Biographical information for James Cornford
James Cornford is a Senior Research Associate based in the
Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) University
of Newcastle. He is currently part of a team working on project
entitled 'Space, Place and the Virtual University', funded by the UK
Economic and Social Research Council as part of its Virtual Society?
Programme. In addition to research on the virtual university, he is
also leading a study on the role of new media business in regional
development in the UK and developing information support tools for
social science researchers. He is the author of, most recently,
'Counting Computers, or why we are not well informed about
the information society', (in D. Dorling and L. Simpson,
(eds.) Statistics and Society, London, Edward Arnold, 1999) and
(with Kevin Robins) 'New media', (in J. Stokes and A. Reading (eds.)
The Media in Britain: Current Debates and Developments, London,
Macmillan, 1999).