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World Ranking
470
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79

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Paul Cloke was affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research focused on multiple areas across social sciences and agricultural and biological sciences, exploring topics related to rural development, sustainability, and social issues.

The main fields of study in their work included:

  • Social Sciences
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their subfields of study spanned:

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Finance
  • Demography
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Health Professions

Paul Cloke's research engaged with several key topics, such as:

  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Foucault, Power, and Ethics
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Water Governance and Infrastructure
  • Geographic Information Systems Studies

The recent publications illustrate the range of their academic work. Notable papers included:

  • "Postsecularities of care: In-common ethics and politics of 'the meantime(s)'", 2020, published in Cities
  • "Still bleeding: The variegated geographies of austerity and food banking in rural England and Wales", 2020, published in Journal of Rural Studies
  • "Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Medals and Awards celebration 2022", 2022, published in Geographical Journal

Paul Cloke collaborated often with several co-authors in their research projects. Frequent co-authors included:

  • Jon May
  • Andrew Williams
  • Liev Cherry
  • Nigel Clifford
  • David Hempleman-Adams

Their work appeared in respected venues such as the Journal of Rural Studies, Cities, and the Geographical Journal.

Throughout their career, Paul Cloke received recognition including fellowships from prestigious institutions:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (2005)
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

  • Approaching Human Geography: An Introduction to Contemporary Theoretical Debates

    Paul J. Cloke;Chris Philo;David Sadler

  • Consuming Ethics: Articulating the Subjects and Spaces of Ethical Consumption

    Clive Barnett;Paul Cloke;Nick Clarke;Alice Malpass

  • Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption

    Clive Barnett;Paul Cloke;Nick Clarke;Alice Malpass

  • Handbook of rural studies

    Paul J. Cloke;Terry Marsden;Patrick H. Mooney

  • “Cracking the Canyon with the Awesome Foursome”: Representations of Adventure Tourism in New Zealand

    Paul Cloke;Harvey C Perkins

  • Dwelling, Place, and Landscape: An Orchard in Somerset:

    Paul Cloke;Owain Jones

  • Globalising the consumer: Doing politics in an ethical register

    Nick Clarke;Clive Barnett;Paul Cloke;Alice Malpass

  • Contested countryside cultures: otherness, marginalisation and rurality.

    Paul J. Cloke;Jo Little

  • An index of rurality for England and Wales

    Paul J. Cloke

  • Deprivation and Lifestyles in Rural Wales II: Rurality and the Cultural Dimension

    Paul Cloke;Paul Milbourne

  • Country backwater to virtual village? Rural studies and ‘the cultural turn’

    Paul Cloke

  • Deliver us from evil? Prospects for living ethically and acting politically in human geography

    Paul Cloke

  • Introducing Human Geographies

    Paul Cloke;Philip Crang;Mark Goodwin

  • Conceptualising Countryside Change : From Post-Fordism to Rural Structured Coherence

    Paul Cloke;Mark Goodwin

  • Tree Cultures: The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place

    Owain Jones;Paul J. Cloke

  • Commodification and Adventure in New Zealand Tourism

    Paul Cloke;Harvey C. Perkins

  • Ethics, Reflexivity and Research: Encounters with Homeless People

    Paul Cloke;Philip Cooke;Jerry Cursons;Paul Milbourne

  • Geographies of postsecular rapprochement in the city

    Paul Cloke;Justin Beaumont

  • Rurality in England and Wales 1981: A replication of the 1971 index

    Paul Cloke;Gareth Edwards

  • Contested Countryside Cultures

    PJ Cloke;J Little

  • The Place of Trees and Trees in Their Place

    Paul Cloke;Owain Jones;Wayne Fife

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Goodwin
Mark Goodwin University of Exeter
Clive Barnett
Clive Barnett University of Exeter
Owain Jones
Owain Jones The Open University
Nigel Thrift
Nigel Thrift University of Bristol
Claus Vögele
Claus Vögele University of Luxembourg
Terry Marsden
Terry Marsden Cardiff University
Sarah Whatmore
Sarah Whatmore University of Oxford
John Tribe
John Tribe York St John University
William M. Adams
William M. Adams University of Cambridge
Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco

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