Location: Bronte Hall Room 222, Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QW

Dr Anna Richter has studied critical urban sociology in Bremen and New York. Her research interests are in the sociology of events and festivals and urban events and their implications for urban policy. With a background in English Literature and Linguistics, her particular interests revolve around questions of discourse and power relations, which she explored in her PhD research on Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture 2008.

Having joined the UKCEM in 2007 as a Centenary PhD student, Anna has lectured in the Sociology of Sport and on the MA course in Cultural Tourism before her appointment. She is Correspondence Editor of CITY: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action.

External Research Roles
Corresponding Editor of CITY: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action.

German Society for Urban History and Research (GSU)

city.crime.control, a Bremen-based voluntary interdisciplinary research and activist group engaging with and in urban space

Awards
2009  ITT Award for Outstanding PhD Research Presentation, National Research Student Conference, University of Nottingham, UK

Recent publications

Richter, A. (2010) 'Gentrification will eat itself. Lefebvre for Kids: Taking Theory to the Playground'. Bookreview, CITY 14(4), p. 464-469.

Richter, A. (2010) 'Exploiting an "army of friendly faces": Volunteering and social policy implications'. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events 2(2), p. 184-188.

Richter, A. Die Politik der culture-led urban regeneration am Beispiel Liverpool, Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2008. In: Clemens, G.; Lüsebrink, H.-J.; El Gamal, J. (eds.) Städtischer Raum im Wandel. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.(in print)

Richter, A. (2010) The Politics of culture-led urban regeneration, the case of Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008. In: Clemens, Gabriele; Lüsebrink, Hans-Jürgen; El Gamal, Jean (eds.) (2010): Urban Space in Transition. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.

Richter, A. (2009) The Politics of Research. Conference paper presented at the Postgraduate Research Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, June 2009, published on the website http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/research/index_7657AE012BBA48A6B2F6E9C523DA004C.htm

Richter, A. (2006). Kommodifizierung der Stadtpolitik. Am Beispiel der Bewerbung Bremens zur Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2010. In: Lamla, J.; Neckel, S. (eds.) Politisierter Konsum - konsumierte Politik. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: pp. 259-279.

Richter, A. (2006) Commodification of Urban Politics. Bremen's Bid for European Capital of Culture 2010. In: Lamla, Jörn/Neckel, Sighard (eds.) (2006): Politicised consumption - consumed politics. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: pp 259-279.

Richter, A. (2005).  Die Ware Stadt. Zur Kommodifizierung städtischer Politik. In: city.crime.control (eds.) Tales from Hazyland. Geschichten aus der Stadt des Verschwindens. Bremen: Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst: pp. 7-14.

Richter, A. (2005). The City as Good: The Commodification of Urban Politics. In: city.crime.control (eds.): Tales from Hazyland. Stories of the Disappearing City. Reader. Bremen: Society for Contemporary Art. URL: http://hazyland.citycrimecontrol.net.