Research Profile

2018

• Tucker, F. and Horton, J. (2018) ‘The show must go on!’ Fieldwork, mental health and wellbeing in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Area. 0004-0894.

2017

• Pyer, M. and Tucker, F. (2017) ‘With us, we, like, physically can’t’: transport, mobility and the leisure experiences of teenage wheelchair users. Mobilities. 12(1), pp. 36-52. 1745-0101.

2015

• Eboka, T., McDonald-Walker, S., Sixsmith, J. and Tucker, F. (2015) Cultural violence against the girl-child in northern Nigeria. Paper presented to: Violence: Children, Family & Society Conference 2015, The University of Northampton, 24-26 June 2015. (Unpublished)

2014

• Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2014) Children’s geographies. Oxford Bibliographies Online: Childhood Studies.
• Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2014) Disabilities in academic workplaces: experiences of human and physical geographers. Transactions of The Institute of British Geographers. 39(1), pp. 76-89. 1475-5661.

2013

• Tucker, F. (2013) Book Reviews Editor. Children’s Geographies. Abingdon: Taylor and Francis. 1473-3285.
• Tucker, F. (2013) Membership Secretary of RGS-IBG Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group. Royal Geographical Society Research Group (RGS-IBG) on Geographies of Children, Youth and Families.
• Horton, J., Tucker, F. and Coates, S. (2013) Supporting students’ transitions from first to second year. In: Tate, S. and Hopkins, P. (eds.) Re-thinking Undergraduate Students’ Transitions To, Through and Out of University: Examples of Good Practice in GEES Disciplines. York: Higher Education Academy. p. 15.
• Horton, J., Tucker, F. and Coates, S. (2013) Supporting undergraduates’ transitions to year 2: banishing the “second year blues”. In: Clark, R., Andrews, J., Thomas, L. and Aggarwal, R. (eds.) Compendium of Effective Practice in Higher Education: Volume 2. Birmingham and York: Aston University and the Higher Education Academy. pp. 148-151.

2012

• Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2012) Concluding reflections: what next and where next for critical geographies of youth policy and practice? In: Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (eds.) Critical Geographies of Childhood and Youth: Contemporary Policy and Practice. Bristol: Policy Press. pp. 265-270.
• Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F., (eds.) (2012) Critical Geographies of Childhood and Youth: Contemporary Policy and Practice. Bristol: Policy Press. 9781847428455.
• Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2012) Editors’ introduction to: Critical Geographies of Childhood and Youth. In: Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (eds.) Critical Geographies of Childhood and Youth: Contemporary Policy and Practice. Bristol: Policy Press. pp. 1-24.
• Tucker, F. and Horton, J. (2012) Experiences of GEES staff with mental health conditions. Planet. 26, pp. 19-22. 1758-3608.

2011

• Tucker, F., Duncan, A. and Davis, L. (2011) ‘Investing in yourself’: personal development planning in practice. Planet. 24, pp. 10-13. 1473-1835.

2010

• Pyer, M., Horton, J., Tucker, F., Ryan, S. and Kraftl, P. (2010) Guest editor. Children’s Geographies. Special Issue: Children, young people and ‘disability’: challenging children’s geographies? 8(1) Routledge/Taylor & Francis. 1473-3285.
• Pyer, M., Horton, J., Tucker, F., Ryan, S. and Kraftl, P. (2010) Children, young people and ‘disability’: challenging children’s geographies? Children’s Geographies. 8(1), pp. 1-8. 1473-3285.
• Tucker, F. and Horton, J. (2010) It’s difficult to admit you have a problem: undisclosed mental health problems in the GEES disciplines. Paper presented to: Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Higher Education Academy Subject Centre 10th Anniversary Conference, Plymouth, England, 07-09 July 2010. (Unpublished)
• Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2010) Some good days, some low days: experiences of disability in academic workplaces. Paper presented to: Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) Annual Conference, London, England, 01-03 September 2010. (Unpublished)
• Horton, J., Kraftl, P. and Tucker, F. (2010) Spaces-in-the-making, childhoods-on-the-move. In: Foley, P. and Leverett, S. (eds.) Children and Young People’s Spaces: Developing Practice. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 40-57.
• Horton, J., Tucker, F. and Coates, S. (2010) The ‘second year blues’? Undergraduates’ transitions from year 1 and year 2. Poster presented to: University of Northampton Learning and Teaching Conference: Learning Dialogues, University of Northampton, 13 May 2010. (Unpublished)

2009

• Barker, J., Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2009) The road less travelled – new directions in children’s and young people’s mobility. Mobilities. 4(1), pp. 1-10. 1745-0101.

2008

• Tucker, F. (2008) New and emerging research on child and youth geographies. Chair presented to: Royal Geographical Society, with IBG (Institute of British Geographers) Annual International Conference, London, 27-29 August 2008. (Unpublished)
• Horton, J., Kraftl, P. and Tucker, F. (2008) The challenges of ‘children’s geographies’: a reaffirmation. Children’s Geographies. 6(4), pp. 335-348. 1473-3285.
• Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2008) Youth matters? Critical geographies of youth policy and practice. Convenor presented to: Royal Geographical Society – IBG (Institute of British Geographers) Annual International Conference, London, 27-29 August 2008. (Unpublished)

2007

• Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2007) Guest editor. Built Environment. Marcham, Oxon: Alexandrine Press. 0263-7969. Special issue: Children, Young People and Built Environments
• Kraftl, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2007) Children, young people and built environments. Built Environment. 33(4), pp. 399-404. 0263-7960.
• Pyer, M., Ryan, S., Horton, J., Kraftl, P. and Tucker, F. (2007) Children, young people and ‘disability’. Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) Annual International Conference, London, 28-31 August 2007. (Unpublished)
• 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.
• Pyer, M. and Tucker, F. (2007) What difference does it make? Some reflections on ‘disability’, bodily differences and childhood research. Paper presented to: First International Conference on Geographies of Children, Youth and Families, Reading, 17-18 September 2007. (Unpublished)
• Tucker, F. (2007) Young people’s labour, citizenship and portable frontiers. Chair presented to: First International Conference on Geographies of Children, Youth and Families (Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Working Group), University of Reading, 17 September 2007. (Unpublished)

2006

• 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

• Tucker, F. (2003) Sameness or difference? Exploring girls’ use of recreational spaces. Children’s Geographies. 1(1), pp. 111-124. 1473-3285.

2002

• Tucker, F. (2002) Young girls in the countryside: growing up in South Northamptonshire. Doctoral thesis. University of Leicester.

2001

• 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.