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Dr David Storey
Senior Lecturer (Geography)
Institute of Science & the Environment
Academic History/Qualifications
Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Glamorgan, 1992
PhD student/part-time Tutor/Research Assistant, University College Cork 1986-92
PhD Geography, University College Cork (1993) Rural Deprivation in Counties Cork and Kerry: A Geographical Analysis
MSc Geography, Trinity College Dublin (1988)
BA Geography and Economics, Trinity College Dublin (1982)
- Teaching & Research
- Conference Presentations
- Publications
- University Roles and External Responsibilities
Teaching & Research
Current Teaching
Political Geography
Rural Geography
Human Geographies of Global Change Heritage
Tourism and Place Promotion
People and Place
Changing Places Field Course
Postgraduate supervision
David Maund (PhD) Moving-on from a rural parish: A multi-disciplinary longitudinal study of demographic change and migration in an area of the English-Welsh borderland (2008)
Nicholas Bennett (MPhil) The Role and Effectiveness of Parish Councils in Gloucestershire: Adapting to New Modes of Rural Community Governance (2006)
Penelope Mell (PhD) The Theory and Practice of Community Based Strategies in Rural Areas (1999)
Research Interests
My research interests are eclectic but fall into three broad and intersecting strands.
Rural change and development
Territory and National Identity
Sport, place and identity
Conference Presentations
Below is a selection of presentations Dr David Storey has done:
Storey, D. Wearing the green. A game of political football. Conference of Irish Geographers, Maynooth, May 2010.
Storey, D. Answering Ireland’s Call? Sport, place and identity in Ireland. Culture, Media, Sport and Tourism conference, Worcester, March 2010.
Storey, D. "The Irish must have more grandmothers than any other nation”: The Republic of Ireland soccer team and Irish identity. Political Studies Association of Ireland Annual conference, Liverpool, October 2009.
Storey, D. Rural development, heritage and place promotion. Landscape and Heritage conference, Worcester, November 2008.
Storey, D. Contemporary approaches to rural development: Lauding the local, Space to Place: The Next Rural Economies workshop, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, May 2008.
Storey, D. Ireland’s Call: Allegiances, Acrimony and Anthems. Political Studies Association Sport and Politics Study Group Annual Conference, Liverpool, February 2008.
Storey, D. Using the Past: Heritage and Re-imagining Rural Places. 6th Quadrennial Conference of British, Canadian and American Rural Geographers, Spokane, July 2007.
Storey, D. Heritage, local distinctiveness and rural place promotion. Conference of Irish Geographers, Dublin, May 2007
Storey, D. Transferring national allegiance: Cultural affinity or flag of convenience. Political Studies Association Sport and Politics Study Group Annual Conference, Gregynog, February 2007.
Holmes, M. and Storey, D. National identity and the Republic of Ireland football team. Patriot Games conference, Worcester, June 2006.
Storey, D. Citizen, state and nation. Geographical Association Annual Conference, Manchester, April 2006.
Publications
Dr David Storey has written numerous articles and books during his time as an academic.
Below are some of the key publications:
Storey, D. (2011) Territory. The Claiming of Space, Harlow: Prentice Hall (2nd edition forthcoming)
Holmes, M. and Storey, D. (2011) Transferring national allegiance: cultural affinity or flag of convenience? Sport in Society 14 (2), 253-271.
Storey, D. (2010) Using the past: heritage and re-imagining rural places, in D.G. Winchell, D. Ramsey, R. Koster and G.M. Robinson (eds) Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change, Rural Development Institute, Brandon University, 374-383.
Storey, D. (2010) Partnerships, people and place: Lauding the local in rural development, in G. Halseth, S. Markey and D. Bruce (eds) The Next Rural Economies: Constructing Rural Place in Global Economies, CABI: Wallingford, 155-165.
Storey, D. (2009) Political Geography, in R. Kitchin and N. Thrift (eds) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography,Volume 8, Oxford: Elsevier, 243-253.
Storey, D. (2009) Rural economic development, in R. Kitchin and N. Thrift (eds) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Volume 3, Oxford: Elsevier, 210-214.
Storey, D. (2008) Territory, space and society, in P. Daniels, M. Bradshaw, D. Shaw and J. Sidaway (eds) An Introduction to Human Geography. Issues for the 21st Century (3rd edition), Harlow: Prentice Hall, 399-416 (4th edition forthcoming)
Storey, D. (2002) Territory and national identity: examples from the former Yugoslavia, Geography, 87 (2), 108-115. Storey, D. (1999) Issues of integration, participation and empowerment in rural development: the case of LEADER in the Republic of Ireland, Journal of Rural Studies 15 (3), 307-315.
University Roles and External Responsibilities
University Roles
Course Leader: BA Human Geography
Member: Centre for Rural Research Geography Admissions
Tutor Convenor: ISE Research Seminar Series
Membership Secretary: University of Worcester Branch UCU
External Responsibilities
External Examiner, BSc Geography, Bath Spa University 2010-;
External Reviewer, Research Fellowship Scheme, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick (Ireland) 2008;
Academic Advisor, Commission for Rural Communities 2007-08;
External Consultant, Higher Education Training and Awards Council (Republic of Ireland) 2004, 2007;
External Examiner BSc Geography, University of Glamorgan 2001-2005;
Manuscript referee for various journals
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