Grant from the Leverhulme Trust

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In July 2009, the core group of seven members of our Network were successful in securing a grant (£63,591) from The Leverhulme Trust’s International Networks Scheme:  

The project is entitled “Edge Work: Comparative Studies in Advanced Urban Marginality”.   Beginning in January 2010, for three years we will engage in scientific exchanges aimed at developing comparative and international perspectives on advanced urban marginality, using shared principles of analysis and parallel methodologies designed to track, contrast and challenge the rise and diffusion of new forms of urban poverty.  Our long-term aim is to make a major contribution to the growing intellectual agenda of invigorating the study of urban marginality, exploring what lessons for scholarship, activism and policy can be learned from comparative discussions and analyses of territorial stigmatization as a key feature advanced urban marginality.

Paul Kirkness was appointed Network Administrator in November 2011. He takes over from the fantastic work done by Stephanie Terreni-Brown. Paul is now responsible responsible for organising the network's events and conferences, as well as updating and building the new website; he will also be taking part in up-coming AUM conferences as a research participant. 

To find out more about our planned activities, please download the full application, and keep checking this website to monitor our progress.

The full application made to the Leverhulme Trust by the AUM network is available to download here. 

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