Jon Fairburn

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In June 2010 I moved from the Science Faculty to the Business School and became a member of the Centre for Applied Business Research. My main areas of work are funded through the EU.

I have extensive experience of delivering projects for major clients including the Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Scottish Executive, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency. I have experience of using major socio-economic datasets including census, indices of deprivation, postcodes as well as major environmental datasets.

My  current focus of   of research  includes innovation policy, renewable energy and low carbon technology. I still maintain an interest in environmental justice, green space and the links with health.

MSc Information Technology (Geographic Information Systems), Keele University

BSc Geography, Coventry Polytechnic

Member of the Institution of Economic Development

Director, Groundwork, Stoke-on-Trent (2003 - 2010)

Chair of Stoke Public Health Policy Group

Member of the steering group for Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Combining Socio-Economic and Environmental Data for Rural Areas York University ESRC/NERC

• Extensive experience of leading team projects

• Extensive experience of working with public and private sector clients on a wide range of research and consultancy projects.

• GIS and use of large datasets

As a previous  member of the university’s Institute for Environment, Sustainability and Regeneration, I worked on contracts in the field of Environmental Justice, Regeneration, Environmental Pollution and Environmental Health. Key projects are listed below. See the IESR  and CABR websites (links above top left) for further details.

• Research informed teaching – Researching and developing innovative marketing for Staffordshire with James Fair (FCET) 2011 - 2012

• EU Grundtvig ‘Senior Engagement in a Green Economy – SEE GREEN’, 2011 -2013

• EU INTERREG RETS (Renewable Energies Transfer Systems) (2010-2012)

• EU Framework 7 GPRix (Good Practice in Regional Innovation (2009-2011)

• HEIF - Low-Carbon Industry Affiliation (2008-2012)

• Environmental justice in South Yorkshire. Environment Agency (2006-8)

• Economic evaluation of the M6 Toll Road. Midland Express Ltd. (2007-8)

• Links between social and environmental pillars of sustainable development. AEA Technology. (2007-8)

• Monitoring and auditing of recycling facilities in Staffordshire. WRAP, Staffordshire County Council. (2006-7)

• Social ecological mapping of physical activity behaviours and health outcomes in deprived inner-city communities. Medical Research Council. (2006-2008)

• Maintenance and update of the National Population Database. Health and Safety Executive. (2005-2008)

• Investigating environmental justice in Scotland: links between measures of environmental quality and social deprivation. SNIFFER (Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research). (2004-5)

Low Carbon

Renewable Energy

Innovation policy

Environment and Health

Environmental Justice

Dover, J.W.; Rescia, A.; Fungariño, S.; Fairburn, J.; Carey, P.; Lunt, P.; Arnot, C.; Dennis, R.L.H. & Dover, C.J. (2011) Land-use, environment, and their impact on butterfly populations in a mountainous pastoral landscape: individual species distribution and abundance. Journal of Insect Conservation, 15: 207-220.

Gidlow, Christopher; Cochrane, Thomas; Davey, Rachel C.; Smith, Graham; Fairburn, Jon (2010) Relative importance of physical and social aspects of perceived neighbourhood environment for self-reported health. Preventive Medicine, 51(2): 157-163.

Dover, J.W.; Rescia, A.; Fungariño, S.; Fairburn, J.; Carey, P.; Lunt, P.; Dennis, R.L.H. & Dover, C.J. (2010) Can hay harvesting detrimentally affect adult butterfly abundance? Journal of Insect Conservation, 14: 413-418.

Braubach, Matthias and Fairburn, Jon (2010) Social inequalities in environmental risk associated with housing and residential location – a review of evidence. European Journal of Public Health, 20:36-42. 
 
Cochrane, Thomas; Davey, Rachel C.; Gidlow, Chris; Smith, Graham R.; Fairburn, Jon; Armitage, Christopher J.; Stephansen, Hilde and Speight, Svetlana (2009) Small area and individual level predictors of physical activity in urban communities: a multi-level study in Stoke on Trent, England. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 6(2): 654-677.

Fairburn, Jon, Butler, Bridget and Smith, Graham (2009) Environmental justice in South Yorkshire: locating social deprivation and poor environments using multiple indicators. Local Environment, 14:139–154.

Fairburn J and Smith G (2008) Environmental justice in South Yorkshire: working towards a better quality of life. Available from Environment Agency Publications.

Smith, Graham and Fairburn, Jon (2008) Updating and improving the National Population Database to National Population Database 2. Health and Safety Executive, Research Report 678.

Pugh G and Fairburn J (2008) Evaluating the effects of the M6 Toll Road on industrial land development and employment. Regional Studies, 42:977-990.

Davey, Rachel C; Cochrane, Thomas; Gidlow, Christopher; Fairburn, Jon and Smith, Graham (2008) Design of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial: Ecological approach to increasing physical activity in an urban community. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 29: 774-782.

Fairburn J, Arnot C & Balmforth H (2005) Estimating populations at risk. Geoinformatics, 8:42-45.

Walker G, Mitchell G, Fairburn J & Smith G (2005) Industrial pollution and social deprivation: evidence and complexity in evaluating and responding to environmental inequality. Local Environment, 10:361-377.

Fairburn J, Walker G, Mitchell G & Smith G (2005) Investigating Environmental Justice In Scotland: Links Between Measures Of Environmental Quality And Social Deprivation. Report produced for Scottish and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research

Presentations
Addressing environmental justice: a UK perspective.’ (Invited speaker) Inégalités environnmentales et risques sanitaires. AFSSET, and Sciences PO Paris. 10 April 2008.

'Industrial pollution and social deprivation.' (Invited speaker) IXth International Conference: Chemical and Environmental Hazards: Working together, protecting communities. Health Protection Agency, Manchester May 2008.

'Research Strategies and analysis methods in the EU' (Invited speaker) Symposium “Environmental Justice: Social Distribution of Health-Relevant Environmental Hazards” ( Harnack-Haus, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany) German Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt) and the Berlin Environmental Agency (Bundesamt für Umwelt Berlin) October 27-28, 2008.

'Towards a toolkit to assess the social impacts of environmental measures’ – Methodological workshop: Integrating the social dimension into environmental actions. EUROPEAN COMMISSION Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG, Brussels 23 February 2009.

'Overview of approaches in response to the challenge’ (Invited speaker) Better Lives, Better Environments conference, Birmingham, the Environment Agency, 27 February 2009.

'Environmental justice: poor people in poor environments?’ Keele University, Geography Research Seminar Series, March 2009.

'Social inequalities in environmental risks associated with housing and residential location’ Environment and Health Risks: the influence and effects of social inequalities, World Health Organisation, Bonn, Germany, 9-10 Sept 2009. 

Renewable energies transfer systems 22-24 Feb 2011

Environment, Well being and healthy lifestyle 2009. Organisers Jon Fairburn, Dr Chris Gidlow, Prof Rachel Davey

Creative industries and Creative communities 2009 . Organisers Jon Fairburn and Allan Watson

Environment, Well being and healthy lifestyle 2008. Organisers Jon Fairburn and Rachel Davey