Prof Andrew Church
Director of R & D (Social Sciences)
contact:
Environment and Technology
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4GJ
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 642374
Email: A.Church@brighton.ac.uk
Teaching
- Methods and theories in geography
- Geographies of tourism, sport and leisure
- Urban geography
- Human-nature relations
Research
- Tourism and leisure geographies
- Urban regeneration, transport and labour markets
- Tourism labour markets
- Water-based sport and recreation
- Leisure, gardens and gardening
- Travel and education
Consultancy
- Tourism, recreation and leisure analysis
- Evaluations of urban regeneration
- Local labour market analysis
Biography
- Previously in the Department of Geography, Birkbeck College, University of London
- Joined the University in 1999
- Leads the human geography research
- One of the acadmic leaders in the University of Brighton Community University Partnership Programme
Research Publications
BHATTI, GURMUKH, CHURCH, ANDREW and Claremont, Amanda (2013) Peaceful, pleasant and private: the British domestic garden as an ordinary landscape Landscape Research . ISSN 0142-6397
Wild, Kate, CHURCH, ANDREW, McCarthy, Diana and Burgess, Jacquelin (2013) Quantifying lexical usage: vocabulary pertaining to ecosystems and the environment Corpora, 8 . ISSN 1749-5032
King, Katherine and CHURCH, ANDREW (2013) 'We don't enjoy nature like that': youth identity and lifestyle in the countryside Journal of Rural Studies, 31 . ISSN 0743-0167
Stenner, Paul, CHURCH, ANDREW and BHATTI, GURMUKH (2012) Human-landscape relations and the occupation of space: experiencing and expressing domestic gardens Environment and Planning A, 44 (7). ISSN 0308-518X
CHURCH, ANDREW and RAVENSCROFT, NEIL (2011) The attitudes of recreational user representatives to pollution reduction and the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive Land Use Policy, 28 (1). pp. 167-174. ISSN 0264-8377
HART, ANGELA and CHURCH, ANDREW (2011) Research leadership for the community-engaged university: key challenges Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 22 (2). pp. 45-64. ISSN 1047-8485
Church, A., Burgess, J. and Ravenscroft, N (2011) Cultural services In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment. UNEP-WMC, Cambridge, UK.
Church, Andrew and Ravenscroft, N. (2011) Politics, research and the natural environment: the lifeworlds of water-based sport and recreation in Wales Leisure Studies, 30 (4). pp. 387-405. ISSN 0261-4367
Fish, R., Burgess, J., Church, A. and Turner, K. (2011) Shared values for the contributions ecosystem systems make to human wellbeing In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment. UNEP-WMC, Cambridge, UK.
Claremont, Amanda, Church, Andrew, Bhatti, Mark and Stenner, Paul (2010) Going public: landscaping everyday life Cultural Geographies, 17 (2). pp. 277-282. ISSN 1474-4740
BHATTI, GURMUKH, CHURCH, ANDREW and Stenner, Paul (2009) I love being in the garden: enchanting encounters in everyday life Social and Cultural Geography, 10 (1). pp. 61-76. ISSN 1464-9365
Ravenscroft, N., Church, A., Taylor, B., Curry, N. and Young, J. (2009) Enjoying water: a strategy for water based recreation in the South West, 2009-2014 Environment Agency, Bristol, UK.
Watson, J. and Church, A. (2009) The social effects of travel to learn patterns: a case study of 16-19 year olds in London Local Economy, 24 (5). pp. 389-414. ISSN 0269-0942
Bramwell, P, Hiscock, S, Mason, P, Colwell, J., Church, A., Wolff, D, Dawson, R and Golding, D (2008) Taking account: a social and economic audit of the third sector in Brighton and Hove University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
CHURCH, ANDREW and RAVENSCROFT, NEIL (2008) Landowner responses to financial incentive schemes for recreational access to woodlands in South East England Land Use Policy, 25 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 0264-8377
Ravenscroft, N., Church, A., Taylor, B., Curry, N. and Young, J. (2008) A strategic plan for water related recreation in Wales Environment Agency, Bristol, UK.
