Professor Paul Lawless MPhil, MRTPI
Professor of Urban Policy
Summary
Paul Lawless is professor of urban policy and he is the former director of CRESR. He has more than 20 years experience of working within, and researching aspects of, urban regeneration. He has undertaken research projects into a range of regeneration topics including the relationships between transport investment and renewal, labour market analyses, community development and enterprise, etc.
About
He has received funding from the Department of Environment (DoE), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR), the Rural Development Council (RDC), the EU, the European Foundation, the Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Council (ESRC), the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and the Leverhulme Trust.
Recent projects include a review of the regeneration evidence base and an evaluation of the Groundwork Trust. He is currently heading up the long term evaluation of New Deal for Communities for the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU).
Specialist areas of interest
urban policy
regeneration
neighbourhood renewal
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- Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
2005–2009 Phase 2: New Deal for Communities evaluation, Role: Director.
CRESR (2005) New Deal for Communities 2001-2005: An Interim Evaluation - Ï㽶ÊÓƵ report 17. London, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister/NRU.
Publications
Journal articles
Lawless, P., & Beatty, C. (2013). . Urban Studies, 50 (2), 942-958.
Pearson, S., & Lawless, P. (2012). . Environment and Planning A, 44 (8), 2023-2039.
Pearson, S., & Lawless, P. (2012). . Planning Theory and Practice, 13 (4), 509-527.
Lawless, P. (2012). . Policy Studies, 33 (4), 313-328.
Lawless, P. (2012). . European Planning Studies, 21 (10), 1562-1577.
Lawless, P. (2011). . Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 29 (3), 520-532.
Lawless, P., Foden, M., Wilson, I., & Beatty, C. (2010). . Sage Urban Studies Abstracts, 47 (2), 257-275.
Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2010). . Policy and Politics, 38 (2), 235-251.
Wilson, I., Lawless, P., Grimsley, M., & Foden, M. (2010). . Town Planning Review, 81 (2), 151-172.
Lawless, P. (2006). . Urban studies, 43 (11), 1991-2011.
Lawless, P. (2004). . Environment and planning C: government and policy, 22 (3), 383-399.
Lawless, P. (2002). . Urban studies, 39 (8), 1329-1346.
Lawless, P. (2001). Environment and planning C: government and policy, 19 (1), 135-155.
Lawless, P., & Robinson, D. (2000). Inclusive regeneration? Integrating social and economic regeneration in English local authorities. Town Planning Review, 71 (3), 289.
Dabinett, G., Gore, T., Haywood, R., & Lawless, P. (1999). Transport investment and regeneration. Sheffield: 1992–1997. Transport Policy, 6 (2), 123-134.
Lawless, P. (1999). Transport Investment and Urban Regeneration in a Provincial City: Sheffield, 1992–96. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 17 (2), 211-226.
Lawless, P., & Gore, T. (1999). . Urban Studies, 36 (3), 527-545.
Digaetano, A., & Lawless, P. (1999). Urban Governance and Industrial Decline. Urban Affairs Review, 34 (4), 546-577.
Lawless, P., Else, P., Farnell, R., Furbey, R., Lund, S., & Wishart, B. (1998). Community Based Initiative and State Urban Policy: The Church Urban Fund. Regional Studies, 32 (2), 161-174.
Beatty, C., Fothergill, S., & Lawless, P. (1997). Geographical Variation in the Labour-Market Adjustment Process: The UK Coalfields 1981–91. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 29 (11), 2041-2060.
Furbey, R., Else, P., Farnell, R., Lawless, P., Lund, S., & Wishart, B. (1997). Breaking with Tradition? The Church of England and Community Organising. Community Development Journal, 32 (2), 141-150.
Lawless, P. (1996). The inner cities: towards a new agenda. Town Planning Review, 67 (1), 21.
Lund, S., Farnell, R., Furbey, R., Lawless, P., Wishart, B., & Else, P. (1995). Empowering communities: The experience of the Church Urban Fund. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 10 (3), 218-228.
Lawless, P. (1995). Inner-city and Suburban Labour Markets in a Major English Conurbation: Processes and Policy Implications. Urban Studies, 32 (7), 1097-1125.
(1995). Recent Urban Policy Literature: a review. Planning Practice & Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 10 (3-4), 413-418.
Lawless, P., & Dabinett, G. (1995). Urban Regeneration and Transport Investment: A Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Agenda. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 27 (7), 1029-1048.
Lawless, P. (1995). Spatial differentiation in urban employment patterns: Inner city and suburban labour markets in an English provincial city. Local Government Studies, 21 (2), 224-247.
