Parentage: s. of James Fingleton and Teresa Fingleton (née Adams)

Family: m. Eileen Fingleton; four c.

Education: BA Hons, Geography, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1970, PhD UCW, 1976, MPhil, Dept of Land Economy, Cambridge University, 1985, PhD, Faculty of Economics, Cambridge University, 2002

Career: Bernard Fingleton is Professor of Economics at the University of Strathclyde. He is a former University Reader in Land Economy, Director of the Postgraduate Programme and former Director of Studies in Land Economy at St John's College, Cambridge. His research interests include understanding the causes and evolution of spatial disparities in economic development, including the testing and development of new theories of spatial economics. Much of this work involves developing appropriate econometric models and using them to simulate spatial economic outcomes. His research has addressed questions of economic convergence or divergence among regions of the EU, international income disparities, and the causes of variations in employment growth, house prices and wage levels between different towns of the UK. He is Managing Editor of the journal Spatial Economic Analysis (see url below).

Honours and awards: awarded inaugural Moss Madden Memorial Medal medal by the Regional Science Association International, British and Irish Section 2002

Publications include: European Regional Growth (editor) 2003, Regional Economic Growth, SMEs and the Wider Europe (co-editors) 2003; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde, Sir William Duncan Building, 130 Rotten Row, Glasgow, G4 0GE, Scotland; Tel: +44 (0)141-548-3857; Tel: +44 (0)1223 337147; Email: bf100@cam.ac.uk ; Email: Bernard.fingleton@strath.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17421772.asp/ .