Research interests
My main research interests lie in the field of Urban and Regional Economics, including urban growth, urban regeneration, housing market analysis, quality of life studies and retail geography. Over the last three years, I worked together with Prof Neil Wrigley and Katherine Cudworth (School of Geography, University of Southampton) in a large scale and highly influential research project looking at the impacts of large foodstores on market towns and district centres in the UK (http://www.riben.org.uk/report/). Moreover, I am involved in a wide range of research projects, looking at issues of Quality of Life in Urban Areas (with Bianca Biagi, University of Sassari and Vicente Royuela, University of Barcelona), Regional Labour Market Efficiency (with Alessandra Faggian, University of Southampton and Aki Kangasharju, Government Institute for Economic Research, Finland), Tourism and the Housing Market (with Bianca Biagi and Alessandra Faggian), and The Causes and Consequences of Residential Segregation (with Miguel Vargas, Diego Portales University, Chile) .
Research Projects
2012-present The Future of UK High Street (ESRC) Geography and Environment University of Southampton (in collaboration with Neil Wrigley)
This project seeks to produce a forward-looking and agenda-setting academic review, evaluating alternative visions of the future of UK high streets, exploring how they have evolved and may evolve in the future. www.highstreetfutures.co.uk
2012-2014 The Effect of Tourism on House Prices in Italy
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Sassari, Department of Economics
(in collaboration with Bianca Biagi & Maria Giovanna Brandano)
Research project looking at the direct and indirect effects of tourism on house prices in Italian Provinces. With the use of data on house prices, tourist arrivals, tourist establishments and other hospitality indicators from 1991-2007, the aim of the project is to ‘quantify’ the effect of tourism with the construction of tourism indices and examine the extent to which tourist activity in a province affects house price levels.
2010-2011 Romsey town centre study
Research Associate, University of Southampton, Geography and Environment
(in collaboration with Neil Wrigley, Katherine Cudworth and Jen Li)
In-depth study of the town centre of Romsey in Hampshire, UK, with the aim to give policy recommendations on how the town can keep and improve its competitive position as a retail centre. The study investigated the town’s vitality and viability and its strengths and weaknesses in meeting customer requirements; it looked at how the town functions as a shopping destination, analysed consumer behaviour, and identified improvements which could potentially encourage ‘claw-back’ of catchment expenditure (Primary data. Face to face interviews with consumers and businesses).
2007-2010 Revisiting the Impact of Large Foodstores on Market Towns and District Centres Research Associate, University of Southampton, Geography and Environment
(in collaboration with Neil Wrigley and Katherine Cudworth)
Three year research project based on a major two-region, before/after study of the impacts of foodstore developments on UK market towns and district centres. The study was designed to reflect the store development consequences of more than a decade of refocused retail planning regulation in the UK– regulation which from 1996 onwards has prioritized a ‘town-centres-first’ approach to retail development and enjoyed strong political support (Primary data-face to face interviews and focus groups with consumers and businesses). www.riben.org.uk
Research group
Economy, Society and Governance
Dr Dionysia LambiriUniversity of Southampton University Road Southampton SO17 1BJ