Church, A., Gilchrist, P., Ravenscroft, N. and Taylor, B. (2008) Water Framework Directive: valuation of recreational benefits of improvements in water quality - potential benefits and data requirements Collaborative Research Programme on River Basin Management Planning Economics, Project 4f, DEFRA, London, UK.
Church, A., Gilchrist, P. and Ravenscroft, N. (2007) Negotiating recreational access under asymmetrical power relations: the case of inland waters in England Society and Natural Resources, 20 (3). pp. 213-227. ISSN 1521-0723
Church, Andrew and Ravenscroft, Neil (2007) Power, resource, mobilization and leisure conflict on inland rivers in England In: Church, Andrew and Coles, Tim, eds. Tourism, power and space. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 171-196. ISBN 0415329523
Church, Andrew and Coles, Tim (2007) Tourism and the many faces of power In: Church, Andrew and Coles, Tim, eds. Tourism, power and space. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 269-283. ISBN 0415329523
Church, A., Gilchrist, P., Heys, B., Palmer, C.A., Ravenscroft, N., Rogers, G., Sharp, G. and Watson, J. (2007) Tourism, Culture and Creativity: Preparing Hastings for economic regeneration through education and workforce development in te creative and cultural sectors of the local economy University of Brighton, UK. (Submitted)
Church, Andrew and Coles, Tim (2007) Tourism, politics and the forgotten entanglements of power In: Church, Andrew and Coles, Tim, eds. Tourism, power and space. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 1-42. ISBN 0415329523
Church, Andrew and Coles, Tim (2007) Tourism, power and space Routledge, London. ISBN 0415329523
Ravenscroft, N, Church, A and Rogers, G (2005) Woodland owners’ attitudes to public access provision in South-East England Forestry Commission, Edinburgh.
Browne, K., Church, A. and Smallbone, K. (2005) Do it with pride: lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans lives and opinions University of Brighton.
Ravenscroft, Neil, Church, Andrew and Gilchrist, Paul (2005) The ontology of exclusion: a European perspective on leisure constraints research In: Jackson, Edgar L., ed. Constraints to Leisure. Venture Publishing, Inc., New York, US, pp. 363-377. ISBN 1892132540
Ravenscroft, N., Gilchrist, P., Church, A., Hickey, R. and Hammond, B. (2004) Improving access for canoeing on inland waterways in England Countryside Recreation, 12 (2). pp. 15-18. ISSN 1464-1194
Ravenscroft, N, Church, A, Burnside, N, Gilchrist, P, Rogers, G, Hickey, R, Markwell, S, Scott, A, Reeves, J and Hammond, B (2004) Improving Access for Canoeing on Inland Waters: A Study of the Feasibility of Access Agreements Countryside Agency.
Bhatti, Mark and Church, Andrew (2004) Home, the culture of nature and the meanings of gardens in late modernity Housing Studies, 19 (1). pp. 37-51. ISSN 0267-3037
Church, Andrew (2004) Local and regional tourism policy and power In: Lew, Alan A., Hall, Michael and Williams, Allan M., eds. A companion to tourism. Blackwell companions to geography . Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 555-569. ISBN 0631235647
Church, Andrew and Frost, Martin (2004) Tourism, the global city and the labour market in London Tourism Geographies, 6 (2). pp. 208-228. ISSN 1470-1340
Church, Andrew and Reid, Peter (2002) Local democracy, cross-border collaboration and the internationalisation of local government In: Hambleton, Robin, Savitch, Hank V. and Stewart, Murray, eds. Globalism and local democracy: challenge and change in Europe and North America. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 201-218. ISBN 0333772253
Bhatti, Mark and Church, Andrew (2001) Cultivating natures: homes and gardens in late modernity Sociology, 35 (2). pp. 365-383. ISSN 0038-0385
Bull, Paul and Church, Andrew (2001) Understanding urban tourism: London in the early 1990s International Journal of Tourism Research, 3 (2). pp. 141-150. ISSN 1099-2340
Church, A, Ravenscroft, N, Curry, N, Burnside, N, Fish, P, Joyce, C, Hill, D, Smith, T, Scott, P, Markwell, S, Mobbs, B and Grover, S (2001) Water-based sport and recreation: the facts DEFRA, London.
Links
- Strategic Plans for Water
- AHRC Gardens Project

