Jo Beall
{{Short description|British sociologist}}
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Jo Beall, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|FAcSS}} (born 1952) is a British economist and academic, specialising in development studies, economic development and economic history.
Early life and education
Beall was born in 1952 in London, England. She was educated at La Sagesse School, a private Catholic school in Newcastle upon Tyne, and at Our Lady of Fatima Convent School, a private school in Durban, South Africa. She studied economic history at Natal University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1982 and a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1983.{{cite web |title=CURRICULUM VITAE – PROFESSOR JO BEALL |url=https://www.news.uct.ac.za/images/archive/dailynews/uct.ac.za/about/management/dvc/Beall.doc |website=University of Cape Town News |publisher=University of Cape Town |access-date=14 July 2021}}
While a student in South Africa, she became involved in anti-apartheid activism and the United Democratic Front: she was imprisoned for three months due to her anti-apartheid activities, and was only allowed to leave the country because of her British citizenship. She continued her studies at the London School of Economics in England, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1997. Her doctoral thesis was titled "Households, livelihoods and the urban environment: social development perspectives on solid waste management in Faisalabad, Pakistan".{{cite thesis |last1=Beall |first1=Jo |title=Households, livelihoods and the urban environment : social development perspectives on solid waste management in Faisalabad, Pakistan. |url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360706 |website=E-Thesis Online Service |publisher=The British Library |access-date=14 July 2021 |date=1997|type=Ph.D }}
Academic career
Beall began her academic career lecturing at University College London. She then joined the London School of Economics where she rose to become Professor of Development Studies in 2001 and director of its Development Studies Institute from 2004 to 2007.
She returned to South Africa where she had taken her bachelor's degree to become deputy vice-chancellor (academic, external relations and international) at the University of Cape Town (2009–2011), and was then director (education and society) at the British Council from 2011 to her retirement in 2019.{{cite web |title=Beall, Dr Jo, (born 1952), Professorial Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, since 2018 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U256620 |website=Who's Who 2021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=14 July 2021 |language=en |date=1 December 2020}}{{cite web |title=Professor Jo Beall Open University Citation |url=https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/professor_jo_beall_open_university_citation.pdf |website=British Council |access-date=14 July 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Science |first1=London School of Economics and Political |title=Jo Beall |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/cities/staff-profiles/Jo-Beall |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |access-date=14 July 2021}} Since 2019, she has been emeritus professor and a distinguished research fellow at the London School of Economics.
Beall is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).{{cite web |title=Emeritus Professor Jo Beall FAcSS |url=https://www.acss.org.uk/fellow/professor-jo-beall-facss/ |website=Academy of Social Sciences |access-date=14 July 2021}}
Selected works
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Beall |editor1-first=Jo |title=A city for all: valuing difference and working with diversity |date=1997 |publisher=Zed Books |location=London |isbn=978-1856494779}}
- {{cite book |last1=Beall |first1=Jo |last2=Crankshaw |first2=Owen |last3=Parnell |first3=Susan |title=Uniting a divided city: governance and social exclusion in Johannesburg |date=2002 |publisher=Earthscan Publications |location=London |isbn=978-1853839214}}
- {{cite book |last1=Beall |first1=Jo |title=Funding local governance: small grants for democracy and development |date=2005 |publisher=ITDG Publishing |location=Rugby |isbn=978-1853395970}}
- {{cite book |last1=Beall |first1=Jo |last2=Fox |first2=Sean |title=Cities and development |date=2009 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon |isbn=978-0415390989 |edition=1st}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Beall |editor1-first=Jo |editor2-last=Guha-Khasnobis |editor2-first=Basudeb |editor3-last=Kanbur |editor3-first=Ravi |title=Urbanization and development: multidisciplinary perspectives |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0199590148}}
- {{cite book |last1=Beall |first1=Jo |title=Invention and intervention in African cities |date=2011 |publisher=Lit |location=Berlin |isbn=978-3643801067}}
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