Professor in urban planning.
My research examines the power dynamics that play out in spatial planning and impact assessment processes, where mobility and environment are at stake. I am interested in how differences and conflicts are manifested and handled, as difficult choices about future development paths are navigated in different spatial governance contexts. This entails an analytical focus on contested discourses of development, and on the micro-level practices of spatial governance, including spatial strategy making, deliberative planning and environmental integration. My work draws from diverse local and regional case studies, mainly from the UK and Scandinavia, and embracing transnational and European policy and strategy making. The work yields insights for the theorisation of planning, for research methodology and for reflexive planning practice.
- Spatial planning
Liste med publikasjoner fra min forskning. (Cristin)
Guest editorships, international peer-reviewed journals:
Richardson, T. (Ed.) (2013) ‘Borders and mobilities’. Mobilities, 8(1): 1-165. Special issue.
Richardson, T., and Cashmore, M. (Eds.) (2013) ‘Power and impact assessment’. EIA Review, 39: 1-46. Special issue.
Authored book:
Jensen, O.B. & Richardson, T. (2004) Making European Space: mobility, power and territorial identity. Routledge: London. 287pp.
Papers published in international peer-reviewed journals:
(2020) The hidden side of Norwegian cabin fairytale: climate implications of multi-dwelling lifestyle, Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2020.1787862
Næss, P., Xue, J., Stefansdottir, H., Steffansen, R. and Richardson, T. (2019) Second home mobility, climate impacts and travel modes: Can sustainability obstacles be overcome? Journal of Transport Geography, Vol.79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102468
(2019) The consequences of avoiding conflict: lessons from conservation planning for Europe's last wild reindeer, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 62:2,266-285, DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2017.1409197
Lissandrello, E., Hrelja, R., Tennøy, A. & Richardson, T. (2017) Three performativities of innovation in public transport planning, International Planning Studies, 22:2, 99-113, DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2016.1196579
Kågström, M. and Richardson, T. (2015) 'Space for action: how practitioners influence environmental assessment', Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 54: 110-118.
Cashmore, M., Richardson, T., Lyhne, I., and Rozema, J. (2015) 'Environmental governance through guidance: 'the making up' of expert practitioners', Geoforum, 62: 84-95.
Cashmore, M., Richardson, T. and Axelsson, A. (2014) 'Seeing power in international development cooperation: environmental policy integration and the World Bank'. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 39: 155–168.
Næss, P., Hansson, L., Richardson, T. and Tennøy, A. (2013) 'Knowledge-based land use and transport planning? Consistency and gap between "state-of-the-art" knowledge and knowledge claims in planning documents in three Scandinavian city regions', Planning Theory & Practice, 14(4): 470-491.
Hrelja, R., Isaksson, K., and Richardson, T. (2013) ‘Choosing conflict on the road to sustainable mobility: a risky strategy for breaking path dependency in urban policy making', Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 49: 195–205.
Richardson, T. (2013) ‘Borders and mobilities: introduction to the special issue’. Mobilities, 8 (1): 1-6.
Cashmore, M. and Richardson, T. (2013) 'Power and environmental assessment: introduction to the special issue', EIA Review, 39: 1-4. List of publications Tim Richardson 2 (5)
Hansen, A.M., Kørnøv, L., Cashmore, M. and Richardson, T. (2013) ‘The significance of structural power in Strategic Environmental Assessment’, EIA Review, 39: 37-45.
Isaksson, K., Hrelja, R., Richardson, T., (2012) 'IKEA and small city development in Sweden: planning myths, realities and unsustainable mobilities', International Planning Studies,17 (2): 125-145.
Olesen, K. and Richardson, T. (2012) 'Strategic planning in transition: contested rationalities and spatial logics in 21st century Danish planning experiments', European Planning Studies, 20 (10): 1689-1706.
Driscoll, P., Theodórsdóttir, Á. H., Richardson, T. and Mguni, P. (2012) ‘Is the Future of Mobility Electric? Learning from contested storylines of sustainable mobility in Iceland’, European Planning Studies, 20 (4): 627-639.
