SEEK: Salford Environment for Expertise and Knowledge
Tim May
Prof Tim May
postal addressCentre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF), 1st Floor, Cube Building, 113-115 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6DW.
email addresst.may@salford.ac.uk
telephone0161 295 4018
website addresswww.surf.salford.ac.uk
Key Memberships
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Member of Faculty: Faculty of Business, Law & the Built Environment
From January 2001 to September 2010.
Member of School: School of the Built Environment
From January 2001 to present.
Profile Summary

Tim obtained degrees from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1985) and the Universities of Surrey (1986) and Plymouth (1990). This followed a first career as an engineer in the agricultural sector and then an evening return-to-study course, during which time he worked in the retail sector. After his degrees, Tim was employed at the Universities of Plymouth and Durham before moving to Salford in September 1999.

Tim’s interests centre upon the relationship between knowledge, strategy, context and practice. He has developed these in a variety of fields and settings including the following: universities; local government; regional and city innovation and knowledge partnerships; international and national research council funded programmes; Whitehall and regional agencies; health, probation, prison and social services and urban and regional policy in general. He has taken this work to examine how it relates to knowledge generation and reception, sustainability, policy formulation and implementation and organizational actions and outcomes at different levels: from the local, to city, regional, national and international scales. The roles of management, culture, communication and coordination and intelligence, as well as developing more holistic views on city-regional development, feature in his work for SURF, along with concerns over the future of the university, active intermediation and urban arenas in knowledge exchange and the production and reception of different forms of knowledge. He is currently seconded half-time to the Mistra Urban Futures Centre, based in Gothenburg, Sweden and working on an EPSRC funded Retrofit programme with partners in Cardiff, Oxford and Cambridge. Mistra entails a lead role in developing and producing international comparative work, as well as the development of the scientific programme for the Centre.

 In addition to his managerial, research and policy activities, Tim has given numerous talks nationally and internationally, as well having served on selection committees and commissioning bodies. He has written and edited fourteen books that, to date, have been translated into fourteen languages. The topics of his writings include: urban policy; universities and regional development; science policy; innovation; knowledge and sustainability; management and organizational change; politics and regional representation; social theory; research methodology and methods; thinking sociologically and philosophy of science and social science.
 
Tim is the series editor of ‘Issues in Society’ – an international book series with Open University Press/McGraw-Hill in which 17 books have been published. Among his current publications are a book on Social Research and Reflexivity (with Beth Perry, Sage Publications, 2011); a 4th edition of Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process (Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, 2011) and a co-edited special edition of the ‘Built Environment’ journal, with Beth Perry, on ‘The Roles of Universities in Building Knowledge Cities’.
 