(1995). Ï㽶ÊÓƵ reports. Planning Practice & Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 10 (2), 235-240.
Lawless, P. (1994). Partnership in Urban Regeneration in the UK: The Sheffield Central Area Study. Urban Studies, 31 (8), 1303-1324.
Dabinett, G., & Lawless, P. (1994). Urban transport investment and regeneration: Ï㽶ÊÓƵing the impact of south Yorkshire supertram. Planning Practice & Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, 9 (4), 407-414.
Dabinett, G., & Lawless, P. (1993). An evaluation of the rural development commission's redundant building grant. Journal of Rural Studies, 9 (4), 385-396.
Beauregard, R.A., Lawless, P., & Deitrick, S. (1992). Collaborative Strategies for Reindustrialization: Sheffield and Pittsburgh. Economic Development Quarterly, 6 (4), 418-430.
Dabinett, G., & Lawless, P. (1992). Public Subsidy, Property Development, and Economic Activity: An Evaluation of Britain's Rural Development Commission's Redundant Building Grant. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 10 (2), 211-228.
Lawless, P., & Ramsden, P. (1992). Managed workspaces: Aspects of evaluation. Local Government Studies, 18 (2), 75-97.
Lawless, P. (1991). Urban Policy in the Thatcher Decade: English Inner-City Policy, 1979–90. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 9 (1), 15-30.
Lawless, P. (1991). Public-private sector partnership in a major industrial conurbation: the case study of Sheffield. East Midland Geographer, 14, 4-13.
Lawless, P., & Ramsden, P. (1990). Sheffield in the 1980s. Cities, 7 (3), 202-210.
Lawless, P., & Ramsden, P. (1990). Land use planning and the inner cities — The case of the lower don valley, Sheffield∗. Local Government Studies, 16 (1), 33-47.
Henneberry, J., & Lawless, P. (1989). The computer services sector in older manufacturing cities: A case study of sheffield. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 4 (2), 125-131.
Lawless, P. (1989). Britain's inner cities: problems and policies. Second edition. Britain's inner cities: problems and policies. Second edition.
Lawless, P. (1988). British Inner Urban Policy Post 1979: a critique. Policy & Politics, 16 (4), 261-275.
Lawless, P. (1988). Urban development corporations and their alternatives. Cities, 5 (3), 277-289.
Lawless, P. (1988). Enterprise boards: evolution and critique. Planning Outlook, 31 (1), 13-18.
Lawless, P. (1986). The changing urban and regional system in the UK: Sheffield case study. Global restructuring local response, 170-174.
Lawless, P. (1986). The evolution of spatial policy: a case study of inner- urban policy in the United Kingdom 1968-1981. The evolution of spatial policy: a case study of inner- urban policy in the United Kingdom 1968-1981.
Lawless, P., & Randle, T.W. (1985). Déclin industriel et réponse politique : l'expérience de Sheffield. Hommes et Terres du Nord, 2 (1), 129-138.
Lawless, P. (1981). The role of some central government agencies in urban economic regeneration. Regional Studies, 15 (1), 1-14.
Lawless, P. (1981). Britain's inner cities: problems and policies. Britain's inner cities: problems and policies.
Lawless, P. (1980). Partnerships — A critical evaluation. Local Government Studies, 6 (3), 21-39.
Lawless, P. (1980). New approaches to local authority economic intervention. Local Government Studies, 6 (1), 17-31.
Lawless, P. (1979). Urban deprivation and government initiative ( UK). Urban deprivation and government initiative ( UK).
Lawless, P. (1979). Urban economic development. Town and Country Planning, 48 (8), 258-259.
Lawless, P. (1978). Urban initiatives and the state of planning. Planning Outlook, 21 (2), 18-22.
Conference papers
Gonzales, V.M., Barham, M., Lawless, P., Cherian, B.V., Mata, D., Higgins-Borchardt, S., & Alatrach, S. (2012). Understanding production drivers and challenges in converting a vertical to horizontal oil play utilizing single well modeling. Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2012, CURC 2012, 1, 139-148.
Lawless, P. (1992). Urban regeneration and planning: Past lessons and future direction. Land Use Policy, 9 (4), 304-305.
Book chapters
Lawless, P., & MacKay, R.R. (2013). Poverty, Inequality and Exclusion in the Contemporary City. In Unemployment and Social Exclusion: Landscapes of Labour Inequality. (pp. 201-216).
Lawless, P. (2013). The Policy Challenge. In Unemployment and Social Exclusion: Landscapes of Labour Inequality. (pp. 235-248).
