John McKendrick

Dr. John McKendrick
Co-Director of the Scottish Poverty Information Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University

John McKendrick is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and Director of the Scottish Poverty Information Unit at the School of Law and Social Sciences (Glasgow Caledonian University). His research interests span the studies of the provision of environments for children, children's use of space, children's play and children and poverty. He has recently completed research for the Scottish Executive (Life in Low Income Households With Children) and for sportscotland, Play Scotland and Grounds for Learning (School Grounds in Scotland, A National Survey). He has experience of presenting research findings to a wide range of user groups and is committed to applied research. He edited 'Children's playgrounds in the built environment', a Special Edition of the Built Environment (Alexandrine Press, 1999) and First Steps, a collection of 21 'retrospective' autobiographical short notes written by geographers on one their favourite readings from the geographies of children and youths (RGS-IBG LLWP-CYF, 2004). He brings ideas to the working group, a wider knowledge of children's lives and the issues that shape children's lives and a critical/analytical approach to discussion.

Academic qualifications

· 1990 - 1993: PhD, University of Glasgow [The Quality of Life of a Deprived Population Group: Lone Parents in Britain (submitted September 1994, awarded January 1995)
· 1986 - 1990: Bachelor of Arts Honours Geography, subsidiary Sociology (1st Class), University of Strathclyde

Current post

· 2005 - : Glasgow Caledonian University; Senior Lecturer, School of Law and Social Sciences Director, Scottish Poverty Information Unit Programme Director, Masters in Social Research

Previous employment

· 1997 - 2001, 2004 - 2005: Glasgow Caledonian University; Lecturer, School of Law and Social Sciences
· 2002 - 2003: Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh; Senior Research Fellow
· 1995 - 1997: University of Manchester; Lecturer, School of Geography
· 1993 - 1995: Research Associate, School of Geography

Teaching experience, current (selective, Glasgow Caledonian University)

Undergraduate
· 2006 -: Children's Everyday Environments 1 and 2 (Level 4 and 3)
· 2005 -: Childhood, Space and Society 1 and 2 (Level 4 and 3)
· 1998 -: Community Links (Level 3), project supervisor only
· 1998 -: Honours Dissertation (Level 4/3), project supervisor only

Postgraduate
· 2000 -: Scotland in Statistics
· 2006 -: Research Management
· 2006 -: Research Report
· 2006 -: Dissertation
· 2006 -: Organisations and Research
· 2007 -: Communicating Research Findings

Current research and scholarly activities advanced/professional practice

Board status
· 2006 -: Member of Board of Directors, Play Scotland

Membership of professional organisations
· 1998 -: Scottish Association of Geography Teachers
· 1997 -: Royal Scottish Geographical Society
· 1990 -: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute Of British Geographers)

Editorial responsibilities for learned journals
· 2002 - 2005: Child-Youth-Environments, Editorial Board
· 2001 - 2004: Children's Geographies, Viewpoints Editor

External examiner, undergraduate degrees
· 2001 - 2006: Childhood Studies, University of Gloucestershire
· 2003 -: Playwork, Northumbria University

