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Career overview

Professor Peter North is a Professor of Alternative Economies at the University of Liverpool, UK. He obtained his BA in History and Politics in 1984, followed by an MA in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford in 1993, and a PhD from the School for Advanced Urban Studies at the University of Bristol in 1997. His current research centres on diverse economies and social and solidarity economies, exploring their roles in constructing and rethinking alternative geographies of money, entrepreneurship, and livelihoods. Additionally, he has conducted research and published works on low carbon transitions at both city and community levels, focusing on policy formation and partnership working among public, private, and community sectors for local economic development, particularly within the context of resource constraints, climate change, and economic crises. Professor North contrasts this with a focus on radical politics of climate change, especially regarding ecologically-focused social movements engaged in struggles related to anthropogenic climate change and resource constraints affecting both humans and ecosystems. He is interested in challenging problematic practices and developing improved ways of living. Currently, he co-leads the Social and Solidarity Economies theme in the ESRC-funded JUST Centre for Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations, is a member of the Community Economies Institute, and participates in the Polička Collective, which researches diverse economies in East-Central Europe. He is also in the process of completing a manuscript on radical politics in post-communist Poland.

Research interests

Professor North''s research focuses on diverse economies and social and solidarity economies as mechanisms for constructing and rethinking alternative geographies of money, entrepreneurship, and livelihoods. He has conducted research and published on low carbon transitions at the city and community level, particularly examining policy formation and partnership working among public, private, and community sectors regarding local economic development strategies within the contexts of resource constraints, climate change, and economic crises. Additionally, he contrasts this with an emphasis on radical politics of climate change, particularly the role of ecologically-focused social movements engaged in struggles concerning the implications of anthropogenic climate change and resource constraints for both human societies and the broader ecosystems. Professor North is interested in challenging problematic practices and developing improved ways of living sustainably. He is currently the co-lead of the Social and Solidarity Economies theme in the ESRC-funded JUST Centre for Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations, a member of the Community Economies Institute, and part of the Polička Collective, which researches diverse economies in East-Central Europe. He is also completing a manuscript on radical politics in post-communist Poland.