Key Qualifications
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1993
City and Guilds of London (Cert) The Design and Development of Flexible and Open Learning Materials (from Plymouth College of Further Education ).
1990
Ph.D. Sociology and Social Policy (from University of Plymouth.).
1986
M.Sc. Social Research Methods (from University of Surrey).
1985
B.Sc. Economics (from London School of Economics and Political Science).
1978
City and Guilds of London (Cert) 'Agricultural Engineering', 030 Parts 1/2. (from Rycotewood College, Thame, Oxfordshire).
Key Projects
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2012
Jan
Cultural intermediation: connecting communities in the creative urban economy
AHRC, £457,377.00.
Principal Investigator: B Perry (80%). Co-Investigator: T May (20%).
2010
Jul
Mistra Urban Futures
Chalmers University of Technology, £449,965.00.
Principal Investigator: T May (60%). Co-Investigators: B Perry (30%), M Hodson (10%).
2010
Jun
Re-Engineering the City 2020-2050: Urban Foresight and Transition Management (SUE 3)
EPSRC, £575,262.00.
Principal Investigator: M Hodson (50%). Co-Investigator: T May (50%).
2009
Jul
Innovative Urban Environments
Manchester Enterprises Ltd, £69,500.00.
Principal Investigator: T May (50%). Co-Investigator: B Perry (50%).
2008
Sep
Urban Knowledge for Shaping Critical Infrastructure: New Models for City-regions
ESRC, £40,000.00.
Investigators: S Marvin (50%), T May (50%).
2008
Mar
Cities and Sustainability - Urban Ecological Security: The new urban paradigm?
University of Copenhagen, £14,994.00.
Investigators: M Hodson (33%), T May (33%), S Marvin (33%).
2008
Mar
Territorial Knowledge in States with Dominant Capital Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Cities and Regions in Shaping Transitions in Science and Technology
British Academy, £5,400.00.
Investigators: M Hodson (25%), B Perry (25%), T May (25%), S Marvin (25%).
2007
Aug
From Organisational Translation to Transformation
ESRC, £37,641.00.
Investigator: T May (100%).
2007
Mar
Mistra Pre-Research Project Sustainable Urban Development
MISTRA, £23,000.00.
Investigators: S Marvin (47%), M Hodson (3%), T May (47%), B Perry (3%).
2007
Jan
Business and Knowledge Based Region
ESRC, £41,270.00.
Investigators: T May (40%), B Perry (60%).
2006
May
The Embedded University in the Science Economy: Capacities, Contexts & Expectations.
ESRC, £19,750.00.
Investigator: T May (100%).
2004
Mar
Building science regions in the European Research Area: Governance in the Territorial Agora
ESRC, £152,548.00.
Investigators: B Perry (90%), T May (10%).
2003
Jul
Business and Regional Governance
North West Development Agency, £39,000.00.
Investigator: T May (100%).
2003
Jul
Trent NHS Workforce
Trent NHS Workforce Development Confederation, £153,400.00.
Investigator: T May (100%).
Key Publications
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Authored Books
2011
Jan
May, T 2011, Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process. , 4th edition, Open University Press/Mc Graw-Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire .
2011
Jan
May, T & With-Perry, B 2011, Social Research and Reflexivity: Content, Consequences and Context, Sage, London, UK.abstract
2008
Jan
May, T & Powell, J 2008, Situating Social Theory, 2nd edition, Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, Maidenhead, UK.
2001
Jan
Bauman, Z & May, T 2001, Thinking Sociologically (Reprinted in 2002, 2003, and 2004). Translated into: Chinese (2010), Portuguese (2010), Romanian (2008), Argentinian (2007), Polish, Norwegian, Swedish, Estonian, Czech (2004) Danish, Italian (2003) , 2nd edition, -Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
2001
Jan
May, T 2001, Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process - (Reprinted in 2004 and 2006 (twice). Translated into: Chinese (2009), Japenese (2005), Portuguese (2004) and Swedish (2001), 3rd edition, Open University Press, Buckingham, UK.
Refereed Journal Articles
2011
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2011, 'Contours and Conflicts in Scale: Science, Knowledge and Urban Development', Local Economy, 26(8), pp.715-720.
2011
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2011, 'Urban Research in the Knowledge Economy: Content, Context and Outlook', Built Environment, 37(3), pp.352-368.
2011
Jan
May, T 2011, 'Urban Knowledge Arenas: Dynamics, Tensions and Potentials. ', International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, 2(2), pp.132-147.
2010
Jan
May, T 2010, 'Contours in Reflexivity: Commitment, Criteria and Change ', Methodological Innovations Online, 5(1), pp.24-44.
2002
Jan
May, T & Williams, M 2002, 'Rom Harre on Social Structure and Social Change', European Journal of Social Theory, 5(1), pp.107-111.
2002
Jan
May, T & Williams, M 2002, 'Commitment and Investigation in Knowing the Social World', International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice, 5(1), pp.3-9.
2000
Jan
May, T 2000, 'Reflexivity in Social Life and Sociological Practice: A Reply to Roger Slack ', Sociological Research Online, 5(1).
2000
Jan
May, T 2000, 'A Future for Critique? Positioning, Belonging and Reflexivity', European Journal of Social Theory, 3(2), pp.157-173.
Book Sections
2011
