Professor Gavin Poynter has widely published on ‘London 2012’, the economics of the service industries and urban regeneration. He has completed several studies on the East London region, including for the OECD/DCLG, GLA, and local boroughs. His most recent book publication (with Dr I. MacRury ed.) is ‘Olympic Cities’ (Ashgate Press, September 2009). His ‘From Beijing to Bow Bells’ was published in Portuguese by the Ministerio do Esporte, Brazil as part of that government’s analysis of major sporting events and their socio‐economic legacies. He co‐authored ‘A Lasting Legacy?’, a report for the GLA (2007) on ‘London 2012’ and has recently completed a new publication that focuses upon London’s economy in the wake of the credit crunch and the global economic recession – ‘London after Recession – a fictitious capital?’ (Ashgate, forthcoming, spring 2012).

Qualifications

• Phd Industrial Relations ‘Change in Workplace Relations: The UK in the 1980s’ (award July 1993)
• MA Political Economy, University of Kent 1972
• BA Hons Politics and History University of Lancaster, 1968-71

Previous posts held

•  University of Oxford/Kent Tutor in Adult and Continuing Education (part-time) 1973-78
•  Open University Tutor/Counsellor (part-time) 1973-78
•  WEA Tutor/Organiser (Kent Area) 1978-79
•  Assistant, Trades Union Congress 1979-88

Management board, London East Research Institute, member of the UEL Olympic Strategy Group.

Sociology and Economics of urban regeneration; Sociology of cities; International Economics

Books

Poynter G., A. Calcutt, I. MacRury (Eds) (2012) London after Recession, a fictitious capital?,

Ashgate, publication spring 2012;

Authored chapters within:

• Introduction: London After the Recession- a fictitious capital?
• Chapter 1:             The Global Recession
• Chapter 16            Immigration and London’s Economy
• Chapter 17            The Housing Crisis (with Penny Bernstock)
• Chapter 21            Towards a New Urban Economy?

Poynter G. and I. Macrury (eds) (2009) Olympic Cities and the reshaping of London, London: Ashgate.

       Authored chapters within:

• Chapter 2              ‘The Evolution of the Olympic and Paralympic Games 1948-2012’
• Chapter 7              ‘Atlanta 1996: The Centennial Games’ (with Emma Roberts)
• Chapter 11            ’ London: preparing for 2012’
• Chapter 18            ‘Conclusions: Olympic Legacies’ (with Iain MacRury)

Refereed Journal Articles

• Poynter G. and I. Macrury (2010) ‘Team GB and London 2012, the paradox of national and global identities’, International Journal of the History of Sport.
• Poynter G. and Macrury I. (2008) ‘The Regeneration Games: Commodities, Gifts and the Economics of London 2012’, International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 25, Number 14, pp 2072-2090, December 2009.

Book chapters

• Poynter G. (2012) ‘The Olympics: East London’s Renewal and Legacy’ in Lenskyj H and S. Wagg (Eds) A Handbook of Olympic Studies, London: Palgrave MacMillan (forthcoming).
• Poynter G. (2011) ‘Urban Regeneration and the Paralympic Legacy’ in Legg D. And K. Gilbert (Eds) The Paralympic Games: regeneration and legacy. Illinois: Commonground Publishers
• Poynter G. (2009) ‘London 2012 and the Reshaping of East London’ in Imrie R., L.Lees and M.Raco (eds) (2009) Regenerating London, London: Routledge.
• Poynter G (2008) ‘Regeneracao Urbana e Legado Olimpico de Londres 2012’ in Da Costa L, D. Correa, E.Rizzuti, R. Villano and A. Miragaya, Legados De Megaeventos Esportivos, Brasilia: Ministerio do Esporte pp 121-152.

Other Publications

• Poynter G. (2009) ‘The Crunch and the Crisis, the unravelling of lifestyle capitalism?, London East Research Institute, Rising East Essays, Rising East E-Journal, April 2009.
• Poynter G. (2008) The Credit Crunch and London’s Economy, London East Research Institute, Rising East E-Journal.

Research Reports (include)

• Poynter G. and I. Macrury (2010) OECD/Department of Communities and Local Government, ‘Thinkpiece on London 2012 and its Legacy’, London: Department of Communities and Local Government/OECD.
• Poynter G. (2009) Olympic Host Cities Governance Arrangements, Greater London Assembly, November 2009.
• Poynter G., I. Macrury, K.Berzins, J. Burnett and M.Smith (2008), An Evaluation of the Economic Impact of the CREATE08 Festivals in the five Olympic Boroughs. UEL: London East Research Institute.
• Poynter. G, Burnett J. Herrington N, Berzins K. (2008) An Education Centre in the Olympic Park, a feasibility study, London: Field Studies Council/London East Research Institute.

