Staff Directory: Prof Hugh Matthews

  • Role: Emeritus Professor in Children's Geography
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I am the person to speak to about the University's portfolio of research and knowledge transfer activities and postgraduate research degrees programmes.

Experience/skills

Professor Hugh Matthews is Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer and inaugural Dean of the Graduate School at The University of Northampton. He leads an administration responsible for developing and fulfilling the University's research, consultancy and business development portfolio. He is working towards ensuring a doubling of research and knowledge transfer income over the next five years and ensuring that the University is fully regionally engaged. A geographer by training, he has a first class honours degree and a PhD from the University of Wales. Author of over 200 published papers, books and research reports, Hugh has an international reputation for his studies on children and young people. Currently, he is Director of the internationally acclaimed Centre for Children and Youth, inaugural Editor of the peer-reviewed journal - Children's Geographies (Routledge), member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education (Taylor & Francis) and past Chair of the UK research group on children, youth and their families.

Publications on NECTAR


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2009

  1. Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Pilkington, A., Bell, V. and Matthews, M. H. (2009) Experiences and perceptions of Spring Lane Sure Start Children's Centre. (Unpublished)
  2. Campbell, J., Bell, V., Armstrong, S. C., Horton, J., Mansukhani, N., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2009) The impact of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award on young people. (Unpublished)

2008

  1. Armstrong, S. C., Horton, J., Mansukhani, N., Matthews, M. H., Pilkington, A. and Kraftl, P. (2008) Evaluation of Partnership Through Learning Programme (PTLP), Northamptonshire: research with key professionals. (Unpublished)
  2. Pilkington, A., Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Hagley-Dickinson, L., Maskhani, N., Matthews, M. H., Sneddon, S. and Smithers, N. (2008) Feasibility study for establishing an enforcement mechanism for the use of polycarbonate vessels in Northampton's 'leisure zone'.
  3. Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Bell, V., Mansukhani, N., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2008) Free Maps for 11 Year Olds: national questionnaire survey of geography teachers in participating schools. (Unpublished)
  4. Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Bell, V., Mansukhani, N., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2008) Free Maps for 11 Year Olds: questionnaire survey of geography teachers in participating schools in Scotland. (Unpublished)
  5. Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Burch, P., Caldwell, B., Mansukhani, N., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2008) Students' experiences of 'gender imbalance' in social sciences subjects. (Unpublished)
  6. Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Bell, V., Mansukhani, N., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2008) Teachers' usage of Mapzone and Ordnance Survey digital resources. (Unpublished)
  7. Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Burch, P., Caldwell, B., Mansukhani, N., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2008) Where are the male Social Scientists? (Unpublished)
  8. Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Mansukhani, N., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2008) Youth volunteering in Northamptonshire: opportunities and barriers. (Unpublished)

2007

  1. Kraftl, P., Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2007) Free Maps for 11 Year Olds: national focus groups survey of Year 11 and 12 pupils in participating schools. Report presented to Ordnance Survey, June 2007 (Unpublished)
  2. Kraftl, P., Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2007) Free Maps for 11 Year Olds: national interview survey of geography teachers in participating schools. Report presented to Ordnance Survey, June 2007 (Unpublished)
  3. Horton, J., Kraftl, P., Armstrong, S. C., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2007) Free Maps for 11 Year Olds: national questionnaire survey of geography teachers in participating schools. Report presented to Ordnance Survey, June 2007 (Unpublished)
  4. Horton, J., Kraftl, P., Armstrong, S. C., Matthews, M. H. and Pilkington, A. (2007) Free Maps for 11 Year Olds: national questionnaire survey of pupils in Years 11 and 12. Report presented to Ordnance Survey, June 2007 (Unpublished)
  5. Kraftl, P., Horton, J., Armstrong, S. C., Matthews, M. H., Pilkington, A., Mansukhani, N., Bell, S., Derrington, C., Doveston, M., Howley, M., Jones, K., Rose, R., Smith, A., Waine, L. and Wolstenholme, C. (2007) Free Maps for 11 Year Olds: national survey of Special Educational Needs (SEN) schools. Report presented to Ordnance Survey, June 2007 (Unpublished)
  6. Matthews, M. H. and Tucker, F. (2007) On both sides of the tracks: British rural teenagers' views on their ruralities. In: Panelli, R., Punch, S. and Robson, E. (eds.) Global Perspectives on Rural Childhood and Youth: Young Rural Lives. London: Routledge. pp. 95-105.
  7. Campbell, J., Durkin, C., Kennedy, S., Armstrong, S. C., Kraftl, P. and Matthews, M. H. (2007) Review of the use of agency placements for looked after children and out-of-county residential placements. Prepared for Northamptonshire County Council Children and Young People's Scrutiny Committee (Unpublished)
  8. Horton, J., Kraftl, P., Mansukhani, N. and Matthews, M. H. (2007) Views and Visions of Young People in Northamptonshire. [Report presented to Northamptonshire Association of Youth Clubs, September 2007] (Unpublished)

2006

  1. Matthews, M. H. and Tucker, F. (2006) On the other side of the tracks: the psychogeographies and everyday lives of rural teenagers in the UK. In: Spencer, C. and Blades, M. (eds.) Children and their Environments: Learning, Using and Designing Spaces. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 161-175.

2003

  1. Matthews, M. H. and Limb, M. (2003) Another white elephant? Youth councils as democratic structures. Space and Polity. 7(2), pp. 173-192. 1470-1235.
  2. Matthews, M. H. (2003) Children and regeneration: setting an agenda for community participation and integration. Children & Society. 17(4), pp. 264-276. 1099-0860.
  3. Matthews, M. H. (2003) The street as a liminal space: the barbed spaces of childhood. In: Christensen, P. and O'Brien, M. (eds.) Children in the City: Home, Neighbourhood and Community. London: RoutledgeFalmer. pp. 101-117.

2001

  1. Tucker, F. and Matthews, M. H. (2001) 'They don’t like girls hanging around there': conflicts over recreational space in rural Northamptonshire. Area. 33(2), pp. 161-168. 1475-4762.
  2. Matthews, M. H. (2001) Citizenship, youth councils and young people’s participation. Journal of Youth Studies. 4(3), pp. 299-318. 1469-9680.
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