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2011 'Comparative Research: Potentials and Problems', in: Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process, 4th edition, Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, Maidenhead, UK.
2010
Jan
Williams, M & May, T 2010 'Commitment and Investigation in Knowing the Social World', in: Olsen, W (ed.), Realist Methodology, Volume 1: Practical Realist Ontology, Sage, London, UK.
2009
Jan
May, T & Marvin, S 2009 'Elected Regional Assemblies: Lessons for Better Policy Making', in: Sandford, M (ed.), The Northern Veto, Manchester University Press. , Manchester, UK.
2007
Jan
Peters, M & May, T 2007 'Higher Education, Regional Policy and the Knowledge Economy: The North West of the UK', in: Marginson, S (ed.), Prospects of Higher Education: Globalization, Market Competition, Public Good and the Future of the University, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2002
Jan
May, T 2002 'Transformations in Principles and Practice', in: May, T (ed.), Qualitative Research in Action, Sage, London, UK.
2000
Jan
May, T & Buck, M 2000 'Social Work, Professionalism and the Rationality of Organisational Change', in: Malin, N (ed.), Professionalism, Boundaries and the Workplace, Routledge, London, UK.
Edited Books
2002
Jan
May, T 2002, 'Qualitative Research in Action', Sage, London , UK.
1998
Jan
May, T 1998, 'Issues in Society (International Series) ', Open University Press/Mc Graw-Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK.abstract
Guest Editorships of Journals
2011
Jan
Perry, B & May, T 2011, 'Building Knowledge Cities: The Role of Universities', Built Environment, 37(3).
2002
Jan
M., W & May, T 2002, 'Special edition entitled Knowing the Social World', International Journal of Social Research Methodology : Theory and Practice, Vol 5 (1), p.0.
Other Publications
2011
Jun
May, T 2011, What's Going On? Impact Metrics Won't Tell You, (Times Higher Education Supplement www.timeshighereducation.co.uk), THES, London, United Kingdom.
2011
Mar
May, T 2011, Choice, Necessity and University Futures, (Published on Universities as a Public Good http://universitypolitics.blogspot.com/2011/03/necessitychoice-and-future-of.html), Universitypolitics, Chicago, USA.
2010
Jan
May, T & Marvin, S & Hodson, M & Perry, B 2010, The SURF-ARUP Framework for Urban Infrastructural Development. No:2, (SURF Pamphlet Series), SURF Centre, University of Salford, Manchester, UK.abstract
2010
Jan
May, T & Perry, B & Hodson, M & Marvin, S 2010, Active Intermediaries for Effective Knowledge Exchange: Populating the Missing Middle. No:1., (SURF Pamphlet Series), SURF, University of Salford , Manchester , UK.abstract
2008
Dec
May, T & Hodson, M & Marvin, S & Perry, B 2008, Knowledge Exchange for Policy and Practice: The Missing Middle, Knowledge Arenas and Active Intermediaries, (Newsletter of the Regional Studies Association), Regions. No.272, West Sussex, UK.
2008
Jan
May, T & Perry, B & Hodson, M & Marvin, S 2008, What Difference Did it Make? Regions, (.), RSA, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
2008
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2008, Science Parks as Active Intermediaries, (The Quarterly Journal of the UK Science Parks Association), UKSPA, ., United Kingdom.
2007
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2007, An Entrepreneurial Approach to Regional Research? Regions, (267), RSA, ., UK.
2006
Jan
Perry, B & May, T 2006, Round pegs, round holes: the English Science Cities, Parliamentary Brief, (10: 11), Parliamentary Brief, London, United Kingdom.
2006
Jan
May, T & Perry, B 2006, Regional and Local Science Policies : Towards Balanced Excellence and Growth?, (263), RSA, ., United Kingdom.
Papers in Published Conference Proceedings
2010
Nov
Perry, B & May, T 2010, Re-thinking sustainable urbanism: what knowledge and how? , in: 'Regions and the Environment, Published Conference Proceedings of the Regional Studies Association Winter Conference', Seaford: Regional Studies Association, London, UK.
Reports for External Bodies
2010
May
May, T & Perry, B & Edler, J & Randles, S 2010, 'The MIIF and Manchesters Innovation Journey: Lessons and Ways Forward', for: Report to the Innovation Investment Fund, SURF and MIoIR, Manchester, UK.
2010
Feb
May, T & Perry, B 2010, 'Implementing the Innovation Fund: Comparing Expectations and Practices', for: Report to Gateway Review Group of the Innovation Investment Fund, SURF Centre, Manchester , UK.
2009
Jul
May, T & Perry, B 2009, 'Designing the Innovation Fund: Understanding Stakeholder Priorities and Key Expectations', for: Report to Gateway Review Group of Innovation Investment Fund , SURF Centre, Manchester, UK.
Reports
2004
Jan
Perry, B & May, T 2004, Thinking Allowed: The Trent HESP Summit, Trent Workforce Development Confederation, TWDC, UK.
Key Presence
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Conference Organisation
2001
Jan
Organiser of no less than sixteen (22) events and conferences (Between 2001-date, January 2001).
2000
Dec
Contributor to postgraduate sessions on 'publishing' and 'careers'. With Linda McKie and Bev Skeggs. BSA Annual Conferenc. (University of Manchester , United Kingdom, December 2000).
Conference Presentations
2011
Dec
Active Intermediaries for Knowledge Exchange (Bridging the Gap Knowledge Exchange Conference, London School of Economics, United Kingdom, December 2011).

