Dr Kevin Rees

• Urban Acupuncture in South Wales: Pinprick Solutions for Urban Regeneration? (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Richard Smith

• NEOM – Lining up a new smart city (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Richard Smith

• GEC252L Geographical Fieldwork Skills: Local

  Nod y modiwl yw ennill profiad o'r sgiliau daearyddol y mae eu hangen i archwilio'r amgylcheddau daearyddiaeth ffisegol a dynol o'n cwmpas. Defnyddiwn ein hasedau daearyddol lleol a rhanbarthol sylweddol i archwilio nifer o themâu ym maes daearyddiaeth ddynol a ffisegol. Y nodau cyffredinol yw nodi, dadansoddi a meithrin dealltwriaeth o'r dirwedd ddaearyddol amrywiol a¿r nodweddion cynhenid yn Abertawe a de Cymru. Mae'r modiwl yn cynnwys hyd at 10 niwrnod maes 'dewis a dethol', gyda thema daearyddiaeth ddynol, daearyddiaeth ffisegol neu ddaearyddiaeth ddynol a ffisegol. Gofynnir i fyfyrwyr ddewis mynd i 4 o'r diwrnodau maes. Bydd myfyrwyr sy¿n dilyn y modiwl hwn yn ennill profiad mewn dylunio ymchwil, methodolegau, dadansoddi data a dulliau cyflwyno. Gall myfyrwyr sy'n dilyn y cwrs maes hwn ddewis canolbwyntio ar naill ai elfennau daearyddiaeth ffisegol neu ddynol neu'r diwrnodau dynol/ffisegol cymysg, neu gymysgedd o'r tri. Mae'r cwrs yn hyblyg iawn o ganlyniad i'r ystod o bynciau y gallwn eu harchwilio yn yr ardal leol a rhanbarthol. Bydd deunyddiau darlith a deunyddiau ar-lein yn ategu pob diwrnod maes. Cynhelir y diwrnodau ar adegau gwahanol yn ystod y Semester a'r myfyrwyr eu hunain fydd yn cadw eu lle ar y diwrnodau maes o'u dewis. Thema'r daith yw "De Cymru: Amgylcheddau, Tirweddau, Treftadaeth a Chymuned". The module is concerned with gaining experience of the geographical skills needed to explore the physical and human geography environments around us. We use our considerable local and regional geographical assets to explore multiple themes in human and physical geography. The general aims are to observe, analyse and achieve an understanding of the varied geographical landscape and inherent features in Swansea and South Wales. The module is run via up to 10 'pick and mix' field days, with a human, physical or human and physical geography theme. Students will be required to chose 4 of the field days to attend. Students taking this module will gain experience in research design, methodologies, data analysis and presentation methods. Students taking this field course can choose to focus on either the physical or human geography elements or the mixed human/physical days, or a mix of all three. Maximum flexibility is afforded by the range of topics we can explore in the local and regional area. Each day will be accompanied by online and lecture materials. The days will be run at various times in the Semester and students will book on to their chosen field days independently. The theme of the trip is "South Wales: Environments, Landscapes, Heritage and Community".

• GEG100 Geographical skills

  The aim of this module is to introduce the participants to essential geographical skills. These invaluable skills will become enhanced throughout their degree at Swansea University. Participants should be able to apply these techniques in a wide variety of environments and contexts. Skills covered include essay writing, data analysis and map making

• GEG130 Globalisation

  This module explores the fundamental geographical concept of globalisation, introduces students to theories seeking to explain the processes of globalisation, and examines the implications of globalisation for the geography of the global economy, and human and non-human mobility and migration.

• GEG252V Geographical Fieldwork skills: Vancouver

  The module is concerned with identifying and defining geographical questions within the Vancouver and southern British Columbia context and applying relevant geographical skills, knowledge and techniques to these questions. The general aims are to observe, analyse and achieve an understanding of the varied geographical landscape and inherent features of Vancouver and southern British Columbia. Students taking this module will gain experience in research design, methodologies, data analysis and presentation methods, including seminars, posters and reports. Students taking this field course focus on either the physical or human geography on the region and conduct project work appropriate to their specialism. The module comprises preparatory lectures in Swansea during teaching block 2 and a two-week field course, which typically runs in the last week of teaching block 2 into the first week of the Easter vacation.

• GEG277 Geographical Methods and Approaches

  This core 20 credit module introduces the variety of approaches to Human and Physical Geography that exist, providing an overview of the key methods used in the discipline. These paradigms will be introduced and then you are given the opportunity to 'think through' what kinds of methods chime with these geographical approaches. The module introduces key data methods and their theoretical roots, with an opportunity to 'practice' these key methods extended workshops - both desk based and in the field.

• GEG346 Capital and Labour in the 21st century

  This module examines the geographies of work, production, and exchange in 21st century capitalism. Since the 1970s, capital¿s quest for profit has resulted in a distinctly flexible economy, but also an economy that has expanded into social and cultural spheres where some believe it does not belong. At the same time, both the capital and labour of this expansive and flexible economy are fixed, both in and by geography. Spatially, production has become associated with agglomeration into districts and clusters, while simultaneously globalisation enables firms to spread across geographic scales more than at any time in history. When it comes to the digital economy, many would argue that production is happening anywhere and everywhere that we are online. Not surprisingly then, along with changes in the geographies of production, the nature of the firm and the commodities those firms produce have changed. All of this has resulted in various struggles and crises, of capitalism, of production, of politics, and even of everyday life. It has also blurred the boundaries of what might be considered `economic¿, and as such, has necessitated new methods of research and new ways of `knowing¿ economic geographies. The module begins by considering at the same time the changing nature of capitalism and the academic discipline of economic geography. We will discuss several of the key theoretical frameworks available for making sense of the spaces of 21st century capitalism, including social, institutional and evolutionary perspectives. From there we explore the geographies of capitalist production and exchange of some of the important commodities of the 21st century including money, land, and knowledge. The relationship between people as labourers, a troublesome commodity, and capital will be covered extensively in the latter section of the module.

GEG346 Capital and Labour in the 21st century
This module examines the geographies of work and production in 21st century capitalism. The module explores the changing spatial organisation of production systems and the implications for regional economic development. Innovation and technological change have fuelled the development of what many refer to as knowledge, information, financial and service economies. This module explores how these concepts rely on theories of the commodity including, most crucially, the commodity that is labour. The module asks what commodities are, how they have changed, how they are constructed and maintained, and how they are marketed. The module contrasts radical Marxist approaches with more evolutionary approaches which emphasize the role of political, social and cultural institutions in mediating economic activities. (co-taught with Dr. Chris Muellerleile)

GEG332 Dissertation Support: Geography
This module provides structured, student-led peer-group support and academic staff group supervision for students conducting a research dissertation.