Books

Poynter G. (2000) Restructuring in the Service Industries, London: Mansell.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Poynter G. (2002) ‘Emotions in the Labour Process’ European Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling and Health, Volume 5, No 3 September pp.247-261
• Fairbrother P. and G. Poynter (2001) ‘State Restructuring: Managerialism, Marketisation and the Implications for Labour’, Competition and Change, Volume 5, pp311-333
• Poynter G. (2000) ‘‘Thank you for Calling’ the new ideology of work in the service economy’. Soundings, Issue 14, Spring 2000, pp151-160
• Carter B. and G. Poynter (1999) ‘Unions in a Changed Climate: MSF and UNISON Experiences in the New Public Sector’ Industrial Relations Journal, Winter 1999, pp.499-513
• Poynter G. (1997) ‘The Unions and New Labour’ in Soundings Issue 6, Autumn 1997.pp111-124

Book chapters

• Poynter G (2007) ‘The Economics of the Olympic Bid’, Rising East Review: East London and Beyond, 2005-7, London: London East Research Institute.
• *Poynter G. (2006) ‘‘Thank you for calling’ the new ideology of work in the service economy’. Soundings, Issue 14, Spring 2000, pp151-160 has been reprinted in Beynon H. and T.Nichols eds (2006) The Fordism of Ford and Modern Management, London: Edward Elgar; a collection (48) of writings from the last 20 years that provide a key international reference source for research into work, society and social change.
• Poynter G. (2004) ‘The Interventionist State and the State of UK Education’ in Hayes D. (ed) Key Debates in Education, London: Routledge Falmer.
• Poynter G. (2002) ‘Modules and Markets: Education and Work in the Information Age’ in Hayes D and R. Wynyard (eds) The McDonaldisation of Higher Education, New York: Greenwood.
• Poynter G. and A. de Miranda (2000) ‘Inequality, Work and Technology in the Services Sector’, in Henwood F, N. Miller, P.Senker and S.Wyatt (eds.) Technology and Inequality, London: Routledge.
• Kennedy H., L.Leung and G.Poynter (2000) ‘Shipping in and Shaping up? Profiling Company Employment in London Docklands and inner East London, in Butler T. (ed) Eastern Promise. London: Lawrence and Wishart.
• Poynter G.(1996) ‘Manufacturing in East London’ in Butler T. and Rustin M.(eds.) Rising in The East - The Regeneration of East London, London: Lawrence and Wishart.

Other Publications

• Poynter G. (2006) From Beijing to Bow Bells: Measuring the Olympics Effect, London East Research Institute, Working Papers in Urban Studies, London: UEL mimeo ISBN 1-874210-64-0
• Poynter G. (2004) Economical Truths? – Regenerating East London and the Olympics Bid, London East Research Institute, Rising East E-Journal.
• De Miranda A. and Poynter G. (1999) Telecentres and the Restructuring of the Service Economy, Geneva: EuroFIET.
• Poynter G. (1998) ‘Change in Workplace Relations in Four NHS Trusts’, Centre for Comparative Labour Studies, Working Paper 18. Coventry: University of Warwick.
• Poynter G. (1997) UNISON Guide to HRM, London:UNISON.
• Poynter G. (1996) Financial Flexibility and Management Restructuring, Department of Innovation Studies Working Papers Series.
• Poynter G. (1995) Restructuring the Public Sector: New Managerialism and Workplace Relations, Department of Innovation Studies Working Papers Series
• Poynter G.(1989) 'Wall Street on the Water - Employment Patterns in London Docklands',
• London: South East Region Trades Union Congress, London: SERTUC.

Research Reports (include)

• Blake A, Macrury I. and G. Poynter (2007) ‘A Lasting Legacy?’ – a comparative study of the economic, environmental and social impact of the Olympic and Paralympic Games on four host cities for the Greater London Assembly, London: GLA.
• Mullan P. and G. Poynter (2005) ExCel: An Economic Impact Study, London East Research Institute, Mimeo.
• Poynter G. (1997) ‘Restructuring in the European Insurance Sector’, European Commission Conference on Information and Consultation Procedures, Birmingham, 10-13 July 1997.
• Poynter G. and Waddington J. (1997) BIFU Guardian Royal Exchange Report on Union Organisation and Company Restructuring, Research Unit in Labour and Technology Studies: Mimeo.
• Fairbrother P. Moore S and Poynter G. (1996) Case Studies in Union Organisation, University of Warwick: Mimeo.
• Poynter G. (1994) Employment and Technological Change in the Financial Services Sector Basic documentation for DISK Seminar, Brussels: AFETT.
• Poynter G. and De Miranda A. (1993) Technological Change, Restructuring and Employment in European Postal Financial Services, Basic Documentation for AFETT/IPTTI Seminar, Brussels: AFETT.

Fellow Royal Society of Arts

Visiting International Professor in Olympic Studies and Urban Development, Centre d’Estudis Olímpics Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona(2011-12)

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