May, T. and Perry, B.

External Examiner Duties
2007
Jan
(University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, January 2007).

Ph.D. examiner for: 'Defensive Medicine: Risk and Reflexivity - a Qualitative and Transformative Study of Medical Practice'

2005
Jan
(University of Liverpool , United Kingdom, January 2005).

Ph.D. examiner for: 'Defensive Medicine: Risk and Reflexivity - a Qualitative and Transformative Study of Medical Practice'

2004
Jan
(London South Bank University, United Kingdom, January 2004).

External assessor for: Director, Institute for Urban Regeneration and Social Policy

2001
Jan
(Liverpool John Moores University , United Kingdom, January 2001).

Ph.D. examiner for: 'Foucauldian Gerontology: Discourse and Subject Position: A New Approach'

2001
Jan
(University of Leicester , United Kingdom, January 2001).

External examiner for: M.Sc in Social Research, Department of Sociology, 2001-2002

2001
Jan
(University of Northumbria, Newcastle, United Kingdom, January 2001).

Ph.D examiner for: 'Discipline at Work'

2001
Jan
(University of Salford, United Kingdom, January 2001).

Ph.D. examiner for: 'Communications Management: Development and Opportunities'

2000
Jan
(University of Leicester, United Kingdom, January 2000).

Examiner for: B.A and B.Sc in Sociology, Department of Sociology, 2000-2002

Honorary Posts (e.g. Visiting Appointments)
2005
May
Visiting Professor (Institute for Social Policy and Urban Regeneration, London South Bank University , United Kingdom, May 2005 to December 2005).
2003
Apr
Visiting Professor (Institute of European Studies, Cornell University, New York, United States, April 2003 to September 2003).
Invited Papers and Lectures
2012
Mar
Making Research Work: Engagement, Content and Context (Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, London, United Kingdom, March 2012).
2012
Feb
The Challenges of Building Innovative, Smart Cities (Smart Cities of the Future in Asia: The Opportunities for UK Business, UKTI/RBS, Media City, Salford Quays, United Kingdom, February 2012).
2012
Jan
Urban Retrofit: On, In or With city-regions? (Retrofit 2012 Conference. , Salford Quays, Salford, United Kingdom, January 2012).

May, T. and Hodson, M.

2010
Nov
Re-thinking sustainable urbanism: what knowledge and how? (Regional Studies Association Winter Conference Regions and the Environment, London Voluntary Resource Centre, United Kingdom, November 2010).

With Beth Perry

2010
Jul
Making Reflexivity Work: Engagement, Content and Context (ENQUIRE Conference , Nottingham University , United Kingdom, July 2010).

May, T.

2010
Apr
The Future of the University (Panel member and presented in scenario planning for the future of the university, Professorial College, University of Salford, United Kingdom, April 2010).

May, T.

2010
Mar
International Innovation Platforms (Reception for the Mistra Urban Futures Centre at the World Urban Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 2010).

May, T. and Marvin, S.

2010
Feb
Implementing the Innovation Fund: Comparing Expectations and Practices (Presentation to the Gateway Review Group. Commission for the New Economy, Manchester, United Kingdom, February 2010).

Perry, B. and May, T.

2010
Feb
The What and How of Urban Knowledge (Mistra Urban Futures Research Consortium, Gothenburg, Sweden, February 2010).

May, T. and Marvin, S.

2010
Jan
Questions, Challenges and Lessons in City-Regional Innovation (Leeds Innovation Capital Executive, Bradford, United Kingdom, January 2010).

May, T. and Perry, B.

2009
Oct
Populating the 'Missing-Middle' for Sustainable Futures (Presentation to the Gothenburg MISTRA Project Collaborators. , Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2009).

With Simon Marvin

2009
Oct
Populating the 'Missing-Middle' for Sustainable Futures (Presentation to the Gothenburg MISTRA Project Collaborators, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2009).

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2009
Aug
SURF Urban Knowledge Arenas (European Urban Infralab, Berlin, Germany, August 2009).

With Simon Marvin

2009
Jul
Professional Futures: Innovation and Collaboration in the Professional Realms¿ Policy Panel Debate (Day 3: The New Conversation, Smart City Futures, Lowry, Manchester, United Kingdom, July 2009).

May, T.

2009
Jun
Universities, Knowledge Exchange and Active Intermediaries: Context, Cultures and Consequences (The Economic and Social Research Council North West Knowledge Transfer Higher Education Institutions Network , Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, June 2009).

May, T. and Perry,B.

2009
Jun
Urban Knowledge Arenas and Active Intermediaries: Experiences From an Interdisciplinary Research Centre (Cities, Innovation and the Knowledge Economy Policy Debate, Midland Hotel, Manchester, United Kingdom, June 2009).

May, T.

2009
May
Knowledge Exchange and Academic Modes of Production: The Power of Attributed Value and Missed Opportunities (Plymouth Business School, Plymouth, United Kingdom, May 2009).

May, T.

