Dr Suzanne Reimer BA, MA (University of British Columbia), PhD (Cantab)

Associate Professor of Human Geography

Suzanne Reimer is interested in aspects of design, creativity, knowledge and innovation, including the gendering of creativity and design labour; and in the role of design in commodity networks. She has on-going interests in the furniture industry; modernism and design; and moto-mobilities.

Dr Suzanne Reimer is currently Associate Professor in Human Geography. She has been a member of staff in Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Southampton since 2004.

Employment

2004- to date Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, University of Southampton

1995 - 2004 Lecturer in Geography, University of Hull

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Research interests

Gender and moto-mobilities
Gender, creativity and knowledge
Design and commodity networks
Cultures of consumption; ethical issues in consumption
Local labour market dynamics, changing gender divisions of labour and notions of employment 'risk'

Current PhD students: Timo Koren and Bianca Luna

Research projects

Mobilising design (2017), part of Routledge’s human geography research series; co-edited with Justin Spinney and Philip Pinch
The geography of commercial design: a comparison of London and the regions (ESRC, 2006-2008) (with Peter Sunley and Steven Pinch)
Design consultancy firms and the geography of the UK design industry (2005-2006, University of Southampton Annual Grant Competition)
For home consumption: commodity chains in the household furnishings industry (ESRC and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1997-2001).

Research group

Economy, Society and Governance

Economy, Society and Governance Research Group Leader
Member of the International Advisory Board for Home Cultures

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Articles

Books

Spinney, J. , Reimer, S. , & Pinch, P. (2017). Mobilising Design . (Routledge Studies in Human Geography). Routledge.
Reimer, S. , & Hughes, A. (Eds.) (2004). Geographies of commodity chains . Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203448694

Book Chapters

Module co-ordinator, Geographies of housing and home (GEOG3958)
Module co-ordinator, Researching human geography ( GEOG2008 )

Dr Suzanne Reimer
University of Southampton University Road Southampton SO17 1BJ

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