Manderscheid, K. and Richardson, T. (2011) 'Planning inequality: social and economic spaces in national spatial planning', European Planning Studies. 19 (10): 1797-1815.
Olesen, K. and Richardson, T. (2011) 'Spatial politics and spatial representation: relationality as a medium for depoliticisation?', International Planning Studies. 16 (4): 355–375.
Blicharska, M., Isaksson, K., Richardson, T., and Wu, C.-J. (2011) 'Context dependency and stakeholder involvement in EIA: the decisive role of practitioners', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 54: 3, 337 — 354.
Richardson, T. and Cashmore, M. (2011) 'Power, knowledge and environmental assessment: the World Bank’s pursuit of ‘good governance’', Journal of Political Power, 4: 1, 105–125.
Cashmore, M., Richardson, T., Hilding-Ryedvik, T., Emmelin, L. (2010) ‘Evaluating the effectiveness of impact assessment instruments: Theorising the nature and implications of their political constitution’, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 30, 371–379.
Richardson, T., Isaksson, K., and Gullberg, A. (2010) ‘Changing Frames of Mobility through Radical Policy Interventions? The Stockholm Congestion Tax’, International Planning Studies, 15 (1): 53.
Isaksson, K., Richardson, T., Olsson, K. (2009) ‘From consultation to deliberation? Tracing deliberative norms in EIA frameworks in Swedish roads planning’, EIA Review 29: 295–304.
Isaksson, K. and Richardson, T. (2009) ‘Building legitimacy for risky policies: the cost of avoiding conflict in Stockholm’, Transportation Research A, 43: 251-257. 2009.
Bristow, G., Farrington, J., Shaw, J., and Richardson, T. (2009) ‘Developing an evaluation framework for crosscutting policy goals: the Accessibility Policy Assessment Tool’. Environment and Planning A. 41 (1) 48-62.
Richardson, T. and Jensen, O.B. (2008) ‘How Mobility Systems Produce Inequality: Making Mobile Subject Types on the Bangkok Sky Train’, in special issue of Built Environment on the theme ‘People plus Technology: New Approaches to Sustainable Mobility’, 34 (2) 218-231.
Jensen, A., and Richardson, T. (2007) 'New Region, New Story: Imagining Mobile Subjects in Transnational Space'. Space and Polity, 11 (2) 137 - 150.
Richardson, T. (2006) ‘The thin simplification of European space: dangerous calculations?’ Journal of Comparative European Politics. Invited paper for special issue on Rethinking European Space. 4 (3/4): 203-217.
Connelly, S., Richardson, T., and Miles, T. (2006) ‘Situated legitimacy: deliberative arenas and the new rural governance’. Journal of Rural Studies. (3) 267-277.
Dabinett, G., and Richardson, T. (2005) ‘The Europeanisation of spatial strategy: shaping regions and spatial justice through governmental ideas’. International Planning Studies. 10 (3–4) 201–218. List of Publications Tim Richardson 3(5)
Richardson, T. (2005) ‘Environmental assessment and planning theory: four short stories about power, multiple rationalities and the need for situated ethical judgement’. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 25 (4) 341-365.
Connelly, S., and Richardson, T. (2005) ‘Value driven SEA: time for an environmental justice perspective?’ Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 25 (4) 391-409.
Richardson, T. (ed.) (2004), ‘Planning and the big C: challenging auto dependence through conviction politics in London’. Guest editor of Interface section in Planning Theory and Practice 5 (4): 485-514. Contributions by K. Livingstone, J. Urry, D. Banister and P. Goodwin.
Farrington, J., Shaw, J., Maclean, M., Bristow, G., Halden, D., Leedal, M., and Richardson, T. (2004) ‘Rural accessibility: Putting accessibility policy appraisal into practice’, Town and Country Planning.
Böhme, K., Richardson, T., Dabinett, G., and Jensen, O.B. (2004) ‘Values in a vacuum? Towards an integrated multi-level analysis of the governance of European space’, European Planning Studies. 12 (8): 1175-1188.
Connelly, S., and Richardson, T. (2004) ‘Exclusion: the necessary difference between ideal and practical consensus’, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 47 (1), 3-17.
