A G Champion: Brief CV from 2000
(a) Personal information
Name Anthony Gerard CHAMPION
Address:8 Woodlands, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4YN
Home telephone number0191 285 5013, university 0191 222 6437
Date of Birth 19/04/46
Place of birthCanterbury, England
Nationality British
Status Married with 2 daughters born 1980
Position: Emeritus Professor of Population Geography, Newcastle University
Email:
(b) Research grants
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Evidence Review: The Future of Declining Cities, 2014-16, part of CURDS team.
BIS & Government Scientific Office, Foresight Future of Cities, 2013-15, input on population trends and projections for UK cities.
Tyne and Wear City Region Economic Review, Labour market, skills and talent study, 2010, part of consortium led by Regeneris Consulting with Manchester and DurhamUniversities
Manchester Independent Economic Review, Understanding labour market, skills and talent, 2008-2009, part of consortium with Regeneris Consulting andManchesterUniversity
Economic and Social Research Council, Spatial Economics Research Centre, 2008-2011, part of consortium led by London School of Economics
Economic and Social Research Council, Evaluation of the ESRC Scottish Demography Initiative, 2008
Birmingham City Council, Benchmarking Birmingham’s Within-UK Migration Using 2001 Census Data, 2007
Bridging NewcastleGateshead, Modelling Future Housing Markets, 2007 (with Glen Bramley, David Watkins and Mike Coombes)
Commission for Rural Communities, Calculating Housing Requirements Phase 3: Migration, 2006-2007
East Midlands Development Agency, City Flight, 2006-2007, with Mike Coombes and De Montfort University
DEFRA Rural Evidence Research Centre, BirkbeckUniversity of London, Reviewing Rural Futures: Population Projections and Migration across the Urban-Rural System, 2006-2007
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester, Research Potential of the Small Area Microdata, 2006
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Assessing the Local and Regional Impacts of International Migration, 2005-2006, with CURDS
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, The Economic Viability and Self-Containment of Geographical Economies: A Framework for Analysis, 2005, with CURDS
Institute for Public Policy Research, City Centre Population Change in Britain, 2005
Social Exclusion Unit, Review of the Evidence on Disadvantaged People Who Move Frequently, 2004-2005, with SheffieldHallamUniversity
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, State of the Cities Report 2005, 2004-2005, with LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity and others
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Migration and the Socio-Economic Complexion of Communities, 2004-2006, with M Coombes
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Development of a Migration Model, 2000, with S Fotheringham, M Coombes and 3 other institutions
(c) Publications
Champion T 2016 Internal migration and the spatial distribution of the population, in The Changing Population of the United Kingdom, (ed T Champion, J Falkingham), London: Rowman Littlefield International, pp. 125-141, in press.
Falkingham J and Champion T 2016 Population change in the UK: what can the last 25 years tell us about the next 25 years?In The Changing Population of the United Kingdom, (ed T Champion, J Falkingham), London: Rowman & Littlefield International, pp. 1-14, in press.
Champion T and Falkingham J (eds) 2016 The Changing Population of the United Kingdom,London:Rowman Littlefield International, in press.
Champion T and Shuttleworth I 2016 Are people changing address less? An analysis of migrationwithin England and Wales, 1971-2011, by distance of move,Population Place and SpaceDOI: 10.1002/psp2026.
Champion T and Shuttleworth I 2016 Is longer-distance migration slowing? An analysis of theannual record for England and Wales since the 1970s, Population Place and SpaceDOI: 10.1002/psp2024.
Pike A, Mackinnon D, Coombes M, Champion T et al. 2016 Uneven Growth: Tackling City Decline. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Champion T 2015 The population renaissance of British cities continues, but for how much longer?In Great Transformation: Recasting Regional Policy. Proceedings of Regional Studies Association Winter Conference, London, November, 45-47.
Champion T2015 Urban population – can recovery last? Town and Country Planning 84: 338-43.
Brown DL, Champion T, Coombes M and Wymer C 2015 The migration-commuting nexus in rural England: a longitudinal analysis, Journal of Rural Studies 41, 118-128.
Champion T and Shuttleworth I 2015 Are People Moving Home Less? An Analysis of Address Changing in England and Wales, 1971-2011, Using the ONS Longitudinal Study, London: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper 177.
Champion T and Shuttleworth I 2015 Is Internal Migration Slowing? An Analysis of Four Decades of NHSCR Records for England and Wales,London: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper 176.
Gordon I, Champion T and Coombes M 2015 Urban escalators and interregional elevators: the difference that location, mobility, and sectoral specialisation make to occupational progression, Environment and Planning A47(3) 588-606.
Townsend A and Champion T 2014 The impact of recession on city regions: The British experience, 2008-2013, Local Economy 29 (1-2), 36-49.
Champion T2014 People in Cities: The Numbers. Foresight Future of Cities Working Paper 3. London: Government Office for Science.
Champion T, Coombes M and Gordon I 2014 How far do England’s second-order cities emulate London as human-capital ‘escalators’?Population, Space and Place20, 421-433. DOI: 10.1002/psp.1806.
Champion T, Coombes M and Gordon I 2013 Urban Escalators and Inter-regional Elevators:The Difference that Location, Mobilityand Sectoral Specialisation make toOccupational Progression, London: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper 139.
Champion T, Coombes M and Gordon I 2013 How Far Do England’s Second-Order Cities Emulate London as Human-Capital ‘Escalators’?London: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper 132.
Champion T and Goddard J 2013 The containment of urban England, in The Planning Imagination: Peter Hall and the Study of Urban and Regional Planning, (ed M Tewdwr-Jones, N Phelps, R Freestone), pp. 126-137. London: Alexandrine Press/ Routledge.
Champion T and Townsend A 2013 Britain’s second-order city regions in recessions,Environment and Planning A45 (2), 362–382.
Champion T and Coombes M 2012 Is Pennine England Becoming More Polycentric? An Analysis of Commuting Flows in a Transforming Industrial Region, 1981-2001,London: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper 105.
Champion T and Townsend A 2012 Britain’s Second-Order City Regions in Recessions. London: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper 104.
Champion T 2012 Housing, migration and population mobility, in International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, (ed SJ Smith, M Elsinga, LF O’Mahony, Ong Seow Eng, S Watchter, C Hamnett), Vol. 4, pp. 287-293. Oxford: Elsevier.
Champion T and Brown DL 2012 Migration and urban-rural population redistribution in the UK and US, in Rural Transformations and Rural Policies in the US and UK, (eds M Shucksmith, D L Brown, S Shortall, J Vergunst and M E Warner), pp. 39-57. New YorkLondon: Routledge.
Champion T 2012 Urban-rural differences in commuting in England: a challenge to the rural sustainability agenda? In Planning, Markets and Rural Housing, (ed N Gallent), pp. 9-32. Routledge: London.
Champion T 2012 Testing the return element of the ‘escalator region’ model: an analysis of migration into and out of south-east England, 1966-2001, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 5 (2), 255-269.
Champion T 2012 Europe’s rural demography, in International Handbook of Rural Demography, (eds L J Kulcsar and K J Curtis), pp. 81-94. Dordrecht: Springer.
Champion T 2011 The changing nature of urban and rural areas in the UK and other European countries, in Population Distribution, Internal Migration and Development: An International Perspective, (ed Department of Economics and Social Affairs, Population Division), pp. 144-160. New York: United Nations.
Coombes M and Champion T 2011 Migration and commuting: local and regional development links, in Handbook of Local and Regional Development, (eds A Pike and J Tomaney), pp. 182-192. London: Routledge.
Champion T and Townsend A 2011 The fluctuating record of economic regeneration in England’s second-order city regions, 1984-2007, Urban Studies 48 (8), 1539-1562.
Champion T 2010 Foreword, in The Rural Housing Question, (eds M Satsangi, N Gallent and M Bevan), pp vii-viii. Bristol: Policy Press.
Champion T and Coombes M 2010 Migration and socio-economic polarisation within British city regions, in Technologies for Migration and Commuting, (eds J Stillwell, O Duke-Williams and A Dennett), pp. 197-211. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Wulff M, Champion T and Lobo M 2010 Household diversity and migration in mid-life: understanding residential mobility among 45-64 year olds in Melbourne, Australia, Population, Space and Place16 (4), 307-321.
Champion T, Coombes M and Brown D 2009 Migration and longer-distance commuting in rural England, Regional Studies 43 (10), 1245-1259.
Champion T and Townsend A 2009 The Fluctuating Record of Economic Regeneration in England’s Second-OrderCity Regions, 1984-2007, London: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper 33.
Champion T 2009 Urban-rural differences in commuting in England: a challenge to the rural sustainability agenda? Planning Practice & Research24 (2), 161-183.
Champion A G 2008 Population change in England since 1981: an ‘urban renaissance’? Geocarrefour83 (2), 77-86.
Champion T, Coombes M and Raybould S 2007 Did the early A8 in-migrants to England go to areas of labour shortage? Local Economy 22 (4), 335-348.
Champion T and Coombes M 2007 Using the 2001 census to study human capital movements affecting Britain’s larger cities: insights and issues, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society A 170 (2), 447-467.
Champion T, Coombes M, Raybould S and Wymer C2007 Migration and Socio-economic Change: a 2001 census analysis of Britain’s larger cities, Policy Press, Bristol, 75pp.
Champion T 2007 Defining ‘urban’: the disappearing urban-rural divide, in International Handbook of Urban Policy Volume 1: Contentious Global Issues, (ed. HS Geyer), pp. 22-37. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Champion T 2007 Calculating Housing Needs in Rural England: Allowing for Migration, for the Commission for Rural Communities.
Coombes M, Champion T, Brown T and Raybould S 2007 City Flight Migration Patterns in the East Midlands: Final Report to the East Midlands Development Agency, CURDS, NewcastleUniversity, for EMDA.
Stenning A, Champion T, Conway C, Coombes M, Dawley S, Dixon L, Raybould S and Richardson R 2006 Assessing the Local and Regional Impacts of International Migration, CURDS, NewcastleUniversity, for ODPM.
Pike A, Champion T, Coombes M, Dawley S, Humphrey L and Tomaney J 2006 The Economic Viability and Self-Containment of Geographical Economies: A Framework for Analysis, CURDS, Newcastle University, for ODPM.
Champion T and Shepherd J 2006 Demographic change in rural England, in The Ageing Countryside: The Growing Older Population of Rural England, (ed. P Lowe and L Speakman), pp 29-50. Age Concern England, London.
Champion T 2006 State of the English Cities – The Changing Urban Scene: Demographics and the Big Picture, Department of Communities and Local Government, London, 120pp.
Parkinson M, Champion T et al 2006 State of the English Cities, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, London, 2 volumes, 267 and 185pp.
Bramley G, Champion T and Fisher T 2006 Exploring the household impacts of migration in Britain using panel survey data, Regional Studies 40 (8), 907-926.
Champion T 2005 The counterurbanisation cascade in England and Wales since 1991: the evidence of a new migration dataset, BELGEO 2005 1-2, 85-101
Nathan M, Urwin C, with Champion T, Experian and Morris J 2005 City People: City Centre Living in the UK, ippr Centre for Cities, London, 68pp.
Champion T 2005 Population movement within the UK, in Focus on People and Migration, (ed. R Chappell) Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, for ONS.
Champion T 2004 The Census and the cities, Town & Country Planning 73 (1), 20-22
Champion T and Fisher T 2004 Migration, residential preferences and the changing environment of cities, in City Matters (ed. M Boddy and M Parkinson), pp. 111-28. Policy Press, Bristol.
Champion T and Hugo G 2004 Introduction: Moving beyond the urban-rural dichotomy, in New Forms of Urbanization: Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy (ed. T Champion and G Hugo), pp. 3-24. Ashgate, Aldershot, for International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
Champion T 2004 Lest we re-invent the wheel: Lessons from previous experience, in New Forms of Urbanization: Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy (ed. T Champion and G Hugo), pp. 25-42. Ashgate, Aldershot, for International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
Hugo G and Champion T 2004 Conclusions and recommendations, in New Forms of Urbanization: Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy (ed. T Champion and G Hugo), pp. 365-84. Ashgate, Aldershot, for International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
Champion T and Hugo G (ed) 2004 New Forms of Urbanization: Beyond the Urban/Rural Dichotomy, Aldershot: Ashgate, 422 pp.
FotheringhamAS, Rees P, Champion T, Kalogirou S and TremayneAR 2004 The development of a migration model for England and Wales: overview and modelling out-migration, Environment and Planning A 36, 1633-72
Champion T and Fisher T 2003 The social selectivity of migration flows affecting Britain’s larger conurbations: An analysis of the 1991 Census Regional Migration Tables, Scottish Geographical Journal 119, 229-46.
Hugo G, Champion A and Lattes A 2003 Toward a new conceptualization of settlements for demography, Population and Development Review 29, 277-97.
Champion T 2003 Testing the differential urbanisation model in Great Britain, 1901-91, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 94 (1) 11-22.
Champion T 2003 Il contenimento urbano in Gran Bretagna, in Dalla Citta Diffusa alla Citta Diramata (ed. A Detragiache), pp. 30-38. FrancoAngeli, Milan.
Champion T 2003 Come si e cercato di fronteggiare la diffusione urbana: potenzialita e limiti delle politiche sperimentate in Gran Bretagna, in La Diffusione Urbana: Tendenze attuali, scenari futuri (ed. CS Bertuglia, A Stanghellini and L Staricco), pp 82.101. FrancoAngeli, Milan.
Champion A G 2002 Population change and migration in the British urban system, in International Handbook of Urban Systems: Studies in Urbanization and Migration in Advanced and Developing Countries (ed. H S Geyer), pp. 87-120. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
Champion T, Bramley B, Fotheringham S, Macgill J and Rees P 2002 A migration modelling system to support government decision-making, in Planning Support Systems in Practice (ed. S Geertman and J Stillwell), pp 269-90. Springer, Berlin.
Champion T 2002 The Containment of Urban Britain: Retrospect and Prospect, FrancoAngeli, Milan, 117pp.
Champion T 2001 Migration and urban demographic change in the United Kingdom, in Swedish Ministry of Industry CD-ROM collection from Urban Futures conference, Stockholm.
Champion T 2001 The continuing urban-rural population movement in Britain: trends, patterns, significance, Espace, Populations, Societes 2001-1-2, 37-51.
Champion A G 2001 A changing demographic regime: consequences for the composition and distribution of population in polycentric urban regions, Urban Studies 38, 657-677.
Champion A G 2001 Urbanization, suburbanization, counterurbanization and reurbanization, in Handbook of Urban Studies (ed. R Paddison), pp 143-61. Sage, London.
Champion T 2001 Impacts of migration on population change, in Changing Households, Changing Housing Markets (ed. D King), pp 53-70. Council of Mortgage Lenders, London.
Champion T and Ford T 2001 Longer Distance Movement into Housing Association Housing, Source Research Report 52, Housing Corporation, London.
Champion T and Ford T 2001 Who Moves Where and Why? A Survey of Residents' Past Migration and Current Intentions. Results of Newcastle Case Study. Draft Final Report to Newcastle City Council.
Champion T et al 2000 Development of a Migration Model: Final Report to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Department of Geography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Fotheringham S, Champion T, Wymer C and Coombes M G 2000 Measuring destination attractivity: a migration example, International Journal of Population Geography 6, 236-54.
Ford T and Champion T2000 Who moves into, out of and within London? An analysis based on the 1991 Census 2% Sample of Anonymised Records, Area 32, 259-70.
