Andrew Leyshon
Professor of Economic Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences
Current Research
I am Professor of Economic Geography, University of Nottingham (since 1999). My research is undertaken in three main areas: money and finance; alternative financial spaces, and; the musical economy. Current projects include investigations into the geographies of the buy to let market in the UK and the impact of digital technology on the UK music industry. Unpublished versions of research outputs and occasional blogs can be accessed here: http://andrewleyshon.wordpress.com/
I am the (co-) author or (co-) editor of six books (plus three more in preparation) and over 80 academic journal papers and book chapters. I have edited three theme issues of international journals. I have presented over 90 conference papers and seminars.
Research Funding
I have a total career research funding of over £700,000, and have been a Principal Investigator on six major Economic and Social Research Council grants.
Journal Editing
I was Editor-in-Chief of Geoforum (a leading international journal of Human Geography) 1995-2006. I am a member of the editorial board of Environment and Planning A, and of the editorial advisory board of Economy and Society.
Other
I serve on the Management Board of the Global Finance Centre at the University of Nottingham Ningbo Campus, and am a member of both of the Research Planning Group and the Steering Committee of the Financial Services Research Forum which is based in Nottingham University Business School. In 2007 I was elected as an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences.