PhD (2010)
- University of Wales Swansea, PhD (2004)
Professional Body Memberships
- Royal Geographical Society (Fellow, 2008 - 2011)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- I am director of Post Graduate Studies, and Course Director for the MA and MA (Research Methodologies) in Geographies of Globalisation and Development