2009
May
Designing and Operationalising the Fund: Joint Presentation of Work Packages 1 and 2 of Innovative Urban Environments (Presentation to the Gateway Review Group, Commission for the New Economy. Manchester, United Kingdom, May 2009).

May, T. & Perry, B.

2009
Apr
Dongtan Eco-City: Potemkin Eco-Village, Transcendent Urbanism, or Premium Eco-Enclave? (Sustainable Consumption Institute: Economic Processes in the Formation of Habit Workshop, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 2009).
Hodson, M., Marvin, S. and May, T.
2009
Mar
Integrating the What and How of Urban Knowledge (Economic and Social Research Council , Swindon, United Kingdom, March 2009).

May, T. and Marvin, S.

2009
Mar
Urban Knowledge for Shaping Critical Infrastructure Networks: New Frameworks for City-regions - Interim Findings (ARUP, Manchester, United Kingdom, March 2009).
Marvin, S. and May, T.
2009
Feb
Urban Knowledge Arenas: Challenges, Responses and Opportunities (Manchester-Gothenburg City-Region Workshop, Manchester, United Kingdom, February 2009).

May, T. and Marvin, S.

2009
Jan
Science Policy: The Golden Traingle and Science Cities (Unamking England - Is London Delinking from its Peripheries? International Workshop, Organised by SURF at ARUP, Manchester, United Kingdom, January 2009).

May, T.

2008
Dec
Critical Infrastructure of Northern Cities (Northern Way, Leeds, United Kingdom, December 2008).

May, T. and Marvin, S.

2008
Nov
Urban Knowledge for Shaping Critical Infrastructure: New Frameworks for City-Regions (Critical Infrastrucutre Workshop , ARUP, Manchester, United Kingdom, November 2008).

Marvin, S. and May, T.

2008
Oct
Universities, Excellence and Relevance: How Research Cultures Relate to the Content of What is Produced (Eawag, University of Zurich, Germany, October 2008).

May, T. and Hodson, M.

2008
Sep
Regeneration and Reinvention: Practices of 'the New' (Regeneration and Reinvention Interdisciplinary Conference., Manchester., United Kingdom, September 2008).

May, T.

2008
Jul
Intelligent Cities: Forming Urban Knowledge Arenas (Northern Urban Regeneration Conference., Liverpool, United Kingdom, July 2008).

May, T. and Hodson, M.

2008
Jul
SURF: Interpretation, Role and Potential (MISTRA Programme Bid at the Organisation of Local Authorities, Gothenburg, Sweden, July 2008).
May, T. and Marvin, S.
2008
Jun
The Future of the University. (RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, June 2008).

May, T.

2008
Jun
Urban Ecological Security and the Political Economy of Knowledge (RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, June 2008).

Hodson, M. and May, T.

2008
Apr
Strategic Intelligence and Intelligent Cities and Regions (NWDA: Regional Intelligence Unit Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 2008).

With Simon Marvin.

2008
Mar
The Future of the University Post RAE2008: Relevance, Excellence and Enterprise (Keynote speaker at Future of Research Post-RAE 2008 event, University of Plymouth. Plymouth, United Kingdom, March 2008).

May, T.

2008
Feb
Business and the Knowledge Based Region (Keynote speaker at Workshop with the British Chambers of Commerce at Regional Business Summit, London , United Kingdom, February 2008).

With Beth Perry.

2008
Jan
Science Parks as Active Intermediaries. Context, Challenges and Opportunities. (Organised under ESRC Impact Grant, Workshop at UK Science Parks Association, members meeting, Sheffield., United Kingdom, January 2008).

With Beth Perry.

2007
Sep
The SURF Story: Success, Research and Enterprise (University of Northampton. , Northampton, United Kingdom, September 2007).

May, T.

2007
Jul
Science Cities: Context, Contributions and Implications (Science Cities. Local Authority Research Council Initiative, Manchester Museum for Science and Industry, United Kingdom, July 2007).

May, T. and Perry, B.

2007
Apr
SURF: Creating a Successful Research and Enterprise Centre (Centre for Enterprise, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, April 2007).

May, T.

2007
Mar
Knowledge Transfer and the Production and Reception of Scientific Knowledge (Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (Higher Institute of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Lisbon, Portugal, March 2007).

May,T.

2007
Feb
Realising the Potential of Science Cities (Science Cities National Conference, United Kingdom, February 2007).

Perry, B. and May, T.

2007
Feb
Knowledge Transfer Between University and Health Sectors. Production, Transmission, Reception (NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Warwick University, United Kingdom, February 2007).

Perry, B. and May, T.

2006
Jul
Knowledge Transfer in Action (Address to the Health and Higher Education Conference, University of Lincoln, July 2006).