Champion A G 2000 Demographic transformations, in Human Geography: Issues for the 21st Century (ed. P W Daniels et al.), pp 183-215. Pearson, Harlow.
Champion T 2000 Flight from the cities? in On the Move: The Housing Consequences of Migration (ed. R Bate, R Best and A Holmans), pp10-19. York Publishing Service for JRF, York.
Champion T and Atkins D 2000 Migration between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in England and Wales. In: Migration within England and Wales using the ONS Longitudinal Study (ed. R Creeser and S Gleave), pp. 1-15. ONS Series LS no 9, The Stationery Office, London.
(d) Conference papers (from 2007 only, in chronological order)
2007Migration and the socio-economic complexion of communities. At DCLG, London, 23 January 2007 (with Mike Coombes).
2007Studying rural/urban migration. At DEFRA/RERC Meeting: Rural evidence: fit for purpose?Sheffield, 26 March 2007.
2007Rural/urban migration and population projections. RERC Seminar for DEFRA, Nobel House, London, 30 March 2007.
2007The sustainability of English city housing markets: an end to city flight? At Housing Studies Association Conference on Housing and Sustainability, York, 12 April 2007 (with Mike Coombes).
2007Migration and population change in British cities: is an ‘urban renaissance’ really underway? At University of Liverpool Department of Civic Design Seminars, 26 April 2007.
2007Mobility and the housing market: an examination of new patterns in and around Melbourne, Australia. At European Network of Housing Researchers Conference on Sustainable Urban Areas, Rotterdam, 25 June 2007 (with Maryann Wulff).
2007Counterurbanization, migration and rural change. At Northern Rural Network Conference on Climate Change and the Sustainability of Rural Settlements, Newcastle, 3 July 2007.
2007UK migration statistics: how to make them more than the sum of their parts. At Royal Statistical Society Annual Conference, York, 19 July 2007 (with Mike Coombes).
2007The commuting behaviour of recent in-migrants to rural settlements in England. At RSAIBIS Annual Meeting 2007, Bangor, Northern Ireland, 16 August 2007 (with Mike Coombes and David Brown).
2007In-migration and commuting in rural England: A challenge to the sustainability agenda? At RGS (with IBG) Annual Conference 2007, London, 31 August 2007 (with Mike Coombes and David Brown).
2007Allowing for the effect of migration in calculating future needs of affordable housing in rural areas. At British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference 2007, St Andrews, 11 September 2007.
2007Poles apart? Assessing whether labour migration to England from the A8 countries has a distinctive geography. At British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference 2007, St Andrews, 11 September 2007 (with Mike Coombes).
2007Is there ‘city flight’ in middle England? At EURA Annual Conference on The Vital City, Glasgow, 13 September 2007 (with Mike Coombes and Tim Brown).
2007Migration benefits: who and where? At Institute for Economic Development Conference on Valuing Economic Development, Cardiff, 10 October 2007 (with Mike Coombes).
2007The demography of ageing in the North East. At Lifetime Homes Workshop, Gosforth Civic Hall, 19 October 2007.
2007Commuting, migration and sustainable development in England: an urban/rural analysis. At Regional Studies Association Winter Conference, London , 23 November 2007 (with Mike Coombes).
2007The context and correlates of small town growth. At RERC Conference: What is Rural England for?, Royal Geographical Society, London, 29 November 2007 (with John Shepherd).
2007Did the early A8 migrants target areas of labour shortage? At CURDS Internal Seminar series, Newcastle, 15 December 2007 (with Mike Coombes).
2008The changing urban and rural areas in the UK and some European countries. At UN Expert Group Meeting on Urbanization, Population Distribution, Internal Migration and Development, United Nations, New York, 22 January 2008.
2008 Migration and commuting distance in England: an urban/rural analysis of census microdata. At Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, 17 April 2008 (with Mike Coombes).
2008 Urban-rural differences in commuting in England: a challenge to the rural sustainability agenda? At CURDS Internal Seminar series, Newcastle, 3 June 2008.