Recent publications

· In press: McKendrick, J.H. Children and the marketplace. The Chicago Companion to the Child. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
· In press: McKendrick, J.H., Scott, G. and Sinclair, S. Dismissing Disaffection: Young People's Attitudes Towards Education, Employment And Participation In A Deprived Community. Journal of Youth Studies. 10.2.
· 2007: McKendrick, J.H., Mooney, G.C., Kelly, P. and Dickie, J. Poverty in Scotland. 5th Edition. Glasgow: SPIU and CPAG in Scotland
· 2005: Cunningham-Burley, S.C., McKie, L. and McKendrick, J.H. Families and relationships: boundaries and bridges. In Cunningham-Burley, S.C., McKie, L. (editors), Families in Society: Boundaries and Relationships. Policy Press: Bristol.
· 2005: Jamieson, L. and McKendrick, J.H. Teenagers' Relationships With Peers and Parents. In Ermisch, JF and Wright, J. (editors), Living in Scotland. Policy Press: Bristol.
· 2004: John H. McKendrick, Editor (2004) First Steps: An introduction to the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families. London: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).
· 2003: John H. McKendrick, Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Kathryn Backett-Milburn (2003) Life in Low Income Families in Scotland. Research Report. Scottish Executive Social Research: Edinburgh. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/social/lili-00.asp
· 2003: McKendrick, J.H. Writing research briefing papers. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 27.2:
· 2002: Kay Tisdall, John H. McKendrick and Jennifer Wallace (2002) Children In Poverty: An Analysis Of Expenditure Delivered Through Local Government. Report on Cross-Cutting Expenditure in relation to Children in Poverty. Annexe C. Edinburgh: Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament. 2nd Report 2003 (Session 2). SP Paper 4. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/historic/finance/reports-03/fir03-02-03.htm
· 2002: McKendrick, J.H. Child poverty in Scotland. Scottish Poverty Information Unit Briefing Paper 18.
· 2002: McKendrick, J.H. Coming of age: theorising children in population geography. International Journal of Population Geography
· 2001: Scott, G. and McKendrick, J.H. (2001) Making the most of learning opportunities. Youth and Policy, 70: 40-51.
· 2000: McKendrick, J.H. The geography of children: an annotated bibliography. Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 7.3: 361-387.
· 2000: McKendrick, J.H., Bradford, M.G. and Fielder, A.V. Kid customer? Commercialisation of playspace and commodification of childhood. Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 7.3: 295-315
· 2000: McKendrick, J.H., Bradford, M.G. and Fielder, A.V. Enabling play or sustaining exclusion: commercial playgrounds and disabled children. The North West Geographer, 3.2: 32-49.
· 2000: McKendrick, J.H., Bradford, M.G. and Fielder, A.V. Time for a party! Making sense of the commercialisation of leisure space for children. In Holloway, S. and Valentine, G. (editors), Children's Geographies: Living, Playing, Learning. Routledge: London. 100-116.
· 1999: McKendrick, J.H. (1999) Place: where we learn. In Innes, S. (editor) Children, Families and Learning: A New Agenda for Education. Scottish Council Foundation: Edinburgh. 22-28
· 1999: McKendrick, J.H., Bradford, M.G. and Fielder, A.V. Privatization of collective play spaces in the UK. Built Environment, 25.1: 44-57.
· 1998: Valentine, G. and McKendrick, J.H. Children's outdoor play: exploring contemporary public concerns, Geoforum, 28.2: 219-235.
· 1997: McKendrick, J.H. Family environments in Manchester. Occasional Papers of the Manchester Statistical Society.
· 1997: McKendrick, J.H. Regulating children's street life: a case study of everyday politics in the neighbourhood. Spatial Policy Analysis Unit Working Paper 39.
· 1996: McKendrick, J.H., Coleman, S., Dobson, D., and Robison, B. Culture, gender and children's environments Spatial Policy Analysis Unit Working Paper 38.

Recent presentations

· 2007: Yorkshire Play, Chapletown (May)
· 2006: Risks and Challenges Conference, Northumbria (June)
· 2006: Play Safety Forum, Children's Play Council, London (May)
· 2005: Play Together Conference, Children's Play Council, London (June)
· 2005: Health Promoting Schools Regional Seminar, Glasgow (May)
· 2005: Play Scotland Annual Conference, Glasgow (March)
· 2004: Annual Conference of the Geographical Association, Canterbury (April)
· 2004: Generation Youth Issues, Glasgow (May)
· 2003: POPFEST, St. Andrews (July)
· 2003: Centre for Kinship, University of Leeds (May)
· 2002: ESRC Seminar Series, University of Edinburgh (December)
· 2002: European Child Friendly Cities, Brugges (May)
· 2002: European Seminar Series, Berlin (May)

Consultancy and other relevant activities

· 2007: Greater Glasgow Health Board (£35,000) Community Responses to Let Glasgow Flourish
· 2007: Joseph Rowntree Foundation (£59,802) Transmitting Deprivation: Media, Poverty and Public Opinion in the UK. With Cultural Business Group, GCU
· 2006 - 2007: Scottish Executive (£48,000) Closing the Opportunity Gap: Phase One Evaluation. With CESI, London
· 2005 - 2006: Scottish Executive (£30,000) Closing the Opportunity Gap: Scoping Study for Evaluation. With CESI, London
· 2003: sportscotland, Play Scotland and Grounds for Learning (£15,000). School Grounds in Scotland
· 2003 - 2004: South Ayrshire Council (ca£75,000) Consultation and Integrated Services for Children in South Ayrshire. With Sarah Cunningham-Burley (CRFR, University of Edinburgh)
· 2002 - 2003: Scottish Executive (£32,000) Low Income Households With Children. With Sarah Cunningham-Burley and Kathryn Backet-Milburn (CRFR, University of Edinburgh)
· 2002: Scottish Parliament (£3.000) Local Authorities and Alleviating Poverty in Children. With Kay Tisdall (Children in Scotland)
· 1998 - 1999: Drumchapel Employability and Learning Partnership (£6,292) Profiling of Potential and Existing Non-Participant Young People. With Gill Scott (SPIU)
· 1998: Glasgow Learning Alliance (£7,160) Re-engaging Disaffected Young People in Learning. With Gill Scott (SPIU)
· 1998: National Lotteries Charity Board (Scotland) (£3,600) Needs Assessment in Scotland
· 1996 - 1998: Economic and Social Research Council (£79,761) The Business of Children's Play: Spaces of Empowerment? Of Control? Of Social Exclusion? With Michael Bradford (University of Manchester)