Martin, R. (n.d.). Regional Development in the 1990s. Routledge:
Reports
Dayson, C., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2013). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-economic-impact-of-housing-organisations-on-the-north-helena-partnerships
Dayson, C., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2013). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-economic-impact-of-housing-organisations-on-the-north-liverpool-housing-trust
Dayson, C., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2013). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-economic-impact-of-housing-organisations-on-the-north-st-leger-homes-of-doncaster
Dayson, C., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2013). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-economic-impact-of-housing-organisations-on-the-north-stockport-homes
Dayson, C., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2013). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-economic-impact-of-housing-organisations-on-the-north-wakefield-and-district-housing
Dayson, C., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2013). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-economic-impact-of-housing-organisations-on-the-north-leeds-federated
Dayson, C., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2013). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-economic-impact-of-housing-organisation-on-the-north
Dayson, C., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2013). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-economic-impact-of-housing-organisations-on-the-north-durham-city-homes
Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2011). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-economic-impact-of-horseracing-in-yorkshire
Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., Pearson, S., & Wilson, I. (2011). . Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/ndc-technical-report
Gore, T., Dayson, C., Eadson, W., Gilbertson, J., Lawless, P., Phang, Z., ... Wilson, I. (2010). . Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/assessing-the-value-and-benefits-of-groundwork
Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2010). . Communities and Local Government Publications. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-new-deal-for-communities-programme-volume-five---exploring-and-explaining-change-in-regeneration
Beatty, C., Brennan, A., Foden, M., Lawless, P., Tyler, P., Warnock, C., & Wilson, I. (2010). . Communities and Local Government. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-new-deal-for-communities-programme-volume-six---assessing-impact-and-value-for-money
Batty, E., Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., Pearson, S., & Wilson, I. (2010). . Communities and Local Government.
Batty, E., Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., Pearson, S., & Wilson, I. (2010). . Communities and Local Government.
Batty, E., Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., Pearson, S., & Wilson, I. (2010). . Communities and Local Government.
Batty, E., Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., Pearson, S., & Wilson, I. (2010). . Communities and Local Government. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-new-deal-for-communities-programme-volume-three---making-deprived-areas-better-places-to-live
Batty, E., Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., Pearson, S., & Wilson, I. (2010). . Communities and Local Government. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-new-deal-for-communities-programme-volume-four---improving-outcomes-for-people-in-deprived
Batty, E., Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., Wilson, I., & Pearson, S. (2010). . Communities and Local Government. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/the-new-deal-for-communities-experience-a-final-assessment
Beatty, C., Foden, M., Grimsley, M., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2009). . Communities and Local Government Publications. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/four-years-of-change-understanding-the-experiences-of-the-2002-2006
Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., Pearson, S., & Wilson, I. (2009). . Communities and Local Government Publications. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/transformational-change-a-synthesis-of-new-evidence-2008-09
Beatty, C., Crisp, R., Foden, M., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2009). . Communities and Local Government Publications. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/understanding-and-tackling-worklessness-volume-2
Beatty, C., Foden, M., Wilson, I., Lawless, P., & Crisp, R. (2009). . Communities and Local Government Publications. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/understanding-and-tackling-worklessness-lessons-and-policy-implications
Beatty, C., Foden, M., Lawless, P., & Wilson, I. (2009). . Communities and Local Government (CLG). /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/an-overview-of-cross-sectional-change-data-2002-2008
Lawless, P., Dickinson, S., Fordham, G., Fuller, C., Meegan, R., & Wells, P. (2008). . Communities and Local Government. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/challenges-interventions-and-change
Pearson, S., Ardron, R., Lawless, P., Wells, P., Dickinson, S., Fordham, G., ... Meegan, R. (2008). . Communities and Local Government Publications.
Beatty, C., Foden, M., Wilson, I., & Lawless, P. (2008). . Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, Centre for Regional Economic and Social Ï㽶ÊÓƵ. /centre-regional-economic-social-research/publications/new-deal-for-communities-a-synthesis-of-new-programme-wide-evidence-2006-07
Fordham, G., Gore, T., Lawless, P., & Fordham, R.K. (2002). . York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Theses / Dissertations
Mohamed, A.A.A. (2014). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Rotherham, I., Jones, P., & Lawless, P.
Parker, G.F. (2012). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Gore, T., Lawless, P., & Georgiou, C.
Palmen, R.L. (2007). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Lawless, P., & Pearson, S.
McLean, G. (2003). . (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Lawless, P., & Trinnaman, J.
Postgraduate supervision
Four most recent on
Gender and participation in regeneration projects in Sheffield
Community engagement in regeneration projects in South Yorkshire
Assistance for small firms: rationale and effects
Community engagement in urban regeneration projects in Hull and Brazil