Stuart Corbridge

Corbridge was born in 1957. He was brought up in the West Midlands of England.{{cite book|last1=Batterbury|first1=Simon|editor1-last=Hubbard|editor1-first=Phil|editor2-last=Kitchin|editor2-first=Rob|editor3-last=Valentine|editor3-first=Gill|title=Key thinkers on space and place|date=2004|publisher=SAGE Publications|location=London|isbn=0761949623|pages=78–83|chapter=11 Stuart Corbridge}} Having gained entry to the University of Cambridge, he studied geography at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.{{cite web|title=Stuart Corbridge - Curriculum Vitae|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/internationalDevelopment/people/Files/CorbridgeS-CV-March2015.pdf|website=People|publisher=London School of Economics|accessdate=30 March 2015|date=March 2015}} His lecturers included Derek Gregory, Polly Hill, and Ajit Singh. He graduated in 1978 with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; as per tradition, his BA was later promoted to Master of Arts (MA Cantab). He remained at Cambridge to undertake postgraduate study at St John's College, Cambridge. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1986. His supervisor was Dr Ben H. Farmer and his thesis was titled "State, Tribe and Region: Policy and Politics in Jharkhand, India, 1880 - 1980".

From 1981 to 1985, Corbridge was a part-time lecturer in geography at Huddersfield Polytechnic. He was first published in 1982 while he was a postgraduate student. He moved from Huddersfield Polytechnic to Royal Holloway, University of London, where he was a lecturer in geography for two years. From 1987 to 1988, he held a position in the United States of America: he was an associate professor of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.{{cite news|last1=Grove|first1=Jack|title=LSE deputy director Stuart Corbridge to be Durham v-c|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/lse-deputy-director-stuart-corbridge-to-be-durham-v-c/2019373.article|accessdate=30 March 2015|work=Times Higher Education|date=27 March 2015}} He then returned to his alma mater, the University of Cambridge. From 1988 to 1999, he was a lecturer in South Asian geography and a fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

In 1999, he once more moved to the United States and took up his first appointment as a full professor. From 1999 to 2003, he was Professor of International Studies at the University of Miami. However, because of internal events at the university he left to return to the United Kingdom. He joined the London School of Economics (LSE) as Professor of Geography, soon transferring to International Development. He was Head of the Department of International Development from August 2007 to July 2010.{{cite web|title=Durham University appoints new Vice-Chancellor and Warden|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=24217|website=News|publisher=Durham University|accessdate=31 March 2015|date=27 March 2015}} Between 2010 and 2013, he served as Pro-Director for Research. In September 2013, he was appointed Provost and Deputy Director of LSE.{{cite web|title=Introduction to the Directorate|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/aboutLSE/meetTheDirector/directorate/home.aspx|website=About|publisher=The London School of Economics and Political Science|accessdate=31 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=Professor Stuart Corbridge|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/internationalDevelopment/people/corbridges.aspx|website=People|publisher=The London School of Economics and Political Science|accessdate=30 March 2015}}

In March 2015, it was announced that Corbridge had been selected as the next Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University. He took up the appointment in September 2015 and was Durham's 24th vice-chancellor.{{cite news|last1=Tallentire|first1=Mark|title=Durham University names new head|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11885190.Durham_University_names_new_head/|accessdate=31 March 2015|work=The Northern Echo|date=27 March 2015}} In April 2020, Corbridge was at the centre of a controversy surrounding proposed changes to the provision of teaching at Durham University. The proposed changes, which would have involved reducing the number of modules delivered in person by 25% in favour of courses taught either primarily or entirely online, were criticized by university staff and students.{{cite news |last1=Batty |first1=David |title=Lecturers condemn Durham University's plan to shift degrees online |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/apr/17/lecturers-condemn-durham-universitys-plan-to-shift-degrees-online |accessdate=8 May 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=17 April 2020}} After significant resistance the plans were retracted from the university senate, with Corbridge commenting that he was "happy to say that I think we misjudged our academics. It is very clear that most academics do not want to let go of their courses".{{cite news |title=Durham University rethinks virus teaching plan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-52387360 |accessdate=8 May 2020 |work=BBC News |date=22 April 2020}}

In May 2020, the Chair of Council announced that Corbridge would retire on 31 July 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=41754|title=Retirement announcement}}

