Dr Ed Hall

Research Interests

There are two strands to my research. Within the first strand - geographies of disability, welfare and social exclusion - there are three themes. Firstly, I have developed a significant research interest in social exclusionary (and inclusionary) geographies of learning disability. This work has recently focused on the role of creative arts in the social inclusion and belonging of people with learning disabilities. Secondly, I have recently completed a project for Scottish Government on self-directed support and accessing employment for disabled people. Thirdly, with colleagues in Environmental Science and Social Dimensions of Health Institute, I am developing research and knowledge exchange on the vulnerability and resilience of disabled people, older people and people with chronic illness in natural disaster events in the UK.

Within the second research strand - new medical geographies - I have an established research interest in the transformation of medical and lay knowledges of health and disease in the context of new genetic claims and technologies. A recent ESRC-funded project looked at networks of scientific, clinical, policy and lay knowledges on the role of genes in heart disease. I am now extending this research strand with projects on the mainstreaming of genetic healthcare in primary care and general practice, and the conceptualisation of gene-environment relationships amongst biomedical scientists.

Recent Research Grants

Academic Background

Appointments

Professional Memberships

Fellow of Royal Geographical Society/ Institute of British Geographers (affiliate of the Geography of Health Research Group and Social and Cultural Geography Research Group).

Professional Roles

Vice-Chair of Geography of Health Research Group of RGS

Convenor of the Scottish Human Geography Postgraduate Consortium

Refereed journal articles

Andrews, G., Colls, R., Evans, B. and Hall, E. (2012) Moving beyond walkability: on the potential of health geography. Social Science and Medicine (available online 24 August)

Hall, E. and McGarrol, S., Bridging the gap between employment and social care for people with learning disabilities: Local Area Co-ordination and in-between spaces of social inclusion, Geoforum (in press).

Hall, E. and Wilton, R. (2011) Alternative spaces of 'work' and inclusion for disabled people. Disability and Society, 7, 867-880.

Hall, E. (2011) Shopping for support: personalisation and the new spaces and relations of commodified care for people with learning disabilities. Social and Cultural Geography 12, 6, 589-603.

Hall, E. (2010) Spaces of wellbeing for people with learning disabilities. Scottish Geographical Journal 126, 4, 275-284.

Hall, E. (2010) 'Spaces of social inclusion and belonging for people with intellectual disabilities', Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 54, s1, 48-57.

Hall, E. (2009) 'Genetics', in Kitchin, R. and Thrift, N. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Oxford: Elsevier.

Hall, E. (2009) 'Being in control: personal budgets and the new landscape of care for people with learning disabilities', Mental Health Review Journal 14, 2, 44-53.

Hall, E. (2007) 'Creating spaces of well-being for people with learning disabilities', New Zealand Geographer 63, 130-134.

Hall, E. (2007) 'Commentary: Alternative futures for academic conferences: a response to Bonnett', Area 39, 1, 125-129.

Hall, E. (2005) 'The 'geneticisation' of heart disease: a network analysis of the production of new genetic knowledge', Social Science and Medicine 60, 12, 2673-2683.

Hall, E. (2005) 'The entangled geographies of social exclusion/inclusion for people with learning disabilities', Health and Place 11, 2, 107-115.

Hall, E. (2004) 'Spaces and networks of genetic knowledge making: the 'geneticisation' of heart disease', Health and Place 10, 4, 311-318.

Hall, E. (2004) 'Social geographies of learning disability: narratives of exclusion and inclusion', Area 36, 3, 298-306.

Hall, E. (2003) 'Reading maps of the genes: interpreting the spatiality of genetic knowledge', Health and Place 9, 2, 151-161.

Hall, E. and Kearns, R. (2001) 'Making space for the intellectual in the geographies of disability', Health and Place 7, 3, 237-246.

Hall, E., 2000, 'Blood, brain and bones: taking the body seriously in the geography of health and impairment', Area 32, 1, 21-29.

Books and Book Chapters

Chouinard, V., Hall, E. and Wilton, R. (eds) (2010) Towards enabling geographies: 'disabled' bodies and minds in society and space. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Hall, E. (1999) 'Workspaces: reforming the disability-employment relation', in Butler, R. and Parr, H. (eds) Mind and body spaces: geographies of disability, impairment and health. London: Routledge.

Other Journal Papers

Hall, E. (2003) Social geographies of learning disability in Scotland, Geographical Magazine, July.

Hall, E. (1994) 'Researching disability in geography', SPA Working Paper, 28, University of Manchester.

Hall, E., 1991, 'Training and equal opportunities: issues for the 1990s', Local Work, 28.

Research reports

Hall, E. and McGarrol, S. (2011) Bridging the gap: self-directed support and employment for people with learning disabilities. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

Hall, E. (2005) The social exclusion and inclusion of people with learning disabilities. Report to the charity Enable.

Hall, E. (2004) Transforming heart disease in the new genetics era? Report of research findings. Report presented at end-of-project seminar for participants and distributed to numerous individuals and government and charity organisations.

Hall, E. (2001) Equipment and adaptation services in Scotland, Edinburgh: Stationery Office.

Hall, E. and McKendrick, J. (2000) Individual giving to charities in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.

Hall, E. and Emmerich, M. (1994) Employment and unemployment in south Manchester. Manchester: Centre for Local Economic Strategies.

Hall, E. (1994) (co-author with Robson, B., Parkinson, M., Bradford, M., Deas, I. and Harrison, E.) Assessing the impact of urban policy. London: HMSO.

Book reviews

Hall, E. (1999) Book review of 'Geographies of Resistance' edited by Pile, S. and Keith, M., Political Geography, 18, 1.

Hall, E. (1998) Book review of 'Bodyspace' edited by Duncan, N., Political Geography, 19.

