Rowland Atkinson
Associate Fellow, SPERI and Research Chair in Inclusive Society, School of Geography & Planning, University of Sheffield
City fortunes: The sources of wealth and international homeownership of the world’s urban wealth elite
Rowland Atkinson, Katie Higgins & Jonathan Bourne - 5 September 2024We reveal the dominant industrial sectors for particular cities, key differences in the levels of inherited/self-made wealth, and the geography of their additional homes. What are the implications of new data to reveal the roots of urban fortunes around the world?
Rex McKenzie & Rowland Atkinson - 28 June 2021
New research by Rex McKenzie and Rowland Atkinson shows the scale of inward offshore investment into Liverpool and the effects in the city.
The onshore urban impact of offshore property investors
Rex McKenzie & Rowland Atkinson - 09 May 2019How wealth chains can be used to map the impact of offshore investments on luxury housing markets
Tax avoidance: Not illegal, just harmful and deviant?
Rowland Atkinson - 21 April 2016The furore over tax avoidance, both by our national and international elites, reveals new social fault lines while highlighting a crisis of legitimacy to calls for togetherness and common purpose