Professor Ron Johnston

Professor Ron Johnston
MA(Manc), PhD (Monash), LLD(Monash), DU(Essex), DLitt(Sheff), DLitt(Bath), AcSS, FBA, OBE

Professor of Geography

Area of research

Electoral and social geography; the history of geography

Office 1.9S
University Road,
Clifton, Bristol BS8 1SS
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Tel. +44 (0) 117 928 9116
r.johnston@bristol.ac.uk

Research summary

Ron’s academic work has focused on political geography (especially electoral studies), urban geography, and the history of human geography.

Electoral studies

In this field, he has published many innovative analytical and empirical studies of electoral systems and voting behaviour, with particular reference to the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the United States. Initial work was done while he was still in New Zealand, but the work flourished after his return to England in 1974 in a productive partnership with Peter Taylor with whom he wrote The Geography of Elections (1979). Major contributions have been made in five main areas ...

Selected publications

Johnston, RJ, Khattab, N, Modood, T & Sirkeci, I.. ‘Economic activity in the South - Asian population in Britain: the impact of ethnicity, religion, and class’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34, (pp. 1466-1481), 2011
Jen, Min-hua, Johnston, RJ, Jones, K, Harris, RJ & Gandy, A. ‘International Variations in Life Expectancy: A Spatio-temporal Analysis’, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 101, (pp. 73-90), 2010

Recent publications

M Poulsen, Johnston, RJ & J Forrest. ‘Using local statistics and neighbourhood classifications to portray ethnic residential segregation: a London example’, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 38, (pp. 636-658), 2011
Harris, RJ & Johnston, RJ. ‘Comments on Singleton et al. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 35, 2010 ?Estimating Secondary School Catchment Areas and the Spatial Equity of Access?’, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 35, (pp. 493-494), 2011

Geography

Professor Ron Johnston