May, T. and Perry, B.

2006
Jul
From Information to Intelligence (Seminar on University Engagement and Strategic Socio-Economic Development. ESRC Network, Manchester, United Kingdom, July 2006).

May, T. and Perry, B.

2006
Jun
Credibility, Applicability and Context (ESRC workshop entitled 'Theorizing Qualitiative Research: Paradigms and Methods', Cardiff University, Edinburgh School of Education, United Kingdom, June 2006).

May, T.

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2006
Jan
Knowledge Transfer Between Academia and Business: Improving Communications (For Hanken University, Finland, Edinburgh , January 2006).

May, T.

2005
Nov
The Future of The University: Modes of Academic Production (University of Plymouth, Plymouth , United Kingdom, November 2005).

May, T.

2005
Sep
Social Science, Mediation and Reflexivity (Address to 'Risk Society: Critical Interrogations' Conference, Liverpool Hope University College, United Kingdom, September 2005).

May, T.

2005
Jul
Policy Lessons from Elected Regional Assemblies (A New Deal for Cities? City Growth and Governance: Connecting the Local to the City-Regional. An Evidence Eventevent jointly sponsored by the Sustainable Communities, Tackling Disadvantage, Local Government and Regional Development Groups of ODPM, ODPM, London, United Kingdom, July 2005).

May, T.

2005
May
Engaged Social Science (Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, May 2005).

May, T.

2005
May
Reflections on Research: Who For, Why and by Whom? (The College of St Marks and St John, Plymouth, United Kingdom, May 2005).

May, T.

2005
Apr
Methodological Innovation (Address to the British Society of Criminology, London, United Kingdom, April 2005).

May, T.

2004
Oct
Modes of Academic Production: The Future of the University (School of Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, October 2004).

May, T.

2004
Sep
Methodological Improvisation: Teamwork and Visual Techniques (Ecotec, Birmingham, United Kingdom, September 2004).

May, T.

2004
Jul
Working Contexts and Methodological Improvisation (Address to ESRC Research Methods Festival, St Catherine's College, Oxford, United Kingdom, July 2004).

May, T.

2004
Jul
Transforming City Thinking : From National Urban Research Programmes to Context-sensitive Urban Knowledge? (City Futures' Conference, Chicago, United States, July 2004).

May, T & Harding, A &... more >>.

2004
Apr
University Transformation in the Europe of Knowledge (The Mellon-Sawyer Seminar. Towards and Transnational and Transcultural Europe, Cornell University, United States, April 2004).

 May, T.

2004
Mar
Transformations in Academic Production (School of Social Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Austria, March 2004).

Joint university lecture with Steve Fuller.

2003
Sep
Academic Production: Professionalism, Management and Organisational Transformation (Seminar for Institute of European Studies, Cornell University, United States, September 2003).

May, T.

2003
Sep
The Social Sciences at Risk: The Differential Impact of Changing University Environments on the Sciences, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities (Network member, UCLA. Sponsored by the Ford Foundation. , UCLA , Los Angeles, United States, September 2003).

May,T.

2003
Aug
Transforming City Thinking in the UK : From National Urban Research Programmes to Context-Sensitive Urban Knowledge? (Transforming City Thinking in the UK : From National Urban Research Programmes to Context-Sensitive Urban Knowledge?, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest , Hungary, August 2003).

May, T & Harding, A &... more >>.

2003
Jul
Univercities in the Kowledge Economy (Public Lecture, University of Salford, United Kingdom, July 2003).

May, T.

2003
Jul
Manchester: Knowledge Capital and Higher Education (Centre for the Understanding of the Built Environment, Manchester , July 2003).

Joint public lecture with Patrick Le Gales.

2003
Mar
Involving Residents in Regeneration: Some Key Knowledge and Skills Issues (Plenary paper) (Educational Centres Association Conference 'Unlocking Community Learning, GMB College, Manchester , United Kingdom, March 2003).

Allen, C & May, T &am... more >>.

2002
Dec
Regulation and Academic Production (Universities, the Knowledge Economy and Regional Development Conference , University of Innsbruck, Austria, December 2002).

May, T.

2002
May
The Ph.D. in Process (Address to 'Aspects of Social Research Conference', University of Salford, United Kingdom, May 2002).

May, T.

2002
Apr
The Internet and SMEs: Adoption, Adaption and Additionality (British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Leicester, United Kingdom, April 2002).

Hodson, M & May, T.

2001
Nov
A Virtual Urban Laboratory: Lay-professional Mediation in the Design and Delivery Process (Digital Cities Conference, Northwestern University, Chicago, United States, November 2001).