Illsley, D. and Richardson, T. (2004) ‘New national parks for Scotland: coalitions in conflict over the allocation of planning powers in the Cairngorms’, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 47 (2): 217-241.
Stevenson, R., and Richardson, T. (2003) ‘Policy integration for sustainable development: exploring barriers to renewable energy development in post-devolution Wales’, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. 5(1): 95-118.
Jensen, O.B., and Richardson, T. (2003) ‘Being on the map: the new iconographies of power over European space’, International Planning Studies. 8 (1): 9-34.
Richardson, T., and Jensen, O.B. (2003) ‘Linking discourse and space: towards a cultural sociology of space in analysing spatial policy discourses’, Urban Studies. 40 (1): 7-22.
Richardson, T. (2002) ‘Freedom and control in planning: using discourse in the pursuit of reflexive practice’, Planning Theory and Practice. 3 (3): 353-361.
Richardson, T. (2001) ‘The pendulum swings again: in search of new transport rationalities’, Town Planning Review. 72 (3) 299-319.
Jensen, O.B., and Richardson, T. (2001) ‘Nested visions: new rationalities of space in European spatial planning’, Regional Studies. 35 (8) 703-717.
Booth, C., and Richardson, T. (2001) ‘Placing the public in integrated transport planning’, Transport Policy. 8: 141-149.
Sharp, L., and Richardson, T. (2001) ‘Reflections on Foucauldian discourse analysis in planning and environmental policy research’, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. 3 (3): 193-209.
Richardson, T. and Jensen, O.B. (2000) ‘Discourses of mobility and polycentric development: a contested view of European spatial planning’, European Planning Studies. 8 (4): 503-520. Awarded Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) runner up prize for best published paper in the field of planning in 2000.
Richardson, T. (2000) ‘Discourses of rurality in EU spatial policy: the European Spatial Development Perspective’, Sociologia Ruralis. 40 (1): 53-71.
Dabinett, G., and Richardson, T. (1999) ‘The European Spatial Approach : the role of power and knowledge in strategic planning and policy evaluation’. Evaluation, 5 (2): 220-237. List of publications Tim Richardson 4 (5)
Richardson, T., Dusik, J., and Jindrova P. (1998) ‘Parallel public participation: an answer to inertia in decision making’, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 18: 201-216.
Richardson, T. (1997) ‘The Trans-European transport network: environmental policy integration in the European Union’, Journal of European Urban and Regional Studies, 4 (4): 333-346.
Richardson, T. (1996) ‘Foucauldian discourse: power and truth in the policy process’, European Planning Studies, 4 (3): 279-292.
Richardson, T., and Haywood, R. (1996) ‘Rethinking transport planning: lessons from the English Pennines’, Transport Policy, 3 (1/2): 43-53.
Other publications, including reports and book chapters:
Connelly, S. and Richardson, T. (2008) ‘Effective policy making: Stakeholder involvement and sustainable development in National Parks’, in (eds.) A. Bonn K. Hubacek, J. Stewart and T. Allott, Drivers of Change in Upland Environments, pp. 376-392. Routledge: London.
Connelly, S., Miles, T., and Richardson, T. (2007) ‘Legitimacy, deliberative arenas and the new rural governance’. in (eds.) L. Cheshire, V. Higgins and G. Lawrence, International Perspectives on Rural Governance: New Power Relations in Rural Economies and Societies, pp. 245-258. Routledge: London.
Jensen, O.B., and Richardson, T. (2006) ‘Towards a transnational space of governance’ in (eds.) M. Tewdwr-Jones and P. Allmendinger, Territory, identity and space, pp. 47-63. Routledge: London.
Richardson, T. and Jensen, A. (2006) ’Skabelsen af europæisk rumlighed mod en udvidet planlægningsvirkelighed?’. in Planlægning i teori og praksis: en tværfaglig lærebog. In (eds.) A. Jensen, J. Andersen, O.E. Hansen. K.A. Nielsen. Frederiksberg : Roskilde Universitetsforlag.