Hall, E. (1996) Book review of 'A new social atlas of Britain' by Dorling, D., Geography, 12.

Illustrations

Hall, E. (1998) Photomontages in Allen, J., Massey, D. and Cochrane, A. (eds) Rethinking the region. London: Routledge.

Conference and Seminar Papers

Hall, E. (2011) A new localism in care and caring: stalled personalisation and local area co-ordination in Scotland, International Medical Geography Symposium, Durham, July.

Hall, E. (2010) Creative spaces of belonging for people with learning disabilities, Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London, September.

Hall, E. (2010) Discussant, Geographies of Disability and Ageing, Lancaster, July.

Hall, E. (2010) The art of inclusion: the role of creative activities in promoting social inclusion and belonging for people with learning disabilities, Equal, Connected, Contributing Conference, Perth, June.

Hall, E. and Wilton, R. (2010) (2010) Alternative spaces of 'work' and inclusion for disabled people, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, April (presented by R.Wilton).

Hall, E. (2009) Chronic illness and coping in the city (Introduction), Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, Manchester, August.

Hall, E. (2009) Generating spaces of social inclusion for people with learning disabilities, International Medical Geography Symposium, Hamilton, Canada, July.

Hall, E. (2009) Spaces and inclusion and belonging for people with intellectual disabilities, Counterpoint: new themes and variations in intellectual disability, Nottinghamshire, April.

Hall, E. (2008) People with learning disabilities: perspectives on care, 'Care of the body: spaces of practice' Symposium, University of Durham, September.

Hall, 2008, 'Genes, bodies and environments in the production of health'. Paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London.

Hall, 2008, 'An alternative future for the RGS Annual Conference'. Paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London.

Hall, 2007, 'Creating spaces of well-being and inclusion for people with learning disabilities'. Paper presented at 11th International Medical Geography Symposium, Bonn, 9-13 July

Hall, 2006, 'Placing the gene: interpreting genetic technology in primary health care contexts'. Paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London.

Hall, E., 2006, 'Creating healthier spaces for people with learning disabilities'. Paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London.

Hall, E. 2006, 'Placing the gene: interpreting genetic technology in primary health care contexts'. Paper presented at the School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand, July 13th.

Hall, E., 2006,' Creating healthier spaces for people with learning disabilities'. Paper presented at the Donald Beasley Institute, University of Otago, New Zealand, 6 July.

Hall, E., 2006, 'Creating healthier spaces for people with learning disabilities: health beliefs, healthy bodies and health promotion'. Paper presented at the International Geographical Union Commission on Health and Environment meeting, Auckland, 28 June-2 July.

Hall, E. (2005) 'Placing the gene: reasserting gene-body-environment interrelations in the new genetics era', Paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, 31 August-2 September.

Hall, E. (2005) Discussant, Inequality, Segregation, Transformation workshop, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle, 11 May.

Hall, E. (2005) 'Human nature, genetics and risk', Paper presented at Making Sense of Vulnerability (a conference sponsored by the International Geographical Union Commission on Population and Vulnerability), Geography, University of Dundee, 10-11 March.

Hall, E. (2004) 'Entangled geographies of social exclusion and inclusion for people with learning disabilities', Paper presented at the International Geographical Congress, Glasgow, 16-20 August.

Hall, E. (2004) 'The 'geneticisation' of heart disease: transforming health in the new genetics era', Paper presented at an invited seminar, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, 10 June.

Hall, E. (2004) 'Geneticising coronary heart disease: making new knowledges of causation and treatment', Paper presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference, York, 22-24 March.

Hall, E. (2004) 'Reimagining social inclusion: building spaces of refuge and resistance amongst people with learning disabilities', Paper presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference, York, 22-24 March.

Hall, E. (2004) 'Mapping networks of new genetic knowledge: the 'geneticisation' of heart disease', Paper presented at an invited seminar, School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, 11 February.

Hall, E. (2004) 'Mapping networks of new genetic knowledge: the 'geneticisation' of heart disease', Paper presented at an invited seminar, Geography, University of Dundee, 26 January.

Hall, E. (2003) 'Disrupting social and natural explanations: the geneticisation of coronary heart disease', Paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, 3-5 September.

Hall, E. (2003) ''The gene for': making new knowledges of heart disease causation', Paper presented at the 10th International Medical Geography Symposium, Manchester 14-18 July.

Hall, E. (2003) 'Transforming knowledges of coronary heart disease in the new genetics era', Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, 5-8 March.

Hall, E. (2001) ''The inherited map of ourselves': developing a geographical interpretation of the new genetics', Paper presented at Emerging New Research in the Geography of Health and Impairment Conference, University of St. Andrews, 6-7 June.

Hall, E. (1999) 'Disability rights legislation and employment: an assessment of the UK approach, an agenda for New Zealand research', Paper presented at the New Zealand Geographical Society Annual Conference, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 7-10 July.

Hall, E. (1998) 'Embodying employment: process in the body, process in employment', Paper presented at the International Sociological Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, 20-25 July.

Hall, E. (1998) 'Renewing the social model: disability as an embodied process', Paper presented at the Emerging New Research in the Geography of Health and Impairment Conference, University of Strathclyde, 16 June.

Hall, E. (1998) 'Renewing the social model: developing an 'embodied' theory of disability', Paper presented at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, 6-8 April.

Hall, E. (1997) 'Defining disability: ability, disability and the body', Paper presented at the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, University of Exeter, 5-7 January.

Hall, E. (1996) 'Embodied geographies: beyond the ability-disability dualism in body spaces', Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 5-8 March.

Hall, E. (1995) 'Contested (dis)abled identities in the urban labour market', Paper presented at the Urban Change and Conflict Conference, Royal Holloway and New Bedford College, University of London, 12-14 June.