May, T & Marvin, S. <... more >>.

2001
Sep
Sociology in Action (Address to 'New Directions in Social Research', Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, September 2001).

May, T.

2001
Jul
Power, Knowledge and Organizational Transformation: Management as Depoliticisation (Critical Management Studies Conference, Manchester , United Kingdom, July 2001).

May, T.

2001
Jun
Reflexivity and the Process of Social Research : Critique, Practice and Transformation (ESRC Realism Seminar Series, Plymouth , United Kingdom, June 2001).

May, T.

2001
Jun
Panel member and presented for 'Sociology: What is it all About?' (BSA Scotland Committee Postgradudate Conference, University of Stirling, June 2001).

May, T.

2001
May
Reflexive Practice (Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, May 2001).

Joint seminar with Bev Skeggs.

2001
May
Methodological Sophistication in the Research Process (Presentation to Salford Business School, Salford, United Kingdom, May 2001).

May, T.

2001
Apr
Knowledge, Networks and Decision-Making in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Manchester , United Kingdom, April 2001).

Hodson, M & May, T.

2000
Nov
Power and Persuasion: Management, Identity and Organisational Transformation (Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Leeds University, United Kingdom, November 2000).

May, T.

2000
Nov
Knowledge, Identity and Organisational Transformation (Critical Contributions to Management and Learning Network¿s ¿Learning and Practice¿ Conference, GMB College, Manchester, United Kingdom, November 2000).

May, T. 

2000
Sep
The Conditions of Sociological Production (University College, Cork, Ireland, September 2000).

May, T.

2000
Jun
Reflexivity: History, Practice and Engagement. Keynote Address . (Social Science Postgraduate Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom, June 2000).

May, T.

2000
Mar
Reflexivity and Social Knowledge: Positioning and Belonging in Social Life (Second Annual Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable (organised by the Philosophy of Social Science Journal) , University of Missouri, St. Louis, United States, March 2000).

May, T.

2000
Jan
The Future of the Social Sciences: Engagement, Reflexivity and Relevance. Keynote Address (Annual Social Science Postgraduate Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom, January 2000).

May, T. 

2000
Jan
Why Sociology? A Personal Reflection (The College of St Marks and St John, Plymouth, January 2000).

May, T.

Memberships of External Bodies
2006
Jan
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of 'Methodological Innovations Online' (United Kingdom, January 2006).

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2004
Jan
Member of the Editorial Board of 'Histories of Anthropology Annual' (United Kingdom, January 2004).

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1999
Jan
Member of the International Advisory Board of 'European Journal of Social Theory' (January 1999).

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1999
Jan
Member of the British Sociological Association's Executive Committee (United Kingdom, January 1999 to December 2001).
Other Evidence of External Esteem
2006
Dec
Entries - The Cambridge Blue Book 2nd Edition (December 2006).
2006
Dec
Entries - Dictionary of International Biography (December 2006).
2005
Dec
Entries - Marquis Who's Who in the World 23rd, 24th and 25th editions (2006, 2007, 2008) (December 2005).
Other Research Activity
2009
Jul
Innovative Urban Environments: Evaluation, Learning and Representation (July 2009).

 With Beth Perry. Manchester: Knowledge Capital. With Manchester Institute of Research Innovation as Partners. £139,000.

2008
Mar
Cities and Sustainability: Urban Ecological Security: The new urban paradigm? - A Feasibility Study. (United Kingdom, March 2008).

With Simon Marvin and Mike Hodson. University of Copenhagen. £15,000.

2007
Dec
Business and the Knowledge-Based Region (United Kingdom, December 2007).

 With Beth Perry. British Business Chambers. £25,000.

2007
Dec
Business and the Knowledge Based Region (United Kingdom, December 2007).

With Beth Perry. British Business Chambers. £24,500.

2007
Jul
Salford Strategic Economic Development Plan and Employment Land Study. (United Kingdom, July 2007).

With Simon Marvin. Amion Limited. £4,200.

2007
Feb
Realising the Potential of Science Cities: Submission to H.M. Treasury Comprehensive Spending Review (United Kingdom, February 2007).

With Beth Perry. Science Cities (Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle and York). £10,575.

2006
Oct
Realising the Potential of Science Cities: Evidence, Practice and Transferable Lessons: Phase 1 (United Kingdom, October 2006).

With Beth Perry. Science Cities (Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle and York). £58,750.

2006
Sep
The Greater Manchester Urban Knowledge Arena (United Kingdom, September 2006).

SURF (lead partner) with PREST Manchester) and Centre of Enterprise (MMU). CONTACT Partnership (Universities of Manchester, Salford and MMU). £40,000.

