Professor Mayo, Marjorie

Professor Mayo, Marjorie
Professor in Community Development
Goldsmiths, University of London.

E-mail: m.mayo@gold.ac.uk

Marjorie Mayo is professor in Community Development at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has worked in the community sector, as well as in local government, and has experience of working internationally.

With colleagues at the Centre for Urban and Community Research, at Goldsmiths, her research interests focus on strategies for participation and empowerment, at the local level in relation to urban regeneration and beyond, internationally. She is currently exploring the links between local advocacy and global advocacy as part of a wider international programme of research into Democracy and Citizenship based at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Publications include;
Communities and Caring: The Mixed Economy of Welfare, Macmillan (1994)
Imagining Tomorrow: Adult Education for Transformation, National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (1997)
Cultures, Communities, Identities: Cultural Strategies for Participation and Empowerment, Palgrave (2000)
Global Citizens (2005) Zed