Corbridge's partner is Pilar Saborio de Rocafort, a former Costa Rican diplomat.{{cite web|title=60 Second Interview with ... Professor Stuart Corbridge|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsletters/pressAndInformation/studentNews/2009/20091028.htm|website=Student News|publisher=London School Of Economics|accessdate=31 March 2015|date=28 October 2009}}{{cite web|title=Pilar SABORÍO DE ROCAFORT|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/25824/Pilar-SABOR%26%23205%3BO-DE-ROCAFORT|website=People of Today|publisher=Debrett's|accessdate=31 March 2015}} From 2007 to 2015, she was Costa Rica's ambassador to the United Kingdom, and held several other positions.{{cite web|title=Embassy of Costa Rica|url=http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/az/az.aspx?orgid=5153|website=Contact Directory|publisher=The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|accessdate=31 March 2015}} In February 2015, she became Costa Rica's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.{{cite web|title=New Permanent Representative of Costa Rica presents credentials|url=http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/pressrels/2015/unisbio1079.html|website=Press Releases|publisher=United Nations Information Service|accessdate=31 March 2015|date=19 February 2015}} and now works in corporate diplomacy.

Corbridge has made several major contributions to international development theory, beginning in 1986 with his critiques of radical development. His empirical work is on peasant economy and rural development in India, and the nature of the Indian state as that country undergoes rapid transformation into a capitalist economy.

• {{cite book|last1=Corbridge|first1=Stuart|editor1-last=Harriss|editor1-first=John|title=Rural Development: Theories of Peasant Economy and Agrarian Change|date=1982|publisher=Hutchinson|location=London|pages=94–116|chapter=Urban bias, rural bias and industrialisation: an appraisal of the work of Michael Lipton and Terry Byres}}
• {{cite book|last1=Corbridge|first1=Stuart|title=Capitalist World Development: A Critique of Radical Development Geography|date=1986|publisher=Macmillan|location=London|isbn=0847675092|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/capitalistworldd0000corb}}
• {{cite book|last1=Corbridge|first1=Stuart|title=Debt and Development|date=1993|publisher=Blackwell|location=Oxford|isbn=0631179046}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Corbridge|editor1-first=Stuart|title=World Economy|date=1993|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Corbridge|editor1-first=Stuart|editor2-last=Martin|editor2-first=Ron|editor3-last=Thrift|editor3-first=Nigel|title=Money, Power and Space|date=1994|publisher=Blackwell|location=Oxford|isbn=0631192018|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/moneypowerspace0005unse}}
• {{cite book|last1=Agnew|first1=John|last2=Corbridge|first2=Stuart|title=Mastering Space: Hegemony, Territory and International Political Economy|date=1995|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=0415094348}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Corbridge|editor1-first=Stuart|title=Development Studies: A Reader|date=1995|publisher=Edward Arnold|location=London}}
• {{cite book|last1=Corbridge|first1=Stuart|last2=Harriss|first2=John|title=Reinventing India: Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy|date=2000|publisher=Polity|location=Cambridge|isbn=0745620779|edition=1st|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/reinventingindia0000corb}}
• {{cite book|last1=Corbridge|first1=Stuart|last2=Jewitt|first2=Sarah|last3=Kumar|first3=Sanjay|title=Jharkhand: Environment, Development, Ethnicity|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New Delhi|isbn=0195667700}}
• {{cite book|last1=Corbridge|first1=Stuart|last2=Williams|first2=Glyn|last3=Srivastava|first3=Manoj|last4=Véron|first4=René|title=Seeing the State: Governance and Governmentality in India|date=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=1107614694}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Raju|editor1-first=Saraswati|editor2-last=Kumar|editor2-first=M. Satish|editor3-last=Corbridge|editor3-first=Stuart|title=Colonial and Post-Colonial Geographies of India|date=2006|publisher=Sage|location=New Delhi}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Chari|editor1-first=Sharad|editor2-last=Corbridge|editor2-first=Stuart|title=The Development Reader|date=2008|publisher=Routledge|location=London}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Sengupta|editor1-first=Chandan|editor2-last=Corbridge|editor2-first=Stuart|title=Democracy, Development and Decentralisation in India: Continuing Debates|date=2010|publisher=Routledge|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-0415563178}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Ruparelia|editor1-first=Sanjay|editor2-last=Reddy|editor2-first=Sanjay|editor3-last=Harriss|editor3-first=John|editor4-last=Corbridge|editor4-first=Stuart|title=Understanding India's New Political Economy: A Great Transformation?|date=2011|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0415598118}}
• {{cite book|last1=Corbridge|first1=Stuart|last2=Harriss|first2=John|last3=Jeffrey|first3=Craig|title=India Today: Economy, Politics and Society|date=2012|publisher=Polity Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0745661124}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Corbridge|editor1-first=Stuart|editor2-last=Shah|editor2-first=Alpa|title=The Underbelly of the Indian Boom|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-1138809697}}

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