Urban policy and practice

So, teaching at Stirling has so far been very different from at Heriot-Watt. So far most of my teaching has been on an enormous second year ...

I had to make a very difficult decision recently. In the summer I’d agreed to speak at an event organised by a professional body. I said ye...

And it’s a no. As the campaign entered its final weeks, particularly after YouGov gave the yes campaign their single percentage point l...

#Yes Scotland in Leith pic.twitter.com/TWBg7PxUYG — Peter Matthews (@urbaneprofessor) September 8, 2014 Well, the above tweet has got 36...

I don't usually put images on this blog (I know I should) but for once I have one to hand that is very appropriate: Regularl...

Just like Lothian 22 buses – you wait for one academic paper on the Big Society to come along and then two arrive at the same time. This t...

Writing this I’m thinking “if my A Level Sociology teachers could see me now”. I studied sociology in school but really didn’t think I’d re...