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Robert Hamilton

Scotland
Interests/Expertise: 
  • Learning cities.
  • The contribution of lifelong learning to community engagement.
  • University policies and practices in continuing education.
  • The history of adult education in Scotland and the United States.
Recent research/consultancy: 
  • Member of the Glasgow partner team, Eurolocal project.
  • Learning cities in the UK.
  • The Poor People's University, Resurrection City, USA 1968.
Recognitions, positions, memberships: 

 

Director of Community Engagement, University of Glasgow

  • Member of Glasgow Historical Association
  • Member of WEA.
  • Reviewer for journals including JACE, History of Education.
Selected publications: 
  • Hamilton,Robert and Jordan, Lynette (2010) Learning Cities: The United Kingdom Experience, In, Heritage, Regional Development and Social Cohesion Conference, 22nd to 24th June, Ostersund, Sweden.
  • Park, Maureen and Hamilton, Robert (2010) Moral Treatment of the Insane: Provision for Lifelong Learning, Cultural Engagement and Creativety in 19th Century Asylums, In, Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 16(2) ISSN 1477-9714.
  • Hamilton, Robert (2008) Social Settlement Houses: The Educated Women of Glasgow and Chicago, In, Gutzke, David W (Ed), Britain and Transnational Progressivism, Palgrave Macmillan, pp185  to 214, ISBN-13,978-0-250-60580-0
 

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