Erik Swyngedouw

Erik Swyngedouw is Professor of Geography in the School of Education, Environment and Development at Manchester University.  His research interests include political-ecology, urban governance and politics, democracy and political power, water and water resources, the political-economy of capitalist societies, and the politics of globalisation. His current work focuses on the transformation of urban governance and politics on the one hand and environmental governance/politics on he other. He holds the 2014 Vincent Wright Chair in Political Science at Sciences Po, Paris.