2006
Jan
The GONW-SURF Development Programme: From Information to Intelligence (United Kingdom, January 2006).

With Simon Marvin. Government Office for the North West. £75,000.

2005
Nov
Science and Governance: An International Conference (United Kingdom, November 2005).

With Beth Perry. Science and Society Programme, ESRC. £8,000.

2005
Jan
Strategic Development of the Institute of Urban Regeneration and Social Policy (United Kingdom, January 2005).

London South Bank University. £52,149.

2004
Jun
The Social Sciences, Higher Education Management and Higher Education Policy: An International Network for University Reform (United States, June 2004).

As Core Member. Grant Holder and Director: Davydd Greenwood, European Studies Institute, Cornell University. Ford Foundation. $200,000.

2003
Jan
Knowledge Capital: from Concept to Action (United Kingdom, January 2003).

With Beth Perry. CONTACT Partnership (Universities of Manchester, UMIST, Salford and MMU). £40,000.

2003
Jan
Review of the Policymaking Process: The Introduction of Elected Regional Assemblies (United Kingdom, January 2003).

With Simon Marvin and Alan Harding. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). £115,000 (original proposal £197,000 - curtailed due to ODPM decision as a result of North East vote on Elected Regional Assemblies).more >>.

2002
Jun
'Making Science History': The Regionalisation of Science Policy? (United Kingdom, June 2002).

With Simon Marvin and Beth Perry. ESRC. £41,300.

2002
Mar
Evaluating Urban Futures: Enhancing Quality and Improving Effectivene'. DTLR 'New Horizons' Programme. (United Kingdom, March 2002).

With Simon Marvin, Beth Perry and Marika Puglisi. £49,800.

2002
Jan
Occasional Paper - Introduction with Simon Marvin to Rom Harré's 'Can We Know the Future? (United Kingdom, January 2002).

Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures and Institute for Social Research, University of Salford

2002
Jan
Understanding Innovation Driver: Building in Sensitivity. Scoping Study for the North West Innovation and Technology Advisory Board (United Kingdom, January 2002).

 With Beth Perry. North-West Development Agency. £6,000.

2002
Jan
Strategic Framework Priority Project in Regeneration (United Kingdom, January 2002).

With Chris Allan. Academic Development Fund, University of Salford. £50,000.

2002
Jan
Regionalisation, Governance and Knowledge Transfer (United Kingdom, January 2002).

With Beth Perry. Peel Holdings, plc. £98,000.

2002
Jan
Enabling Individual and Collective Identities in Organisations Implementing Substantial Change (United Kingdom, January 2002).

ESRC Seminar Series 2002-05. Seminar Leader and team member, directed and led by Pauline Gleadle, Open University. ESRC. £11,950

2002
Jan
Core Cities Urban Summit (United Kingdom, January 2002).

With Alan Harding and Simon Marvin. Manchester City Council. £9,900

2001
Jan
Virtual and Augmented Technology, Urban Regeneration and University - Community Relations: A Pilot Study (United Kingdom, January 2001).

 The Research and Graduate College, University of Salford. £5,000.

2000
Jan
The Development of a Centre for Excellence in Regeneration in the North West (Regen-Now) (United Kingdom, January 2000).

2nd round Higher Education Reach Out Fund (HEFCE). With Simon Marvin and Alan Harding. £50,000.

1990
Jan
Journal referee - Qualitative Research (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Sociology (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Taylor and Francis publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - British Journal of Sociology (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Palgrave publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Regional Studies (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Longman publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - European Journal of Social Theory (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Sociological Research Online (January 1990).
1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Mc Graw-Hill publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Journal of Higher Education in Africa (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Routledge publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Oxford University Press publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Environment and Planning C (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Sociological Theory (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Organization (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Blackwell publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Addison-Wesley Longman publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Rowman and Littlefield publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Methodological Innovations Online (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Open University Press publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Theory, Culture and Society (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Journal referee - Sociological Review (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Sage publishers (January 1990).

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1990
Jan
Reviews and endorsements - Ashgate publishers (January 1990).

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Other University Research Roles
2005
Jan
Seconded to civil service (United Kingdom, January 2005 to December 2007).

With Professor Simon Marvin, to Government Office North West for developmental programme 'From Information to Intelligence'

2001
Jan
Project Manager, 'University Strategic Framework in Regeneration' (United Kingdom, January 2001 to January 2002).

University of Salford

2000
Jan
Head of Sociology, School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History (United Kingdom, January 2000 to December 2001).

University of Salford

1999
Jan
Co- Director (with Simon Marvin), Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) (United Kingdom, January 1999).