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Details for Reverend Martin Gainsborough
| Personal details | |
| Name | Reverend Martin Gainsborough |
| Job title | Professor of Development Politics |
| Department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | B.A.(Bristol), MA, M.Sc., Ph.D.(Lond.) |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Political Studies Association |
| Keywords | Politics and development Theology and politics Church of England Public theology |
| Areas of expertise | My research is in the politics of development and the intersection between politics and theology. I am interested in bringing theological perspectives when considering the problems of politics and development. I studied at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, specialising on South East Asia, and Vietnam this was the basis of my PhD. I have publishing in areas such as local politics, corruption, state enterprise reform, the politics of aid, and political change. I am still interested in development politics but work less on Vietnam due to my theological interests. I now combine my academic work with the post of Canon Theologian at Bristol Cathedral where I am responsible for its social justice work. My work as a priest, initially in inner city Bristol, has influenced the change in my research interests, broadening my thinking about development to include issues of poverty and marginality in the global north. |
| Media experience | Fair amount of print journalism (interviews and op ed pieces), radio and TV work over the years. |