Richardson, T. (2006) ‘Making European Spaces – new corridors in Eastern Europe’ (‘Europäische Räume schaffen – Neue Wege in Osteuropa’), in (eds.) Bittner, R. Hackenbroich, W., Vöckler, K., Transiträume / Transitspaces, pp. 50-73. Published in parallel in German and in English. Bauhaus Kolleg V. Dessau.
Richardson, T., and Connelly, S. (2005) ‘Reinventing public participation: planning in the age of consensus’ in (eds) Blundell Jones P., Petrescu D., and Till J., Architecture and participation, pp. 77-104. Spon Press: Abingdon.
Jensen, O.B. and Richardson, T. (2004) ‘Framing European mobility and identity: constructing transnational spatial policy discourses’, in (eds) K. Simonsen and J.O. Bærenholdt, Space odysseys: spatiality and social relations in the 21st Century, pp. 83-100. Ashgate: Aldershot.
Jensen, O.B. and Richardson, T. (2004) ‘Constructing a transnational mobility region: on the Øresund region and its role in the new EU spatial policy’, in (eds) Dosenrode & H. Halkier, The Nordic regions and the European Union, pp. 139-158. Ashgate: Aldershot.
Richardson, T., Connelly, S., and Miles, T. (2004) Stakeholder involvement and sustainable development in national parks. ESRC project final report.
Farrington, J., Shaw, J., Leedal, M., Maclean, M., Halden, D., Richardson, T., and Bristow, G. (2004) Settlements, services and access: the development of policies to promote accessibility in rural areas in Great Britain. Welsh Assembly Government, Cardiff.
Dabinett, G., and Richardson, T. (2001) ‘The European Spatial Approach: the role of power and knowledge in strategic planning and policy evaluation’ in (eds) P. Roberts and D. Shaw, Regional Planning and Development in Europe, pp. 141-160. Ashgate: Aldershot.
Flyvbjerg, B. and Richardson, T. (2001) ‘In search of the dark side of planning theory’,in (eds) P. Allmendinger and M. Tewdwr-Jones, Planning futures: new directions for planning theory, pp. 44-62. Routledge: London.
Richardson, T., and Connelly, S. (2001) Building consensus for rural development and planning in Scotland: a review of best practice. Report to the Scottish Executive. Edinburgh: Central Research Unit.
Farrington, J., Leedal, M., Maclean, M:, Shaw, J., Halden, D., Bristow, G. and Richardson, T. (2001) The development of policies to promote rural accessibility: settlements, services and access. Draft literature review. Report to the UK Treasury, the Scottish Executive, the Countryside Agency and the Welsh Assembly Government.
Banister, C., Turner, J., and Richardson, T. (2000) Unravelling the transport web: delivering the new transport realism in a complex policy environment, Report to the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund. 64pp. London: Landor Publishing.
Farrington, F., Westholm, E., Knickel, K., McDonagh J., Goutsos, S., Sumelius, J., Martin, S., and Richardson, T. (2000) Environmental Transport Policies and Rural Development, Concerted Action final report under the EU FAIR Programme.
Richardson, T., Dusik, J., and Jindrova P. (1999) ‘Paralelní participace verejnosti: odpoved na lhostejnost pri rozhodováni’, invited paper in Urbanismus a územní rozvoj, 1: 2-8.
I contribute to planning education at all levels and in varying international environments in the field of urban and regional planning, with increasing emphasis at PhD level. I have worked as head of PhD schools in the UK and Denmark, and led and participated in many PhD courses.
In recent years I have worked to develop a framework for pedagogy in academic writing. This covers masters level workshops and PhD courses, as well as workshops with PhD students and senior researchers in several Scandinavian universities.
At NMBU I am leader of PhD courses in Framing the PhD (SDP405), and Academic Writing and Publishing (SDP406)
At SLU I am member of the supervisory team for Martin Westin, who is investigating how deliberative planning practitioners handle power. I was previously supervisor at SLU for Mari Kågström, who completed her PhD thesis on the framing of human health in environmental assessment, and Andrew Butler and Camilo Calderon, who both completed their PhDs on the development of theory of landscape planning. I was also co-supervisor for Linda Engstrøm, who completed her PhD on the local effects of large-scale land investments for biofuel production in Tanzania.